UN GATE / SDNY,
Feb 11 - The United Nations,
its unaccountable senior
leadership and sychophantic
press corps all seem pleased
by the nomination
of perceived supporters to
represent the US from January
20 on.
Witness the
canned Q&A in the UN noon
briefing of November 23, which
again banned Inner City Press
- and its questions about UN
corruption and sexual abuse, Cameroon,
Honduras
and other UN failures,
here.
Inner City Press
before corrupt UNSG Antonio
Guterres had it thrown
out without due process
or appeal covered not only the
UN and its "Peacekeeping"
missions in Haiti and
elsewhere, but also Antony
Blinken (here,
meeting Prince Zeid) and Linda
Thomas-Greenfield (here,
after a trip to Somalia; Inner
City Press covered the UN
Security Council trip to
Djibouti).
Now on
February 11, while Guterres
tries to blot out any
challenge to an UNmerited
second term, this troubling
read-out, hopefully to be
followed by some
accountability or
transparency: "In an
introductory call with UN
Secretary-General Guterres,
Secretary of State Antony J.
Blinken underscored the U.S.
commitment to multilateral
cooperation and praised the
United Nations’ role as the
indispensable anchor of the
multilateral system. The
Secretary expressed U.S.
interest in close coordination
with the UN on the many
challenges the world faces
today, from the COVID-19
pandemic to climate
change.
Underscoring President Biden’s
focus on bringing the pandemic
under control, the Secretary
praised the central role the
UN and UN agencies play in
coordinating our global
response, highlighted the U.S.
reengagement with the World
Health Organization, and
expressed our deepened focus
on promoting health and
advancing global health
security. He noted that
strengthening and reforming
the WHO will better position
it to prevent, detect, and
respond to future
pandemics. On climate
change, the Secretary
highlighted the U.S. return to
the Paris Agreement and
welcomed UN cooperation in
confronting the global climate
crisis. On Syria, both
reaffirmed their commitment to
the political process under UN
Security Council resolution
2254 and the extension of a
cross-border authorization to
deliver aid and help relieve
the suffering of the Syrian
people. On Ethiopia, both
reconfirmed their commitment
to support Ethiopia’s efforts
to respond to the crisis in
Tigray." Nothing on Cameroon,
or bribes, or democracy.
So would it
be the case that Blinken and
Thomas-Greenfield would cast a
blind eye at UN censorship
and lack of
accountability, from Cameroon
to the banning of the Press
that asks? Watch this site.
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