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By Matthew Russell Lee, CJR PFT NYP

UNITED NATIONS GATE, June 17 – How untransparent and inaccessible is Antonio Guterres, as UN Secretary General? Mirroring others, he cultivates a fawning media and punishes and bans critical press. A year ago Inner City Press from inside the UN covered his failure to hold a press conference in five months, while he planned to "raise a glass" with correspondents who never criticized him. (In fact, China has a veto on this group's board, here.)

 Soon after, on 22 June 2018, Guterres had his Security led by Lt Ronald E. Dobbins physically push Inner City Press out of the UN, video here, a precursor to worse.

  Now, with Inner City Press banned by Guterres from any entry of the UN for 348 days, he prepares again without any sit down press conference to let them raise money off him, totally corrupt.

This as he, while covering up his links to UN briber CEFC China Energy, doesn't even live up to his spokesman Stephane Dujarric's statement that there would be a UN statement after Guterres' "counter-terrorism" envoy's bluewashing trip to Xinjiang where China mass jails Uighurs. Those who frolic on the North Lawn with Guterres are complicit.A notice leaked by disgusted but complicity UN correspondents:

"The United Nations Correspondents Association has the pleasure to invite you to the launch of the 2019 UNCA Directory.   We are delighted to announce that the annual reception will once again be held outdoors on the North Lawn facing the East River.  Regional food, wine, cocktails, beer and more will be served!   SAVE THE DATE Wednesday, June 19th 6:00 - 8:30 pm North Lawn, UNHQ   Opening Remarks by UN Secretary-General António Guterres 6:30 pm   Come and receive your copy of the new UNCA Directory!!   Please RSVP by FRIDAY, June 14th to rsvpuncaevents@gmail.com   The event is open to all UN correspondents *You must hold a valid UN ID to attend the event     See you on the 19th!"

 We'll have more on this. For now, Part II of the outmoded and absurd hard copy Directory for dictator lovers of the  UN Censorship Alliance:

CALTAGIRONE, UGO ANSA News Agency US Chief Correspondent Office: 529 14th Street NW Washington DC 20045 - CAMA, AIDA Deutsche Welle Reporter Address: 2255 Cruger Ave. #5B Bronx, NY 10467 - CANIKLIGIL, Razi Hurriyet (D) Office: United Nations  Room S-344 -  CANTEKIN, Laura Feature Story News Producer Office: United Nations  Room S-0340 - CARLI, Melodie  Associated Press Television News (APTN)  Reporter/Producer Office: United Nations  Room S-337 -  CASTRO, Jaime Associated Press  Television News Video-Newsperson Office: United Nations  Room S-337 -    CÉSPEDES, Marisa TELEVISA  New York News  Bureau Chief &  Correspondent Office: 134 West 58th Street #1608 New York, NY 10001 - CHARLES, Ann Baltic Review (I),  UN Bureau Chief;  The Brasilians (MN); Travel World News (I); Draugas-Lithuanian  World-Wide (D)  Office: United Nations Room S-406A New York, NY 10017 Tel: (212) 591-1940 Home: 40 Central Park South New York, NY 10019

CHEN, Yingqian Hong Kong Phoenix TV Office: 450 West 33rd Street, 18th floor New York, NY 10281 -  CIANFANELLI, Renzo RAC Associates LLC;  Il Secolo XIX (D);  Radio 19 (R )  Office:  United Nations  Room S-421C, Home: 177 East 79th St,  New York, NY 10021 - CINAR, Ali Turkish Journal (MM) Tel: (212) 963-0935 Mobile: (203) 722-4339 -   CORBETT, Helen DPA, German Press Agency Office: United Nations Room S-319 - DAKAMSEH, Jordan M. The Jordan Report;  Addustour Daily News (D) Office: United Nations  Room S-3112A -  DEEN, Thalif Inter Press Service (IPS) (NA);  Senior Editor & Director Office: United Nations  Room S-407 - de LAVARENE, Celhia  L’Obs/Mediapart Office: United Nations  Room S-304B -   DENSELOW, William,  Michael Edmund Feature Story News Video Journalist Office: United Nations Room S-340 - DERGHAM, Raghida The National Columnist Mobile: (917) 334-8484 Beirut Mobile:  +(961)71 174144    - DOWDY, Zachary R. Newsday Office: United Nations  Room S-0335 -  EL FIL, Rana Lebanon Files Office: United Nations Room S-0315 -  ELGENDY, Ibrahim Associated Press  Television News Freelance Reporter Office: United Nations  Room S-0337 -    ENHARI, Naoufal Moroccan News Agency (MAP) UN Correspondent Office: United Nations  Room S-0419 - ENTEKHABIFARD,  Camelia The Independent Persian Editor-in-Chief - EVANSKY, Ben Fox News Channel UN Bureau Producer Office: United Nations Room S-0338 -   EWING, Sakura  TV Asahi America, Inc. Producer Office: 875 Third Avenue, 3rd Floor New York, NY 10022 - FALK, Pamela S. CBS News TV & Radio Office: United Nations  Room S-306 - FARKAS, Alessandra Radio Popolare (Milano) US Correspondent Office: 223 Echo Hill Court Saugerties, NY 12477 - FARRELL, Naomi World Union Press (D) - FASSIHI, Farnaz The Wall Street Journal Senior Writer/  UN Correspondent Office: United Nations  Room S-338A -  FASULO, Linda National Public Radio (NPR) Office: United Nations  Room S-422  -  FATHI, Tarek  Anadolu Agency Office: United Nations  Room S-423 - FATHI, Ahmed M. American Television News (ATN) Managing Editor Office: United Nations  Room S-0332 - FAZAL, M Mushfiqul Just News BD Editor - FRADE, Ibis Prensa Latina Chief Correspondent Office: United Nations  Room S-0404B - FRANCO, Widad NHK Japan Broadcasting (TV) Office: United Nations  Room S-414  - FUJIWARA, Gakushi Asahi Shimbun Office: United Nations  Room S-410A - GALLEGO, Mercedes El Correo (Vocento) Office: United Nations  Room S-0344 - GALLO, Gianni Al Jazeera Arabic Senior Photojournalist Office: 1200 New Hampshire Ave NW Washington, D.C 20036 - GLADSTONE, Rick New York Times (D) Office: 620 8th Ave., New York, NY 10018 - GLY, Majeed Rudaw Media Network New York Bureau Chief;  UN Correspondent Office: United Nations Room S-04FB1 -  GUAITA, Anna IL Messaggero (D) Office: United Nations  Room S-422A-1 - GUERRERO, Maurizio Notimex (NA) Bureau Chief Office: United Nations  Room S-301 - HAIDER, Masood Dawn, Pakistan (D) Office: United Nations Room S-348C Mobile: (917) 971-1170 @haidermasood  -  HARIRI, Nadine Associated Press  Television News  Reporter Office: United Nations Room S-0337 - HARPER, Nicholas  David Feature Story News NY Bureau Chief Office: United Nations  Room S-340 - HASSANEIN, Alexander Ismaeil The Tokyo Shimbun,  The Chunichi Shimbun Reporter Office: 1 Rockefeller Plaza, Suite 1714 New York, NY 10020 - HAUBEN, Ronda taz.de (Blog columnist at Die TageszeitungGermany); The 4th Media (China)  Office: United Nations  Room S-334B  -   HERNANDEZ,  Nachuwm S.  Tokyo Broadcasting  System  Producer Office: 524 West 57th Street, Ste 4350 New York, NY 10019 -    HORSTEN, Christina DPA, German Press  Agency (NA) Office: United Nations  Room S-352 -    IGNATIOU, Michail OPEN TV– Ethnos Greece OMEGA TV CYPRUS Correspondent Office: United Nations Room S-333  -    ISHIDA, Mana Jiji Press (NA) Office: United Nations Room S-410 -    JIA, Zechi    Wen Hui Daily Chief Correspondent Office: United Nations  Room S-3112G -   JIANG, Guangfu Hong Kong Phoenix,  Satellite (TV) Office NY: 450 West 33rd St., 14th Fl. New York, NY 10001 =   JOHNSON, Ian Eurovision Americas Inc.  New York Bureau Chief Office: United Nations  Room S-401 New York, NY 10017 Office: 524 West 57th St.,  Room 4330 New York, NY 10019 -  JUNG, Borah Radio Free Asia News Reporter -     KALBASI, Bahman BBC News, Persian  Service Reporter, NYC/UN Office: United Nations  Room S-0412 - KAMMERLANDER,  Annemarie ARD German TV-  New York Bureau Producer Office: 633 Third Ave,  8th Fl  New York, NY 10017 - KARIKARI, Nana Fox News Network National Producer Office: 1211 Avenue of the Americas, 2nd Floor New York, NY 10036 -   KAYES, Sibli  Chowdhury Time Television (TV) Special Correspondent & News Editor Address: 36-50 38th Street Astoria (LIC), NY 11101   KENT, Melissa Canadian Broadcasting Corporation/ RadioCanada (TV/R) Office: United Nations  Room S-342 -  KHRENOVA, Mariia TASS News Agency Senior Correspondent Office: United Nations Room S-04CR1 - KINS, Gloria Starr Society & Diplomatic  Review; ELAPH;  The Irish Examiner  Office:  131 E 66th St,  New York, NY 10065 -   KISSLU, Akm Shehabuddin Somoy Media Television -  KLEIN, Joseph A. Canada Free Press (D) Office: United Nations  Room S-330 New York, NY 10017 Office NY: 50 Lexington Ave, 9E New York, NY 10010 - LANDRY, Carole Agence France Presse Office: United Nations  Room S-316 -  LARUFFA, DARIO RAI, Italian Public  Television & Radio US and UN  Correspondent Office: 33 East 67th Street New York, NY 10065 -   LEDERER, Edith Associated Press (NA) Office: United Nations  Room S-320  - LEIMBACH, Dulcie L PassBlue Editor Office: United Nations  Room S-0410 - LEMASURIER, Jessica France 24 Correspondent; RFI English Office: United Nations  Room S-341 - LEOPOLD, Evelyn Freelance Chair, Dag Hammarskjöld Fund for Journalists Office: United Nations  Room S-342A  @evjournalist  -  LEVY, Henry J Jewish Post Publisher, Editor-in-Chief -   LI, Muzi Xinhua News Agency Photographer Office: United Nations  Room S-313 -   LIN, YUAN Xinhua News Agency Correspondent Office: United Nations Room S-313 -   LISUNOVA, Kateryna Ukrainian Television Pryamiy TV -MA, Jianguo Xinhua News Agency Office: United Nations Room S-313 - MACMILLAN, Arthur David The National Chief Diplomatic  Correspondent Office: United Nations  Room S-04BP -  MAGEE, Seana Kathleen Kyodo News (NA) Office: United Nations  Room S-304 - MAOUNIS, Nico The Associated Press Head of Special News Events/ Breaking News Office: United Nations  Room S-337 -  MARGOLIN, Josh ABC News Office: 47 West 66th Street, Floor 4 New York, NY 10023 -    MASSOUD, Adla Sky News (Arabia) Producer Office: United Nations  Room S-419A-2 - MASTROLILLI, Paolo La Stampa (D) Office: United Nations  Room S-348A New York, NY 10017 Other: 325 East 41st Street,  # 1001 New York, NY 10017 - MENDOZA, Celia Voice of America /  Latin Division Office: United Nations  Room S-309 - METZLER, John Worldtribune.com (Washington, DC) (I),  Korea Times (D) Seoul  Office: United Nations  Room S-330B

Also the "Executive Committee" / politburo:

Valeria Robecco, ANSA News Agency Room: S-305 Mobile: (973) 413-0864 Email: valeria.robecco@gmail.com  Executive Officers: Melissa Kent, CBC/Radio-Canada - UNCA First Vice President 2019 FIRST VICE PRESIDENT Melissa Kent, CBC/Radio-Canada Room: S-342 Phone: (212) 546-0510 Mobile: (646) 238-5876 Email: melissa.kent@cbc.ca  Jianguo Ma, Xinhua News Agency - UNCA Second Vice President 2019 SECOND VICE PRESIDENT Jianguo Ma, Xinhua News Agency Room: S-313 Phone: (917) 868-3210 Email: mjg222888@gmail.com  Luke Vargas, Talk Media News - UNCA Third Vice President 2019 THIRD VICE PRESIDENT Luke Vargas, Talk Media News Room: S-422A Phone: (212) 918-1995 Email: luke@talkmedianews.com  Carole Landry, Agence France Presse - UNCA Treasurer 2016-2019 TREASURER Carole Landry, Agence France Presse (AFP) Room: S-316 Phone: (212) 759-8183 Mobile: (917) 832-5415 Email: carole.landry@afp.com  Seana Magee, Kyodo News - UNCA Secretary 2014-2019 SECRETARY Seana Magee, Kyodo News Room: S-304 Phone: (212) 508-5475 Mobile: (347) 512-5506 Email: seanamagee2003@yahoo.com  Members at Large: Nabil Abi Saab, Al Hurra TV - Member at Large, UN Correspondents Association Executive Team 2018-2019 Nabil Abi Saab, Al Hurra TV Room: S-416A Phone: (212) 308-2317 Mobile: (202) 413-4666 Email: nabisaab@alhurra.com  Erol Avdovic - Member at Large, UN Correspondents Association Executive Team 2017-2019 Erol Avdovic, Webpublicapress Room: S-345 Phone: (646) 875-5121 Email: erol.avdo@gmail.com  Oscar Bolanos, OMB News - Member at Large, UN Correspondents Association Executive Team 2018-2019 Oscar Bolanos, OMB News Phone: (202) 629-5100 Email: ombyvozque@gmail.com  Sherwin Bryce-Pease, SABC South Africa - Member at Large, UN Correspondents Association Executive Team 2019 Sherwin Bryce-Pease, SABC South Africa Room: S-415 Phone: (917) 703-4470 Email: s.brycepease@gmail.com  Farnaz Fassihi, Wall Street Journal - Member at Large, UN Correspondents Association Executive Team 2017-2019 Farnaz Fassihi, Wall Street Journal Room: S-338A... Widad Franco, NHK Japan Broadcasting - Member at Large, UN Correspondents Association Executive Team 2017-2019 Widad Franco, NHK Japan Broadcasting Room: S-414  Maria Khrenova, TASS News Agency - Member at Large, UN Correspondents Association Executive Team 2019 Maria Khrenova, TASS News Agency Room: S-04CR1  Edith Lederer, Associated Press - Member at Large, UN Correspondents Association Executive Team 2019 Edith Lederer, Associated Press Room: S-320
Betul Yuruk, Anadolu Agency - Member at Large, UN Correspondents Association Executive Team 2019 Betul Yuruk, Anadolu Agency Room: S-423
Giampaolo Pioli, Quotidiano Nazionale - Member at Large, UN Correspondents Association Executive Team 2017-2019 Giampaolo Pioli, Quotidiano Nazionale Room: S-422 Phone: (212) 371-1099 Mobile: (917) 287-3969 Email: giampioli@aol.com 

From a year ago:

The last time Guterres held a press conference at UN headquarters was more than five months ago, on January 16.  On that day, Inner City Press asked Guterres why he had not acted on the killings by the Cameroon government and had not even started an audit of the China Energy Fund Committee UN bribery case in which CEFC's UN representative Patrick Ho was and is jailed. Since then, still no audit and no action on Cameroon.

   Now after five months Guterres will on June 26 finally hold a second press conference. But on the same day, he is also the guest of honor of the UN Correspondents Association: “This year marks UNCA's 70th anniversary, celebrating seven decades of journalism committed to reporting on the UN and its many causes and objectives [1!]" The Free UN Coalition for Access questions the propriety of this focus on the UN's "causes" rather than simply covering the UN as it is. But FUNCA has timely sent this: "This is a timely response to your statement that 'The event is open to all UN correspondents, Please RSVP by FRIDAY, June 22nd to RSVPUNCAEvents@gmail.com... Opening Remarks byUN Secretary-General António Guterres, 6:00 pm (LOCATION TBC).' A UN correspondent, by choice not a member of UNCA, is hereby timely requesting to be informed where SG Antonio Guterres will be making remarks, and to cover it. Please confirm receipt and provide response. On deadline, thank you in advance." Now what? Guterres' holdover spokesman Stephane Dujarric has continued to restrict the Press that asks him the most questions, in favor of a no-show Egyptian state media whose correspondent Sanaa Youssef is a former president of UNCA and who hasn't asked the UN a question in more than a decade. Now Dujarric has teamed up with three UNCA members to try to claim that covering his privatization of the UN Press Briefing Room is somehow inappropriately aggressive. This is censorship. We'll have more on this.

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