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Amid Sudan Coup UNSC Held Closed Meeting Now Hypocritical Statement on Free Speech

By Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon
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UN GATE, Oct 28 – How corrupt has the UN system become under Antonio Guterres? Well, below is a sample retaliation complaint about his UN in Sudan, which has been provided to Inner City Press, which Guterres has had banned for 1314 days without providing answers.

  Inner City Press asked Guterres and spokespeople Stephane Dujarric and Melissa Fleming, and Amina J. Mohammed, about Sudan in writing on the morning of October 25, along with a new UN child rape by a "peacekeeper" from Morocco. No answers - totally corrupt.

 At the UN's lame noon briefing, Guterres' SRSG Volker Perthes said he could not speak to the impact in Darfur.

And the UN Security Council under Kenya, which followed Guterres in censorship, has done nothing, issuing happy-talk from Mali and Niger. It said it *might* speak Tuesday.

On Tuesday October 26 at 3 pm, on the way into a typically closed meeting of the Security Council, UK Ambassador Barbara Woodward who refused all Inner City Press questions on Cameroon and Nigeria and everything else as UNSC president, told handpicked scribes what a great job on Sudan the UN has been doing. Really?

On October 28, this: "Security Council Press Statement on Sudan    The members of the Security Council expressed serious concern about the military takeover in Sudan on 25 October, the suspension of some transitional institutions, the declaration of a state of emergency, and the detention of Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, as well as other civilian members of the transitional government.    The members of the Security Council called for the immediate release of all those who have been detained by the military authorities, and in this regard, took note of the reported return of Prime Minister Hamdok to his residence. They also called upon all parties to exercise the utmost restraint, refrain from the use of violence and emphasised the importance of full respect for human rights, including the right to peaceful assembly and freedom of expression."

Yeah, freedom of expression - while the UN "removes" Inner City Press from a UNICEF briefing on Afghanistan it was invited to. Total corruption.

From the UN in Sudan, Inner City Press published this: "Please provide the name and position of the person(s) who has committed the alleged act(s) of  retaliation:   Mr. Mateen Shaheen; Deputy Representative UNFPA CO, Sudan; email: shaheen@unfpa.org  Mr. Massimo Diana; Representative UNFPA CO, Sudan; email: diana@unfpa.org    II. Protected Activity:   Did you report misconduct? To whom and when (date) did you make your report of misconduct?  Yes, to the Executive Director on May 24th. 2021  

What misconduct did you report? 

3. Discrimination and nepotism; specifically, un-unified methods of recruitment, including 12 new  positions were not opened internally following procedure’ referring to ‘fast track recruitments’ in order to  not extend contracts of national staff in the Sudan CO in favour of bringing in staff who have served with  senior management in former duty stations. As evidence, in the last six months, six new positions have  been recruited and filled by staff from Syria, the former duty station of the Representative. Further,  positions have also been filled through personal relations such as bringing on board the wife of the  1   Representative’s friends in Khartoum into the Youth Program without transparency or clarity on roles  and responsibility. 

V. History:   Who else besides the Ethics Office have you contacted for assistance?   No other parties and/or bodies have been contacted for assistance."

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