On
Colombia As Pompeo Calls Duque
UN Guterres Criticizes
Protesters While Covering Up
UN Sex Abuse
By Matthew
Russell Lee, CJR Letter
PFT Q&A
UN GATE, Nov 27 –
Colombia was presented as one
of the only successes in the
three desultory years Antonio
Guterres has helmed the UN,
censoring Inner City Press to
conceal his links to UN
bribery. Now on November 27
from US State Department
Spokesperson Morgan Ortagus,
this: "Secretary of State
Michael R. Pompeo spoke today
with Colombian President Ivan
Duque. Secretary Pompeo
welcomed the national
conversation that President
Duque has convened in Colombia
in response to recent
demonstrations, recognizing it
as an opportunity for the
Colombian people to work
together to advance peace,
security, and
prosperity. Secretary
Pompeo reaffirmed the United
States’ steadfast support for
the government of Colombia in
its efforts to facilitate
peaceful democratic
expression."
As to the
ever more corrupt UN, on
November 23 after the UN
cursorily acknowledged its
sexual exploitation of
Colombia but refused Inner
City Press' questions about
Colombia, this from Guterres
as he sped away in pollution
vans: "The Secretary-General
follows developments in
Colombia closely. He
acknowledges the largely
peaceful spirit that
characterized the 21 November
marches and welcomes the
expressed willingness of the
Government to engage in
dialogue, as demonstrated by
the announcement of the
President to embark on a
national
conversation.
At the same time, the
Secretary-General is concerned
by incidents of violence and
vandalism, including an attack
late yesterday that claimed
the lives of three police
officers in Cauca Department
and injured
others.
The Secretary-General calls on
all actors to refrain from
violence, exercise maximum
restraint and engage in
peaceful
dialogue.
Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesman
for the
Secretary-General New
York, 23 November 2019." Total
B.S..
After
its
reporting on
the United
Nations as a
resident
correspondent
for a decade,
exposing war
crimes and UN
scandals from
Sri Lanka to
Yemen to
Cameroon, UN
Secretary
General
Antonio
Guterres had
Inner City
Press roughly
ousted and
banned from
the UN since 3
July 2018.
On 24 August
2019 Inner
City Press
applied
to
Guterres and
his new
Communications
and media
accreditation
chief Melissa
Fleming to be
admitted like
hundreds of
others to
cover the
upcoming UN
General
Assembly.
After
receiving from
Guterres'
Security chief
Gilles Michaud
an
ill-informed
response
passing the
buck to the
Department now
run by
Fleming, past
4 pm on
Friday, August
30 the UN
issued a
denial of
accreditation
with no
reasoning
other than
that
accreditation
had previously
been revoked:
"From:
malu
<malu@un.org>
Date: Fri, Aug
30, 2019 at
4:23 PM
Subject: U.N.
eAccreditation
request for
Matthew Lee
Ref # M5413398
has been
declined
To: Inner City
Press:
Greetings
Matthew Lee
from Inner
City
Press,
Your media
accreditation
request, with
reference no:
M5413398, has
been declined
for the
following
reason: Media
accreditation
was withdrawn
on 17 August
2018."
This is
Kafka-esque,
and corrupt.
We will have
more, much
more, on this.
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