| In Corrupt Guterres
UN World 15th ITU Letter
Slams D2 Post Scams
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
UN GATE,
June 18 – 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:
Mr
Stephen Bereaux was reportedly paid a
staggering CHF 300,000 annual salary from
ITU’s VSP - a package designed to reduce
staff numbers and realign the organization.
Yet Bereaux was never separated. Instead, he
clung to ITU employment and was quietly
inserted into the 2026-2027 regular budget
without Council approval. Council
records reveal that the D2 post Bereaux
currently occupies was never green-lit by
Member States. It was previously frozen to
create two D1 posts: Chief of HR and Chief
of Finance. Bereaux, with no background in
either HR or finance, was handpicked by
Bogdan-Martin and transferred from BDT to
the General Secretariat in a shady,
non-competitive appointment. His job?
Oversee HR, finance, and transformation -
effectively consolidating power under the
SG’s inner circle.
During the Council Working Group on Finance
and Human Resources (CWG-FHR) in February
2025, Bereaux misrepresented critical
financial data, including After Service
Health Insurance (ASHI) requirements and
ILOAT penalties. When China questioned the
legality of his D2 role, SG Bogdan-Martin
shut down the discussion and tasked another
crony, Ms Maria Traficanti - herself named
in a 2013 UNRWA harassment judgment - to
whitewash the issue
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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