UNITED
NATIONS, June
28 -- On the
eve of UN
Television
shifting to a
“skeleton
crew” and
laying off
dozens of long
time workers,
Inner
City Press
asked
Secretary
General Ban
Ki-moon's
deputy
spokesperson
Eduardo Del
Buey about the
cuts. Video
here, from
Minute 5:50.
“There
won't be any
impact on
service,
Matthew,” he
assured. He
pulled out
a piece of
paper and read
an if-asked
answer, that
the
Broadcasting
and Conference
Support
Section was
re-organized
in 2010 and
2011 and
that most of
the
contractual
technicians
got trained in
the new
technology.
But
he reiterated
the UN's
written answer
to Inner City
Press of the day
before, that
it entirely up
to contactor
TeamPeople who
to hire, and
how many
people to hire,
and how to
treat them.
This is not
what the
UN's Global
Compact
preaches with
regard to,
say, clothing
and
sneaker
manufacturers.
But the UN is
above that,
right?
TeamPeople
also
seems to be
above
answering
questions. The
Free
UN Coalition
for
Access has
directed
questions at
TeamPeople,
without
response.
Perhaps it's
only for SOME
people.
In
fact, even the
webcast of the
June 28 noon
breifing where
Inner City
Press asked
these
questions had
loud static
making it
unintelligible,
video
here from
Minute 0:42
through 2:02.
And
as has been
noted in the
UN, a slew of
Department of
Public
Information
officials
responsible
for all this
are
conveniently
gone
when it “hits
the fan.”
We'll have
more on this.
Watch this
site.
Footnote:
earlier
this week, the
UN chose not
to live
webcast the
stakeout of
Lakhdar
Brahimi about
Syria, then counseled
FUNCA on
“#patience.”
On
the morning of
June 28, a
speech by High
Commissioner
for Human
Rights Navi
Pillay was
live webcast
-- but not by
the UN. FUNCA
has asked why,
here.
Meanwhile
Streamworks
International
continues to
say to contact
them to “book
delivery
of this stream”
-- that is, of
the UN's
ostensibly
free
live webcast.
What's going
on?
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