| Amid Cameroon Child Death UN Guterres
Says Maybe Next Time As Drops Saudi UN For
Sale
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon Periscope
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UN GATE / SDNY
COURT, June 15 – With the
Cameroon government's report
on the killing of over 20
civilians including 13
children in Ngarbuh, promised
by Paul Biya who then
disappeared amid COVID-19
nowhere to be seen, back on
April 20 Inner City Press
asked Watchlist for Children
and Armed Conflict about
Cameroon. But when the UN held
its own "press conference" on
June 15, Inner City Press was
not able to ask questions as
it did under Ban Ki-moon.
Guterres is a corrupt censor.
But
Guterres, who earlier traveled
to Yaounde and took a golden
statue from Biya, then by that
government's own notes advised
them on how to discourage
press coverage of its abuses,
has claimed credit for a
ceasefire in Cameroon that
most there say does not
exist. Now he says
he might add Cameroon -
probably unless they come up
with cash like Saudi Arabia
did. Here it is:
"243. In view of
the gravity and number of
violations reported and, where
possible, verified in Cameroon
(recruitment and use, killing
and maiming, abduction,
attacks on schools and
hospitals, and denial of
humanitarian access) and in
Burkina Faso (attacks on
schools, and killing and
maiming) during 2019, both
countries will be added as
situations of concern with
immediate effect and will be
included in my next report."
But under Guterres, the UN is
for sale. He has no
credibility. And allowed no
Press questions, including on
Cameroon. Periscope video here.
The
Watchlist press conference,
and getting the Cameroon
question in as one of four,
was appreciated. We note that
the meta-moderators from HRW
insisted that priority would
be given to members of the UN
Correspondents Association.
But only three of them had
questions and UNCA did nothing
when Guterres had Inner City
Press thrown
out of the UN on 3 July
2018 and banned since, amid
its questions on Cameroon
and other conflicts. And the
same UNCA zombies were
perfectly happy to have the
Press banned from this and
other "press" conference.
We'll have more on this as
well. Watch this site on that
as well.
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