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As UN Blocks Press From Day 2 of Gumbo Diplomacy O5 Read-Out Silent On Guterres Undemocratic Bid

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UN GATE / SDNY, Feb 27 - The United Nations, its often unaccountable senior leadership like Fabrizio Hochschild and always sychophantic press corps all seem pleased by the prospect of increased funding from Foggy Bottom and ultimately the American people. But will the UN administration belatedly live up to principles like those of the First Amendment, for example content neutral press access?

  So far, no.

  On February 25 new Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield held a stake-out by the UN Security Council. Inner City Press has questioned US Ambassadors from Zalmay Khalilzad through Susan Rice and Samantha Power to Nikki Haley. But now, due to critical coverage of and questions to Antonio Guterres, it is banned.

  So, an investigative US-based media is blocked from questioning a US official. Can this be legal? And what about the President of the General Assembly, and the President of the UN Security Council - for now the UK, not yet the US which will face this - not even confirming receipt of, much less circulating, the letters and C.V.s of opponent of Guterres? We'll have more on this.

 Here for now is the Mission's read-out of Day 2: "The below is attributable to United States Mission Spokesperson Olivia Dalton:         Yesterday, Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield made a virtual visit to Yemen to meet with humanitarian NGOs, including the Danish Refugee Council, Doctors Without Borders, and the International Committee of the Red Cross.  The Ambassador engaged with the organizations to learn of their challenges on the ground, and recognized their vital work to provide life-saving support to the Yemeni people.        Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield also held a virtual roundtable with executive leadership of the humanitarian organizations CARE, the International Rescue Committee, Mercy Corps, the Norwegian Refugee Council, Save the Children, and World Vision.  The Ambassador reiterated President Biden’s commitment to providing humanitarian support and recognized that the United States can only address global challenges through multilateral action and a principled humanitarian response.        For the first time addressing the General Assembly as the Representative of the United States to the United Nations, Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield delivered remarks to the UN General Assembly on the situation in Burma.  The Ambassador strongly condemned the military coup and the security forces' brutal killing of unarmed people and urged the world to speak with one voice to show solidarity with the people of Burma.         Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield ended the day with a series of bilateral meetings with Permanent Representatives to the United Nations from the People’s Republic of China, Ireland, Norway, the Russian Federation, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines.  The Ambassador discussed the upcoming U.S. Security Council Presidency and the integral work of the Security Council on global challenges, including human rights and climate change, and areas of shared interest for future cooperation in the United Nations."

  So not all members of the UN Security Council have been met with yet - where for example are India, and the A3? Watch this site.

No discussion of ensuring that Guterres doesn't just strong arm a second term in a way that makes a mockery of the pronouncement on democracy by the UN - & P3?

   Revisit the canned Q&A in the UN noon briefing of November 23, which again banned Inner City Press - and its questions about UN corruption and sexual abuse, Cameroon, Honduras and other UN failures, here.  

Inner City Press before corrupt UNSG Antonio Guterres had it thrown out without due process or appeal covered not only the UN and its "Peacekeeping" missions in Haiti and elsewhere, but also Antony Blinken (here, meeting Prince Zeid) and Linda Thomas-Greenfield (here, after a trip to Somalia; Inner City Press covered the UN Security Council trip to Djibouti).  


On February 25, the IMF took Inner City Press' questions on Sudan and Cambodia via WebEx, here. Inner City Press also spoke for half an hour on Honduras UNeTV, including about the Biden Administration, Secretary Antony Blinken and Honduras, and SDNY: here.

The UN banned Inner City Press, including from the stakeout by the US Ambassador. Again, can this be legal? Is it sustainable? Is it credible? Watch this site.

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