SDNY COURTHOUSE,
March 14 – In the UN system
corrupted by SG Antonio
Guterres, the heads of UN
agencies are even blocking
their staff from seeking to
assist Ukraine refugees. This
comes after Guterres and his
Department of Global
Communications under Melissa
Fleming told at least 25 UN
officials to not call Ukraine
a war. Then they lied about
it, and continue to ban the
Press that
asked.
Now this:
the International Fund for
Agricultural Development
(IFAD) has blocked an attempt
by its staff from providing
financial assistance to
Ukrainian refugees who have
fled to Italy from the Russian
invasion of their country. The
IFAD "Ethics" Committee in a
Guterres-influenced statement
told staff that "ETH
understands that the IFAD Help
Fund would like to “help the
refugees that will be reaching
Rome in the next days, as a
result of the current military
conflict in Ukraine”. To this
end, the proposal would be to
“collect essential goods to be
given to one of the
associations in Rome that will
host these refugees (mainly
women and children).
"In this respect,
we wish to refer to the
communication released by
COM/ETH currently on the
intranet in relation to the
recent turn of events in
Ukraine that may have
triggered strong
reactions including the
need to engage in charitable
activities such as the one you
propose on behalf of the IFAD
Help Fund. Please note that
IFAD Help Fund was created as
an IFAD organ and therefore it
is part of the organization.
"In order to
protect the Fund’s
independence and mission, ETH
would advise that the
activities you refer to, be
undertaken by colleagues in
your respective personal
capacities as opposed to
through the IFAD Help Fund. To
this end, we encourage you to
be mindful of the obligations
set forth in the Code of
Conduct to avoid any action
and, in particular, any public
pronouncement or personal
gainful activity that would
adversely or unfavorably
reflect on your status as an
IFAD staff or on the
integrity, independence and
impartiality required by this
status." "In addition,
please bear in mind that
participation in local
community or civic activities
must be consistent with your
oath of service in IFAD and
with IFAD’s Code of
Conduct."
As reported by
Italian Insider (h/t), IFAD
President Gilbert Houngbo
evidently is hoping for
Chinese and Russian support in
his bid to jump ship and
become Director general of the
ILO in elections for the
leadership of the Geneva-based
organization this month.
Against that background even
local humanitarian assistance
by staff to Ukrainian refugees
in Rome is to be discouraged
lest it irk Chinese or Russian
officials.
In a
statement on the impact of the
Russian attack on Ukraine last
week Houngbo, like his Chinese
counterpart at FAO Qu Dongyu,
stopped short of mentioning
Russia or of referring to the
war and invasion by Russian
forces choosing to echo
Guterres by talking
euphemistically only about
"military operations." A fish
rots from the head.
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