| UN Rights Commish
Volker Burns Bridges in
Colombia Placing HRW
Cronies There Staff Say
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
UN GATE,
July 10 – How corrupt and
decrepit has the UN system
become under Antonio Guterres,
in this case due to Guterres?
Today's example is again from
the Office of the High
Commission for Human Rights,
to which Guterres appointed
his unqualified crony Volker
Turk more than two years ago.
From OHCHR
staff - "Dear Matthew Russell
Lee, Many thanks for exposing
corruption in UN under Antonio
Guterres and his cronies like
Volker Turk
OHCHR under Volker Turk is known
to be an epicenter of favoritism. In 2025
OHCHR Colombia lost half of our colleagues due
to poor planning and waste of resources. Not
only no manager was held accountable but two
individuals were rewarded, Juliette de Ribero
who led the financial disastrous
planning, got a D1 in Geneva and Scott
Campbell was promoted to D1 in Bogotá. Both
are former Human Rights Watch officials and
friend of Volker Turk, Maarit Kohonen Sherif
and Peggy Hicks.
With only half of its staff and no field
offices left many wondered whether the office
needed an expensive D1 (relocated with his
full family) or was it more logical to put a
representative at P5 level, same as other
presences in the region and try to preserve
more colleagues employed. Geneva insisted on
sending Scott Campbell, already rejected by
the Colombian government in 2005 and 2017 and
declared PNG in Somalia and Congo-amazing
record.
We know that President de la Espriella will
review the mandate of OHCHR in Colombia and
many fear he will close it down. We are afraid
that OHCHR will only care about the future of
Scott Campbell and some internationals finding
new posts for them and national staff again
will suffer the consequences of poor
management. In OHCHR leave no one behind is
just an empty slogan not applicable to
national staff. Geneva only cares about the
international staff, who are friends of Volker
Turk. No one cares about us and about our
families
Amb Waltz, the
ball is on your court."
Fat chance.
So far,
nothing from Mike Waltz,
previously seen skydiving in
France then on a lone Sunday
show on CBS, unannounced -
self-booked? Now he has
blithely signed the UN
Charter. July 4, after selfies
on the ships in the harbor,
how much did he pay in US
taxpayers' money for the UN
roof? Delays on FOIA.
Meanwhile both Big Tony and
Amina junketed on April 15 to
the IMF which Inner City Press
is accredited to cover, and at
which it asked questions - but
not of Tony, as UNCTAD denied
Inner City Press to its "side
event." The UN is dying, or
being killed off.
There's a new
NextSG candidate, Maria
Fernanda Espinosa. Two days
ago she and her sponsor
Antigua and Barbuda were sent
a questionnaire about about
this. So far, nothing. Watch
this site.
Inner City Press
re-applied to re-enter the UN
on June 19, 2025 - no answer
at all from Melissa Fleming,
Tel Mekel, Stephane Dujarric
for six months, then a denial
with no reason at all given.
Today's UN is corrupt.
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