| In Corrupt UN
World of Guterres ITU Lawfare
Exposed by Inner City Press
Cover Up by WIPO
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
UN GATE,
Oct 16 – How corrupt is the
UN-world system under Antonio
Guterres, who bans the Press
which investigates? Today's
example is from the ITU, the
International
Telecommunication Union, whose
whistleblowers have, like
others, reached out to banned
Inner City Press:
"Lawfare in the
ITU / Pattern of Abuse of
Authority by the ITU
Secretary-General (Doreen
Bogdan-Martin or DBM) /
Cover-up of complaints or
investigations against her,
despite being "founded" or
"substantiated"
There was
an Anonymous Complaint against
DBM.... It was sent to a
number of Missions in Geneva
and has been circulating
amongst them. One of the
Missions shared it with DBM,
who then had to go through the
"ceremony" of having it
assessed.
After publication
of the above, "the news
article by Inner City Press
caused waves during ITU
Council Working Group (CWG)
meeting held October 7-9 in
Geneva.
Many following the CWG didn’t
expect a Delegate to raise the
mysterious cases against the
Secretary-General, referencing
the Inner City Press
article. The Delegate
brought up the 'noise and
innuendo outside the ITU,' and
referred to the anonymous
complaint sent to Missions and
reports published online.
Requesting that this be added
to the Council’s agenda, he
noted that the anonymous
letter and the Lawfare
article, from a 'reputable or
irreputable outlet,' require
Council’s attention. Yes. And
now this:
Despite the WIPO
(World Intellectual Property
Organization) being appointed
as an external, independent
investigator, reports suggest
that Ms. Bogdan-Martin
attempted to influence the
process by inviting WIPO's
Director General to
high-profile ITU events in an
attempt to sway the
investigation. Even after
these investigations
implicated her, no actions
were taken. The reports were
submitted to the ITU’s
Internal Management Advisory
Committee (IMAC) in mid-2024,
and yet, as of today, no
decisions have been made
public, and no actions have
been taken against the
Secretary-General.
Perhaps the
most damning aspect of this
story is how the ITU
leadership has systematically
manipulated its internal
processes to protect
themselves from
accountability. Ms.
Bogdan-Martin, facing multiple
allegations of harassment,
fraud, and abuse of power,
invited Drazen Petrovic, the
former Registrar of the ILOAT,
to train ITU’s Appeal Board
members and legal advisors.
This creates a glaring
conflict of interest, as those
individuals were directly
involved in her pending legal
cases at the ILOAT.
We'll have more,
including the complaint, on
this.
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