| Amid UN South Sudan
Scandals Exposed by Inner City
Press D2 Post Theft Directed by NY
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
UN GATE,
Nov 9 – How corrupt is today's
UN under Antonio Guterres?
Today's follow up is again on
his mission in South Sudan,
UNMISS, about which his
spokespeople Stephane Dujarric
and Melissa Fleming refuse all
Press questions. Inner City
Press has asked them, and
others, about the newest sex
abuse case against the UN
there. Now this, from a UN
whistleblower sent to Inner
City Press:
Dear Mr. Matthew
Russell Lee:
... One
particularly troubling case
involves a staff member who,
without any field experience,
was swiftly moved from a P-5
position from a non-mission UN
office directly to a D-2 post
to the mission field which
is UNMISS. This unusual
promotion, bypassing standard
procedures, raises urgent
questions about the criteria
used in this decision. Why was
an individual with no field
experience, retaining the same
index number from their
previous duty station,
selected for such a critical
role in a mission area in D2
with the same index number ,
where hands-on experience is
deemed essential? Even more
concerning is the decision to
appoint this staff member
directly to D-2, skipping the
standard P-5 to D-1 to D-2
progression with mission
experience —a deviation
that suggests possible misuse
of delegated authority given
from New York
[From UN New
York, no answer, they just
cash their public paychecks -
for now]
...Victoria
Browning, director of the UN
mission in South Sudan,
allegedly instructed Chief
Rabi Burathoki to block emails
from whistleblowers exposing
corruption and illicit
activities within the UNMISS
compound. According to staff
sources, this coordinated
group acts with impunity,
committing actions against
staff members while reportedly
accessing their emails without
their knowledge, recording
their conversations, and
taking photos without
consent—actions staff describe
as unacceptable and criminal
within the UN.
This alleged
surveillance, they claim, aims
to intimidate staff and deter
them from disclosing illegal
activities. Staff members
suggest that the Office of
Internal Oversight Services
(OIOS) fails to perform its
role effectively, citing
conflicts of interest and
claims of the office as an
instrument for retaliation.
Allegedly, some personnel
within OIOS have compromised
their professional standards
by fostering close
relationships with senior
staff, which staff claim
influences their actions,
compromises standard operating
procedures, and undermines
transparency.
It is
Guterres, they say, who should
resign - and end censorship.
Watch this site.
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