In Corrupt Guterres
UN World 6th ITU Complaint
Published by Banned Inner
City Press
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
UN GATE,
Jan 139 – How corrupt is the
UN-world system under Antonio
Guterres, who bans the Press
which investigates? This
example is again from ITU,
International
Telecommunication Union, whose
whistleblowers have, like
others, reached out to banned
Inner City Press:
Dear Matthew
Russell Lee, In case you
may publish more on ITU, as
the SG will be in Davos this
coming week on the charm
offensive. On the 27th
of January, she will have an
Ambassador's Briefing at ITU
in Geneva, to further her
requests for money (an
increase of contributory
units) as ITU is broke.
At recent
All Staff Townhall on 16
September, the ITU
Secretary-General Doreen
Bogdan-Martin (DBM) was
all-smiles, emphasizing she
was just like staff as she
chose to sit on a chair “on
the same level” as everyone
else. This, after her
holiday email to staff
revealed her luxury lifestyle,
at her Alpine ski chalet in
the bougie town of Megeve,
enjoying “amazing powder
skiing” paid for by
tax-payers.
Her
forced laughter belied
what is uncomfortable and was
unspoken: ITU is on the verge
of being broke, due to
mismanagement of public funds,
and DBM herself has many
harassment and abuse cases,
substantiated and founded,
that are systematically being
closed down by her cronies,
including the Chair of Council
and Chair of IMAC, supposedly
independent bodies, with the
use of their favored
“investigative”
consultants. One is
Canvass and “Dr. Harjit”, who
allegedly fraudulently
obtained a “PhD” from a degree
mill for 650
euros.
There has so far been NO
independent investigation into
the cover-ups of her cases by
her key
cronies:
Mr. Frederic
Sauvage: The ITU Council
Chair, a French career
diplomat, with no legal or
investigative background, who
has been responsible for
handling the many complaints
against DBM.
Mr. Honore
Ndoko: As Chair of the
IMAC, purportedly an
independent advisory
committee, he has been DBM’s
“fixer”, as a result of which
serious concerns brought to
IMAC are not brought to the
attention of Council, and
irregular procurements for
investigative consultants are
“regularized” by him to close
DBM cases
Mr. Stephen Bereaux: Formerly
a delegate from the Bahamas
who unsuccessfully ran for BDT
Director elected official
position. Brought in by
DBM for high-level D2 posts,
including “Chief
Administration and Finance”
despite none or insufficient
finance or human resources
experience.
Mr. Antoine Dore: The Head of
Legal, and DBM’s “special
advisor” prior to being
appointed as the Head of Legal
despite not being the most
qualified candidate following
a competitive recruitment
process. Holds no
current practicing legal
certificate.
An
independent investigation into
the cover-ups of her cases is
required urgently….
More coming.
After repeated
refusal to respond by
spokespeople including
Stephane Dujarric and Melissa
Fleming, here was the first
complaint on Inner City Press'
DocumentCloud here.
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