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UN
Gallach Spox
Admits Never
Contacted ICP,
Dujarric Again
"I'm Done"
By Matthew
Russell Lee
UNITED
NATIONS,
February 26 --
After Inner
City Press was
summarily
ejected from
the UN on
February 19,
given only two
hours notice
by UN Under
Secretary
General for
Public
Information
Cristina
Gallach, moves
to defend the
ouster were
under taken by
Ban Ki-moon's
spokesman
Stephane
Dujarric and
the executive
committee of
the UN
Correspondents
Association,
which issued a
strange
statement to
BuzzFeed.
On
February 26,
Inner City
Press asked
Dujarric about
his role, and
quotes in
another
article, in
Business
Insider. From
the UN
transcript:
Inner City
Press:
yesterday at
the Security
Council
stakeout, the
President of
the Council,
Venezuela,
asked about
press freedom
at the UN and
said, I hope
you get your
office
back.
I'm asking
you, are you
aware of
this?
And the reason
I'm asking you
is, you often
from this
podium say,
it's an
institution of
Member
States.
We'll say, why
doesn't Ban
Ki-moon stop
taking
such-and-such
peacekeepers
who are known
to be sexual
abusers and
you'll say,
well, it's up
to Member
States.
So this is the
President of
the
Council.
And I'm
wondering, do
you take note
of it?
The Staff
Union has also
issued a same
call, so my
question
behind it is
this.
I'm looking at
an article
that came out
during the
briefing,
admittedly, in
Business
Insider.
It quotes… it
has your
office.
It says I was
thrown out of
my office and
into the
street
because…
Spokesman
Dujarric:
Matthew, what
is the
question?
Inner City
Press:
Okay. My
question is
this. My
question is as
follows:
Is it true
that, as part
of this
investigation
that never
involved
talking with
me once, as
now
acknowledged
by DPI
(Department of
Public
Information)
to Business
Insider, that
your office
spoke with
them?
And if so,
what did you
say?
Spokesman
Dujarric:
That who…
spoke with
whom?
Inner City
Press:
It says right
here. It
says that a
spokesman for
DPI said that
it wasn't
necessary to
speak with me
because they
spoke… DP…
quote, DPI
also spoke at
length with
the Office of
the
Spokesman.
He's quoting
you.
Spokesman
Dujarric:
Matthew,
Matthew,
Matthew…
[cross talk]
As much as I
trust what
you're
reading, I
would like to
read what
you're reading
from first.
Inner City
Press:
Okay.
Will you give
me an answer
today?
Spokesman:
Second of all,
I know the
Mission of
Venezuela was
in contact
with the
Department of
Public
Information,
and all their
questions were
answered.
Inner City
Press:
Not true.
Spokesman:
Matthew…
[cross talk]
Inner City
Press:
Darrin Farrant
told them
nothing would
be
changed.
That's a
direct quote.
Spokesman:
Matthew, I'm
done.
Thank you.
This
"I'm done"
answering was
how Dujarric
cut off Inner
City Press'
questions
about
corruption -
just before
Inner City
Press was
ousted.
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