| UN
Guterres Lies
for COP28 Run
by UAE Oil
Exec But Frmr
Marshall
Islands Prez
Quits
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
UN GATE, Dec 1 –
The UN's upcoming climate
change conference has as its
president the head of the
United Arab Emirates' oil
company, ADNOC.
Inner City
Press noted this typical UN
hypocrisy on X (formerly
Twitter) on September 20 while
reporting from an event across
the street from the UN it is
banned from even
entering.
There, on
November 27, Antonio Guterres
was asked: "Can you react to
allegations that the UAE has
been negotiating carbon fuel
deals on the sidelines of COP,
and that's their intention?
Are you worried about this
undermining it?
Guterres: I can't
believe it is true
Yeah. On
December 1, a member of the
main advisory board of
COP28 resigned because the UAE
presidency planned to use the
meeting to secure oil, gas
deal - Hilda Heine,
former president of the
Marshall Islands, said reports
that the UAE planned to
discuss possible natural gas
and other commercial deals
ahead of UN climate talks were
"deeply disappointing" and
threatened to undermine the
credibility of the
multilateral negotiation
process. But Guterres lies
about it.
To Inner City
Press from UAE bots, the
response was indicative of
today's UN system.
Robot-like response, from
ostensibly unconnected
accounts, came in reply.
Inner City Press
had written: "Scam COP28 prez
Sultan Al Jaber is at the same
time the head of ADNOC, the
UAE's oil company. But the UAE
throws money around in the UN
so who cares,
right?."
An account named
@afnan_elfakhory replied,
"The claim that the head of
the UAE oil company is serving
as president of the COP28
conference does not correctly
reflect reality. The UAE is
working hard to achieve global
climate goals and promote
sustainability. It is
necessary to appreciate the
efforts made by the
UAE."
But Sultan Al
Jaber *is* the head of the UAE
oil company. Two similarly
robotic responses came from
accounts named @asma__daroza
and @gana_elsaieg.
It's not
just the UAE, or COP28 - UN
Secretary General Antonio
Guterres' head of "global
communications" Melissa
Fleming has bragged about
using the UN's name (and
public money) to combat and
eliminate messages they don't
agree with from the
Internet.
Fleming
and Guterres have banned Inner
City Press, ignoring its June
19, 2023 application
to enter and cover UNGA 2023
and then ignoring a letter
from the pro bono law firm of
Duane Morris, drunk with their
own impunity.
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