On
Colombia UN Guterres Claims
Credit For ELN Ceasefire Call
Corrupt As On Cameroon
By Matthew
Russell Lee, CJR Letter
PFT Q&A
UN GATE, March 30
–
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 by CEFC China Energy.
While banning Inner City Press
for the 636th day and refusing
to answer its questions about
Coronavirus, Taiwan and lack
of transparency, Guterres'
spokesman Stephane Dujarric
tried to claim credit for a
ceasefire call in Colombia, as
he ghoulishly did in Cameroon:
"The Secretary-General
welcomes the announcement by
the National Liberation Army
(ELN) of a one-month
unilateral cease-fire starting
on 1 April to facilitate the
response in Colombia to the
COVID-19 pandemic. He
hopes that this gesture,
following on his global appeal
for cease-fires, can bring a
measure of relief to
communities and vulnerable
groups in conflict-affected
regions in Colombia, and help
the authorities to focus on
fighting the
pandemic.
The Secretary-General calls on
other armed groups to do
likewise." Armed groups only -
so that dictators Guterres
supports like Paul Biya can
kill them. Guterres is
corrupt.
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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