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Asked UN As ESCWA Staff Complained to SG Now
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By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell
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UN GATE
EXCLUSIVE, Nov 8 –
How
corrupt is
today's United
Nations, under
Antonio
Guterres?
Well,
consider
UNRWA, under
Philippe
Lazzarini.
Inner City
Press for two
days has asked
Guterres'
spokespeople
Stephane
Dujarric and
Melissa
Fleming -- the
second day
cc-ing
Lazzarini
himself -
about
complaints and
evidence that
whistleblowers
have provided
to Inner City
Press about
what is
formally
knowns as the
United Nations
Relief and
Works Agency
for Palestine
Refugees in
the Near East.
No response at
all, while
Dujarric
laughs and
services state
media and his
partners in
censorship,
with whom he
worked to
target and now
ban Inner
City Press, as
he promotes a
"press"
conference
about Gaza by
these
corruptos
Consider
ESCWA, on
which Guterres
has refused to
answer Press
questions
after
receiving
(along with
his equally
censoring
cronies) this
from ESCWA
staff:
From:
ESCWA UNRWA
Staff
Data: April
11, 2023
Subject:
Appeal from
ESCWA Staff
To: ag@un.org
Cc:
Lopez22@un.org,
rola.dashti@un.org,
makhmudov@un.org,
pollardc@un.org,
mounir.tabet@un.org,
ndiyae@un.org,
armstronge@un.org,
courtenay.rattray@un.org,
Noun@un.org,
Ali.aldabag@un.org
Secretary-General,
We, a group of
ESCWA staff,
fear
retaliation
from the ESCWA
Executive
Secretary, Ms.
Rola Dashti,
and are
sending you
this email
anonymously
since the
Ethics Office
and OIOS have
failed to take
action and
protect
us.
Today, the
Executive
Secretary
(supported by
the ASG/OHR,
Ms. Martha
Helena Lopez,
and the EOSG)
has requested
the processing
of the
resignation of
Mr. Ahmad Dik,
Director of
Resources
Management and
Services
Development
Division,
effective 14
April 2023 (in
3 days from
now) which was
approved
personally by
your ASG for
OHR Ms. Martha
Helena Lopez
following a
deal between
her and the
Executive
Secretary of
ESCWA who
visited UNHQ
for this
purpose a few
weeks
ago. An
OIOS
investigation
has
established
that Mr. Ahmad
Dik committed
sexual
harassment,
misconduct,
and fraud.
Instead of
being
dismissed, he
was put on
special leave
with full pay
for a year,
and now he is
being rewarded
with a
resignation
without a
single
disciplinary
measure issued
against him.
He is also
negotiating
the payment of
his three
months of
annual
leave.
We, the ESCWA
staff, are
shocked that
the Office of
the
Secretary-General
and the ASG
for OHR, ms.
Martha Helena
Lopez would
approve such a
course of
action instead
of enforcing
the
accountability
framework and
dismissing Mr.
Dik. We ask
that you hold
your ASG, OHR,
accountable
for her lack
of integrity
and for
facilitating
the reward of
sexual
predators and
thieves.
Mr. Ahmad Dik
and Mr. Akmal
Makhmudov
(Chief, People
Management
Central) have
been
facilitators
of the
Executive
Secretary’s
wrongdoings
for the past
three years.
Mr. Dik and
the Executive
Secretary have
promised Mr.
Makhmudov a
promotion from
the P-4 to the
P-5 in return
for him
facilitating
and approving
the
appointment of
several of the
ES’s relatives
and the
irregular
promotion of
several of Mr.
Dik’s cronies,
such as Ms.
Hanadi Baltagi
and Ms. Carla
Ziade. The
Chief of HR,
Mr. Akmal
Makhmudov,
approved all
these
appointments
and
promotions.
The ESCWA
staff are all
aware of this
situation.
In addition,
Mr. Makhmudov
and Mr. Dik
have
previously
engaged in
intimidation
of staff at
ESCWA to
prevent them
from reporting
misconduct to
UNHQ. Several
ESCWA staff
have reported
such
misconduct,
and an OIOS
investigation
has occurred.
Unfortunately,
instead of
enforcing
accountability,
your office is
doing the
opposite:
encouraging
the wrongdoers
and sexual
harassers to
continue their
misconduct and
get rewarded
for it.
Mr. Dik should
be dismissed
and terminated
for misconduct
instead of
being allowed
to resign in
compliance
with the rules
and
regulations of
the United
Nations.
Mr. Makhmudov,
who aided the
ES and Mr.
Dik, should be
investigated
for all his
misconduct and
cover-up
schemes during
the last three
years and
prevented from
continuing his
duties as
Chief of
HR. We
ask you, as
Secretary-General,
to remove the
Executive
Secretary of
ESCWA from
office as she
has lost the
trust of all
ESCWA staff
whom she keeps
retaliating
against.
This toxic
culture must
end now."
Guterres'
response? To
extend here.
More failure
on Gaza.
So
here's some of
the UNRWA
story, with
more to come -
Here
is the letter,
freely
available on
Inner City
Press'
DocumentCloud
here
That
is today's UN,
with Inner
City Press
still banned
from entering
to ask these
questions in
person, and
its December
5, 2022 appeal
not even
responded to.
Totally
corrupt.
***
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