| After
UN Evicted ICP, UN Security
Blocked It From Any Corruption
Question to Ban Ki-moon
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Series,
Video, Reply
UNITED NATIONS,
March 17 – After I
learned of Ban
Ki-moon's role
in my eviction,
the
next morning I
showed up
ready to cover
a meeting in
ECOSOC where
Ban would
speak. But
first the UN
Media
Accreditation
and Liaison
Unit
said they
couldn't spare
anyone to
swipe me
through the
turnstile;
then when they
did it was
hardly better.
A tall
Caribbean
guard came
over. “What
are you doing
here with that
pass?” he
demanded.
I
gestured at my
minder, barely
five feet
away.
“Why are you
so special?”
the guard demanded.
He wouldn't
get out of my
face and soon
I saw why: Ban
Ki-moon and
his entourage
were coming
out of ECOSOC.
The guard
stood between
me and Ban.
They didn't
want any more
question,
anymore “That
was not my
decision.”
Clearly it
was.
Thanks
a lot, I told
the guard,
hoping my
sarcasm was
plain.
“You
watch
yourself,” he
replied. The
minder stood
by, then
shrugged.
Where was this
headed? Did
they just
intend to
throw me out
on June 22
when this four
month pass ran
out? Or before
then?
I
found myself
putting more
and more hope
in the New
York Times
- and hating
myself for
doing it. They
are not the
measure of
anything, I
told myself.
They let
themselves be
lobbied by
other big
media. But
still I though
it would help.
I told myself
I would call
Corey the next
day - then saw
he had emailed
me two days
before. More
questions,
more
run-around. I
answered. I
did not like
to be
dependent.
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