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UN GATE, Aug 15 – Antonio Guterres, the UN Secretary General who rarely takes questions and even had the Press which asked him about the mass killings in Cameroon thrown out of the UN, rolled up in three large SUV vehicles to the publicly-funded mansion he usually lives alone in, just before the COVID-19 pandemic spread in March Video here, & YouTube and Facebook.

 Now on August 15, Guterres remained holed up in his 57 Street mansion (video here) - occasioned by his three week vacation on the public dime - while ten blocks south on 47th Street by the UN Belarus protester held signs like "Hold Lukashenko accountable." There is no way Guterres will do that, or even try to do that. He is the one who should be held accountable.

On August 14 this false statement by fake quarantining Guterres, through also fake Spokesman Stephane Dujarric: "The Secretary-General is closely following developments in Belarus.   He underlines the importance of enabling all Belarusians to exercise their civil and political rights. This includes expressing their views peacefully in accordance with the law. Authorities must show restraint in responding to demonstrations. Allegations of torture and other mistreatment of people under detention must be thoroughly investigated.       The Secretary-General calls on Belarusians to address post-election grievances through dialogue to preserve peace in the country."  This after Guterres sucked up to Lukashenko's FM, Inner City Press video here.

  In August with most New Yorkers locked down or, if they leave the City and returned, harassed by contact tracers, Guterres has done on an unannounced publicly funded vacation.

For two Saturday in a row Inner City Press streamed video of the mansion, empty. August 1 here. July 25 empty here. Then on August 5 UN Deputy Spokesman Farhan Haq who refuses Inner City Press' written questions belatedly said Guterres in "away" and will quarantine according to the regulations, again at public expense, when he returns.

  They are lying. On August 11 Inner City Press between court cases it is covering biked by the Sutton Place mansion Guterres is supposedly quarantining in. Just during its 20 minutes there, two separate men went in and out of the mansion without any masks on, carrying with them whatever Guterres brought back. Video here.
Full Periscope stream here. This is not quarantine. From the UN to Inner City Press' written questions, no answer, on August 12.

  But on August 12, from departing Dutch PR Karel van Oosterom, this: "Honoured to be received by SG @UN @antonioguterres for a farewell visit. Gave him my book," and a photo.

  And another UNanswered question: "Did this meeting with @AntonioGuterres take place this week? Because after his secret 3 week vacation out of NYC he is supposedly under quarantine procedures - though he had 2 maskless men in mansion yesterday. cc @NYCMayor."

Where is NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio? This is corruption.

 As Inner City Press reported on August 4 when Haq and Melissa Fleming had it removed before it could ask a question on Guterres' lame "policy brief" on COVID-19 and education, Guterres' embargoed video was filmed July 23. This shows guilty knowledge.

  In March at public expense his wife Catarina Vaz Pinto was with him, just as she was in September 2019 in expensive seats at the US Open tennis tournament as Guterres - and she? - censored the Press.

   Catarina Vaz Pinto is no longer only Lisbon's Minister of Culture - she is now, somewhat absurdly, the "Minister of International Relations" of the city. In that role she was in Madrid, at an event making light of the spread of Coronavirus which Guterres is helping spread, while UN Spokesperson Stephan Dujarric and Melissa Fleming refuse all Inner City Press questions.

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