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Amid Burma Killing, Guterres Envoy Bragged, US Sherman Speaks, India No UNSC Meeting

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UN GATE, August 4 – After the Burma coup regime fired its New York-based UN ambassador U Kyaw Moe Tun for his speech in New York in the usually scripted UN General Assembly, an official of President of the GA Volkan Bozkir, who in fine Myanmar fashion refused to name the authors of the letters and CVs of opponents to UN Sec-Gen Antonio Guterres, bragged about the session. On June 18, after a regime-like 1-man election, Guterres grabbed five more years.

And his envoy on Myanmar, Christine Schraner Burgener, bragged at a stakeout Inner City Press was banned from that the people in Myanmar all know her and she would give them hope. Why?

Meanwhile India, president of the Security Council for August, has no meeting on Burma and Ambassador Tirumurti refused Inner City Press written questions, here.

Now on August 4 from the US, this: "Deputy Secretary of State Wendy R. Sherman spoke with Burmese NUG representative Zin Mar Aung today.  They discussed ongoing efforts to return Burma to a path to democracy, including continued U.S. support for the pro-democracy movement.  In addition, they discussed efforts to combat rising COVID-19 infections in Burma and to provide critical humanitarian assistance to the people of Burma." Watch this site.

On July 28, Inner City Press asked the Committee to Protect Journalists about the UN's weak response on Burma, while SG Guterres and USG Melissa Fleming have no content neutral rules for accreditation (or in their case banning) of Press - and about Facebook and the Rohingya. Video here.

 Inner City Press has in writing asked UN Spokespeople Stephane Dujarric, Farhan Haq an and others about the recommendations that they do more - without answer. Today's UN is corrupt.

The reality is, Guterres removed Burma's or Myanmar's army from the UN "list of shame" for recruiting and using child soldiers, despite more than 200 cases. Emboldened by corrupt Guterres, they are recruiting and using even more. Now a call for Guterres, trying to steal a second term, to reinstate them on the list - but from a group which seems to join Guterres in banning Inner City Press from (its) press conference.

Tellingly, after UN PGA Volkan Bozkir's spokesman Brenden Varma (who blocks Inner City Press on Twitter) bragged there would be a GA vote on Myanmar on May 18, the vote is postponed and Varma, it seems, deleted his tweet without explanation, while uploaded selfies from Woodstock, Vermont. This is what the UN has come to: corrupt censorship. Burma indeed.

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  After Guterres and his spokespeople dodged about who is Burma's ambassador -- eager to get China's support for a second term, taking the US for granted -- this from the US Mission: "Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield met virtually this afternoon with Ambassador Kyaw Moe Tun, Permanent Representative of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar to the UN. Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield commended Ambassador Kyaw Moe Tun for his courageous and compassionate statement at the UN General Assembly informal meeting on Burma last week and expressed the United States’ support for the people of Burma and the restoration of the democratically-elected government."

  Dujarric, while taking public money to work for the UN, says he is the spokesman for the incumbent, like part of a political campaign. We'll have more on this.


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