UNITED NATIONS
GATE, Oct 3
– Inner City Press
on 5 July
2018 was
banned from entering
the UN, the day
after it filed a
criminal complaint
against UN Security
for physically
removing it from
covering the meeting
about the UN
Secretary General
Antonio Guterres'
$6.7 billion
peacekeeping budget,
as witnessed and
essentially cheered
on by senior UN
official Christian
Saunders, tearing
its reporter's
shirt, painfully and
intentionally
twisting his arm and
slamming shut and
damaging his laptop.
On August 17,
Guterres' Department
of Global Communication
issued a letter
banning Inner City
Press from the UN -
for life. With no
due process.
Guterres has
put the UN in the US
Press Freedom
Tracker, here.
Smale said,
again, that the UN
would answer Press
questions to the
Spokesman Stephane
Dujarric and his
Office;
Dujarric said
the same on
camera.
On October
3 three
hours
before the
noon
briefing by Spokesman
Stephane "French
Whine"
Dujarric where
he said
he and his
scribes are in
the same profession
and answered a
question about
the NY Mets
baseball team
firing their
manager
after the July 26
noon briefing
had no
questions at all,
video here,
Inner
City Press submitted 1254
questions,
including why
it continues
to be
lawlessly banned
from entering
to ask
questions in
person:
"There
are more than
800+
questions
UNanswered.
And Monday
Sept 17,
Tuesday Sept
18, Wed Sept
19 and
Thurs and Fri
Sept 21, that
whole week, no
questions
answered. Nor
Sept 25, nor
28th - nor
October 2 nor
3. While
appreciating
and using what
was belatedly
sent on Sept 6
(while you
still withhold
if-asked
information
about Cameroon
child rape(s)
in DRC),
and on March
28 in partial
request to
Inner City
Press'
questions
about the UN
bribery
sentence of
Patrick Ho of
CEFC and
CEFC's 2018
attempt to buy
the oil
company of
Gulbenkian
Foundation
which paid the
SG, no answers
on Dec 17 or
18 or 19 or 20
or 21 -
another FIVE
days in a row,
even as SG's
direct
conflicts of
interest and
failure to
disclose
emerge, and a
newest low. No
answers on
January 30 nor
31 nor
February 1 nor
4 nor 5 nor 6
nor 7 nor 11
nor 12 nor 13
nor 14 nor 15
nor 18 nor 19
nor 20 nor 21
nor 22 nor 25
nor 26 nor 27
nor March 1 -
27 (!) And now April 1, 3-30 (one
answer
in the
entire month -
corrupt), and
now May
1-13, 15-17,
21-31,
June
3-28,
and July 1-2,
8-31 and August
1-5,
8-30,
Sept 3-5, 9-30
and now
October 1-2 many
questions.
No answers at
all during
those four
days of the US
v Ho trial
showing
corruption in
the UN says it
all. This ban
is just
censorship -
and Inner City
Press must be
allowed back
into the noon
briefing to
ask its
questions in
person and
follow up on
them.
October
3-1: On
murderous drug
conspiracy,
corruption and
Honduras,
please
immediately
provide UNSG
Antonio
Guterres'
response to
and
explanation of
the SDNY
prosecutors'
asserts that
El Chapo
Guzman
funneled $1
million to
Honduras'
president and
Guterres'
September 24,
2019 meeting
with the
president,
Juan Orlando
Hernández
Alvarado, at
which neither
corruption nor
drugs was even
raised. What
does Guterres
have to
say?
October
3-2: On
torture and
Mali,
particularly
in light of
the UN working
with the army
and president
there, what
are SG
Guterres'
comments and
actions if any
on that Malian
military units
are using a
method to
restrain
detainees
during
counterterrorism
operations
that has led
to amputations
and other
serious
injuries?
October
3-3: On the
Bahamas
particularly
in light of
the SG's
un-followed up
on visit and
speech there,
what are the
SG's comment
and actions
now on that
the Hubert
Minnis
government to
deport
undocumented
migrants who
survived the
passage of
Hurricane
Dorian on
September 1
and are now
living in
shelters?
October
3-4: On
Uganda, on
which you have
refused to
respond in any
way to Inner
City Press'
questions
despite or
because of the
showing of
CEFC China
Energy bribes
to the
country's
leadership
(and Guterres'
undisclosed
links to
CEFC), what is
Guterres'
comment now
that Bobi Wine
has tweeted a
video showing
him denouncing
the
government's
ban of his
trademark red
beret for
people who are
not in the
armed forces.
October
3-5: On press
freedom and
Cambodia, what
are the SG and
separately USG
Melissa
Fleming's
comments and
actions if any
on that a
Cambodian
judge Thursday
ordered a
reinvestigation
in the
espionage case
against two
journalists,
saying he
could not rule
on their guilt
or innocence
without enough
evidence.
Phnom Penh
Municipal
Court Judge Im
Vannak ordered
the new
investigation
on the day he
was scheduled
to deliver a
verdict in the
case against
the two
reporters, Uon
Chhin and
Yeang
Sothearin.
October
3-6: On press
freedom and
Colombia, what
are the SG and
separately USG
Melissa
Fleming's
comments and
actions if any
on that
Colombia’s
migration
authority
detained and
deported a
renowned
Mexican
journalist on
Tuesday.
Photo
journalist
Alejandra
Rajal was
stopped at
Bogota‘s El
Dorado airport
and deported
around
midnight...
October
2-1: On
Liberia and
accountability
or impunity,
what are the
comments and
actions if any
of the SG that
Liberian
president and
former
football star
George Weah
has expressed
his reluctance
to establish a
war crimes
court, despite
widespread
calls for it
to be formed
to try those
involved in a
civil war that
killed up to
250,000
people.
Speaking after
his arrival
from the UN
General
Assembly on
Tuesday
evening, Mr
Weah said: “I
don’t
understand
what you all
want. Since we
came to power,
I have not one
day called for
[a] war crimes
court.”
To the wild
applause of a
group of
supporters
surrounding
him, the
ex-footballer
asked: “Why
now? When we
have economic
issues, we’re
trying to
develop our
country, why
focus on a war
crimes court
now?”
October
2-2: On UN
impunity, what
is the UN's
response to
the cert
petition filed
with the US
Supreme Court
for the UN
having brought
cholera to
Haiti and
killed 10,000+
people but
left people
nearly
entirely
unrecompensed?
October
1-1: On
Burundi and
Tanzania, what
are the
comments and
actions if any
of the SG and
USG Fleming on
that the
Burundian
government has
said that it
is to start
repatriating
refugees from
neighboring
Tanzania on
Thursday.
October
1-2: On UN
waste and
spin, please
immediately
explain why SG
Guterres has
unlike Ban
Ki-moon used
public money
for a position
now given to
UK Peter Reid
(said to be
unfilled since
Ed Mortimer in
2006), and how
this position,
with no less
than six
speech writers
under it -
please provide
their names
and salaries -
is different
from the role
of USG Melissa
Fleming, who
has yet to
respond on the
question of
what the due
process rights
of critical
journalists at
the UN are, etc
September
30-1: On
Cameroon what
are SG
Guterres'
comments and
actions if any
on that the
whereabouts of
a
pro-Ambazonia
activists are
still unknown
days after he
went on
television to
speak about
the Major
National
Dialogue
September
30-3: On Sri
Lanka, again
please
immediately
explain why
your Office
refused to
answer weeks
of questions
from Inner
City Press
about the
impact of
Shavendra
Silva being
made head of
army (despite
Dujarric on
camera
promise, and
Smale's
written
promise, to
answer ICP's
questions)
then handed
the answer to
FP and how
that doesn't
make FP the
UN's teacher's
pet? Is the
belated
decision even
true? We ask
again now
because of
Lacroix'
admission is
that UN's
action is much
more limited
that Haq told
his and your
friends, and
they
reported.
September
30-8: On UN
corruption,
please
immediately
state in light
of another
exclusive
Inner City
Press series
the UN's
knowledge of
and action on
Patrick Ho's
and CEFC China
Energy
activities in
South Sudan,
and why
Guterres has
still not
disclosed his
2016 payments
from
Gulbenkian
which tried to
sell its oil
company to
CEFC in his
public
financial
disclosure
covering
2016.
September
25-5: On the
UNGA luncheon
and DGC,
please explain
how photos are
by Chinese
state media
Xinhua / "UNCA
Pool" but
Xinhua is not
on the list of
poolers
published in a
Portuguese
publication.
Is Xinhua now
"in-house" for
DGC? Are there
ostensibly
non-UN
correspondents
who in fact
work for and
are paid by
the UN? What
is the ethics
of that?
September
4-8:
Immediately
explain the
single lawless
line from MALU
on 30 August
2019:
"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
a formal
request for
the UN's
explanation of
grounds for
this denial.
And a demand
for answer to
these
questions,
which MALU has
declined to
answer:
Who made the
decision?
Where is the
list of those
accredited by
[MALU]?
What and to
whom is the
process of
appeal?
September
3-17: In light
of the death
of Jeffrey
Epstein, now
on August 27
multiply
accused of sex
trafficking
along with
Ghislaine
Maxwell who
was allowed to
promote her
now closed
charity in the
UN Press
Briefing Room,
as Inner City
Press asked
without any UN
response on
July 22,
please
immediately
disclose all
UN
interactions
with his
Ghislaine
Maxwell's
TerraMar
Project and
relatedly,
with Paolo
Zampolli.
September
3-19: On press
freedom and
Cameroon, on
which you
refused to
answer on
August 13
despite saying
the office was
staffed and
answering, now
more specific:
what is the
SG's comment
and action if
any, post
golden statue,
to that Paul
Atanga Nji,
territorial
administration
minister, says
Cameroon's
journalists
are becoming
highly
unpatriotic.
"They have one
main
objective,
just to
sabotage
government
action, to
promote
secessionist
tendencies,"
said Nji. "I
urge them to
be
responsible.
Those who do
not want to
respect the
laws will be
booked as
being
recalcitrant
and will be
treated as
such"... Now
that the US
Court of
Appeals for
the Second
Circuit has
ruled against
public
officials
blocking
critics on
Twitter even
if the
official
claims their
account is
private, what
is the
justification
for UNSG
Spokesperson
Stephane
Dujarric, with
the UN flag in
his profile
photo and
Guterres
promoting
content,
blocking Inner
City Press?
What is SG
Guterres'
response /
reaction to UN
DSS and
Guterres'
actions on
Inner City
Press being
listed in the
U.S. Press
Freedom
Tracker, here.
In the UN,
what has the
accountability
been for Lt
Ronald E.
Dobbins and
those those
refused on
camera to give
their names?
What is each
of yours -
particularly
the SG's -
response to
the letter
written and
sent by
Burundi
activist
Manisha
Lievin?
Immediately
explain the
single lawless
line from MALU
on 30 August
2019:
"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
a formal
request for
the UN's
explanation of
grounds for
this denied,
and since
SGcentral, the
SG's chief of
staff and
Deputy SG and
USG Fleming
have not even
responded...
AGAIN,
immediately
explain how it
is legitimate
to ban from
enter into the
UN the media
that has been
asking about
these and
other
questions,
with no
hearing or
appeal - and
respond that
Inner City
Press on
August 24
applied like
100s or 1000s
of others to
cover the
upcoming UNGA
high level
week,
including now
formally
offering to
answer any
quesions the
UN / DSS might
have, having
been vetted
and accredited
elsewhere
since, as both
USG DSS
Michaud and
MALU have
formally been
timely
informed --
and how it is
possible that
a media that
closely covers
and uncovers
the UN could
be denied
entry, other
than (SG)
censorship.
May
15-3: On the
Public
Financial
Disclosures
for 2017
belatedly
published over
the weekend of
April 27-28,
please state
why Mohammed
Ibn Chambas,
like the
Executive
Secretary of
the UN
Biodiversity
Convention,
Cristiana
Paşca-Palmer,
UNICEF's
Henriette
Fore, with
documented
links to
ExxonMobil and
others, USG
Mark Lowcock
(undisclosed
while the
Secretariat's
speaker at the
UNSC Arria on
Cameroon),
UNCTAD's
Mukhisa
Kituyi, UN
Women's
Phumzile
Mlambo-Ngcuka,
UNOG chief
Michael
Moller, UNDP
chief Achim
Steiner,
Heidi Mendoza,
Adama Dieng,
UN Security
chief Peter
Drennan,
Rosemary
DiCarlo and
Nicholas
Haysum, is not
even on the
list. OIOS
chief
Inga-Britt
Ahlenius
reported - why
not Mendoza?
Where IS
Mendoza? Isn't
it a bad
practice for
the UN's head
(anti)
genocide
definition
official to
conceal from
the public
even cursory
financial
disclosure?
Did DiCarlo
decline to
make any
public
disclosure
despite being
the UN's top
political
officer? What
is the even
plausible
applicability
of this line
from SG
Guterres' web
page: "Please
note that
given the
multi-cultural
environment of
the UN and the
often security
sensitive
locations
where UN staff
are either
working or
come from,
full public
disclosure may
not always be
a viable or
sensible
option for
certain staff
members"? Why
has Guterres
changed the
previous
system in a
which a
"choosing not
to disclose"
statement was
upload and
listed, to one
which helps
conceal who
reports and
who does
not?
Again, state
why
considering
the UN bribery
conviction of
Patrick Ho of
CEFC, and
CEFC's attempt
to purchase
the oil
company of
Gulbenkian
Foundation
which paid Mr.
Guterres in
2016 was
omitted from
his online
public
financial
disclosure
covering 2016,
and why
Guterres has
not even
started an
audit of CEFC
in the
UN.
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