| In Lebanon
UN Staff Complain to Inner City Press SG
Guterres Abandons & Abuses Them
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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UN GATE / SDNY,
Dec 14 – Today's United
Nations under Antonio Guterres
abuses not only those it is
supposed to help, such as
women and children in the
Central African Republic and
Haiti, but even its own staff,
here, in Lebanon.
Concerned
UN staff there have reached
out to Inner City Press,
banned from the UN by Antonio
Guterres for the 1358th day:
The saga of
Lebanon continues. Many staff
had hope of regaining their
stolen monies by the Lebanese
banking systems when in
February 2021 the SG was asked
during his global Town Hall by
a staff representative if he
would intervene. It is now
December of the same year and
with the SG visiting Lebanon
there is in excess of 50
million dollars of UN staff
members and retirees monies
being illegally held ,stolen,
by Lebanese banks. Staff see
this as blatant theft and
strongly believe the Secretary
General should step in and
represent those that work for
him.
The political
sensitivities of Lebanon mean
that the UN and the secretive
ICSC manipulate hardship
classifications to ensure that
duty stations are given higher
classifications than
they should, even though
country management give clear
evidence that life is not like
living in Manhattan or Lisbon.
Hospitals continue to close,
many of the most senior and
qualified surgeons have left
for other countries and
medicines from an aspirin to
heart drugs are simply not
available. You could end up
taking your life in your hands
if the power supplies are cut
while undergoing
surgery.
Grid power is
sometimes for three hours a
day, if lucky, and generator
backups are inconsistent due
to the severe shortages of
fuel that the country faces.
Amenities like fridges,
freezers, heating, cooling,
communication, and mobile
systems all rely on
electricity and for many,
there is very little and
sometimes none. Generator
syndicates now have a new way
to make life difficult for UN
employees, they charge them
double for half the service
while the Secretary General
does nothing. It seems UN
employees are just in Lebanon
to be abused for money and
forgotten by those that live
their lives in HQ locations.
The employees of
the Secretary General have
become money trees for whoever
wants to abuse them, with no
support as politics is more
important than people.
Roadblocks and armed disputes
are an almost daily occurrence
with fights over fuel, bread
and medicines, family disputes
are increasing as shortages
and hunger take over. What is
the SG doing to ensure his
staff are at least looked
after, safe and given
access to their correct funds,
at this time it seems to be
nothing?
Between
the politics, lack of action
from the highest floors of the
UN and the uncaring decisions
of the ICSC, where the
Chairperson is more concerned
about politics than ensuring
his good offices calculate
allowances based on facts and
not back door deals where
there is zero transparency,
the staff welfare and
well-being have and continue
to be totally ignored..
When talking to colleagues who
work all over Lebanon there is
one common thread of
conversation, has the UN and
more accurately Lebanon become
a political tool for the SG
and why does he not care for
the most important asset he
controls, the staff.
From: A
concerned
staff member.
Hopefully
you can publish this .
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information coming, and watch this site.
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