US Senators Asks Stefanik
of UN Domination by China and
Terrorism But Not Censorship Yet
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
UN GATE
/ SDNY,
Jan 21 – At the confirmation
hearing for the next US
Ambassador to the UN Elise
Stefanik, questions ranged
from the UN's dominance by -
and bribe taking from - China
to complicity in the October 7
attacks. But barely scratched
was the full depth of the
current UN's rot, from
corruption to
censorship. Inner City
Press live tweeted, below
Chair Risch
starts with "decay" of UN.
Ranking member
Shaheen calls UN imperfect but
argues for continued
engagement or else China will
just take it (more) over.
Senator
Ricketts asks how to combat
China buying the UN.
Chris Coons says
he worked to keep CCP from
running ITU and other
technical UN agencies. But ITU
is still corrupt and so is
WIPO
Dave McCormickPA
asks about antisemitism at the
UN. @timkaine asks about
Haiti (though doesn't mention
that the UN brought cholera
there)
Senator Hagerty
asks about UNRWA role in
terrorism, but not yet UN
Guterres' role in censorship
and banning of Press which
asks about the SDNY lawsuit
against UNRWA. Now Sen Booker
bring up deportation returns
to... Egypt
Sen John Curtis
asks about Taiwan being
subsumed into the PRC in UN
agencies like ICAO - true. As
Inner City Press reported,
before being thrown out of the
UN, journalists from Taiwan
are not even allowed into the
UN building
Chris MurphyCT
asks about antisemitism -
Inner City Press before being
thrown out of the UN reported
on UN Security being used to
throw out a pro-Israel NGO
representative
@SenRickScott
asks about UNRWA - a trend in
this hearing. Sen Jacky Rosen
shifts to UNESCO - on which
Inner City Press has a 100-story
series
John Cornyn asks
about UN & Iran - there's
the time "SG Guterres Gave
Beirut Post to Hezbollah Crony
Rola Dashti While Calling Her
Kuwaiti"
@ChrisVanHollen
says Hamas should have no
role- SDNY lawsuit says UNRWA
does not agree
@SteveDaines what
she will do about Guterres
who, he says, lowered flags
for the death of Iran's
butcher president.
@SenJohnBarrasso
asks Stefanik about holding
the UN accountable, including
to local laws / sovereignty.
Exempt from 1st Amendment
principles:Something recent:
UN exempts itself from NYC
congestion pricing:
@SenMikeLee asks
about the wisdom of US
granting UN "inviolability" as
to ICC. Now @SenBrianSchatz
(of Hawaii) asks about island
nations and China.
@SenTedCruz asks
about the "deep rot" in the UN
and its worsening role after
October 7.
@SenDuckworth
asks about Myanmar / Burma.
UNSG Guterres has failed there
too
And with that,
it's over - those are all the
committee members who put
questions
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