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Amid UN Sex Scandal No Answer on Colombia Hiring of Girlfriend as HR, Bogus Photog Wang

By Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell Book
BBC-Guardian UK - Honduras - ESPN NY Mag

SDNY COURTHOUSE, July 13 – In the UN system run by Antonio Guterres, high ranking officials can get away with physical sexual abuse - witness the "hands down the pants" audio Inner City Press exclusively first published here - and with inappropriate sexual relationships with subordinates.

   Inner City Press received many such complaints. On the morning of June 30, Inner City Press asked Guterres and his spokespeople Stephane Dujarric and Melissa Fleming to answer, on deadline, a question regarding the head of the UN's Colombia mission, below. They did not answer, and still have not, two weeks later.

On the morning of July 13, Inner City Press wrote to the above-named and more, including July's UNSC Presidency at the Brazil Mission:

"On Colombia, on which each of you previously refused to answer Inner City Press' written questions triggered by UN whistleblowers, what now on deadline are the comments and actions if any of SG Guterres on this:

"Dear Mr. Lee,     We read an article in the inner city press of 30 June about the affair between the SRSG Carlos Ruiz Massieu and local staff Daniela Vargas.   This is not the only abuse happening in the mission as the SRSG is leading by his wonderful example treating the mission as if it were his own company.  He approved the recruitment for Chief of HR Mar Brusola, whose main virtue is being a girlfriend of Federico Silva Ledesma, the Chief of Conduct and Discipline irrespective of the fact that the conflict of interest is written all over the process.   It makes mission staff who know about it extremely uncomfortable especially us, local staff.  As far as Federico Silva himself, his weak knowledge of the subject can compare only to his bad English. As if this is not enough, Federico is a crony of Erich Ball, Chief, Mission Support, a person whose actions quite differ from his preaching and Yang Wang, Chief resources management infamous for his limitless incompetence except in photography.  Also Mar Brusola is from Spain, the same country as Erich Ball´s wife.  The mission is abundant in Spanish nationals.  The mission leadership apparently thinks that Latin America lacks talent.  We will feel even more afraid than before to go to the Conduct and Discipline Section for advice on our complaints especially against people whom the CMS favors and he does have strong favorites!  Because of these abuses and the fact that nothing has been done about them, we do not trust the internal system.  We saw from your articles that you are the only one who dares publish about controversial issues and you are our only hope that this issue will be disclosed to the world.' On deadline."

 No answer at all, even as Guterres pontificated at the stakeout to friendly correspondents who do not (dare?) ask him about UN corruption. We'll have more on this - keep it coming.

The earlier, still unanswered questions: "Dear Matthew,   I work in the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia and would like to give an account of another cover-up of abuse by a senior UN official in the UN. Mr. Carlos Ruiz Massieu, Special Representative of the Secretary General in the mission has been having an affair with Ms. Daniela Vargas, a local staff member, since at least 2020.

After anonymous reporting in early 2022 to the Office of Internal Oversight Services, he rushed to New York to “voluntarily” declare the affair. What a coincidence!

After that, Ms. Vargas got a job in the Executive Office of the Secretary General. A P-3 or P-4 would have been investigated for an affair with a subordinate, but senior officials get away with anything.    If you decide to report it, I would appreciate if you do not show the email address." 

 Done. Dujarric did not answer in writing, nor at the subsequent noon briefing he, Guterres and Fleming ban Inner City Press from, while not answering this pro bono letter from a law firm.  Watch this site. 

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