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UNICEF, Guterres Picks
US Fore
Over Songane, Bustreo and
Hoskins, Resists Scrutiny
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Exclusive
UNITED NATIONS,
December 18 -- At the UN
Children's Fund UNICEF on the
evening of December 18, Inner
City Press both learned both
that outgoing Executive
Director Anthony Lake is
having his farewell party on
December 19 and finalized its
reporting on who have been the
candidates to replace Lake,
and who UN Secretary General
Antonio Guterres has selected
as the winner, over the
objection of some of his Under
Secretaries General: Henrietta
Fore.
As her name
circulated in recent months,
some pointed with concern to
her presence on the boards of
directors of ExxonMobil and
General Mills, and compared
her with other short listed
candidates. Inner City Press
now, prior to the public
announcement of Guterres'
selection if not process,
exclusively reports on these
candidates: former Mozambique
Health Minister Francisco
Songane, UN official Flavia
Bustreo, and Canadian
(Ontario) minister Eric
Hoskins.
It has, it was
pointed out to Inner City
Press at UNICEF's December 18
event, which Guterres was
driven in two cars one
block from just across
First Avenue to attend, been
an American job. But, more
than one UNICEF insider asked,
this American? Guterres spoke
including taking a swipe at
media gaining market share
with ideas he disagrees with
(unlike Robert Fico of
Slovakia, whom he met earlier
in the day) and left, quickly
followed by his unresponsive
Under Secretary General for
Global Communications Alison
Smale, who has yet to explain
why Inner City Press for its
reporting is still restricted
after 22 months, its long time
office sitting empty after
being assigned to no-show
Egyptian state media Akhbar al
Yom.
While Guterres
rushed past Smale, sources
tell Inner City Press that
among those chiming in to
Guterres about the UNICEF
raise were Virginia Gamba and
Mark Lowcock. We'll have more
on this.
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