| As Pakistan Takes
Over UNSC No Answer on
Peacekeeper Rapes Guterres
Cronies Ban Press
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
UN GATE,
July 1 – How corrupt and
irrelevant has the UN system
become under Secretary Ganeral
Antonio Guterres, who bans the
Press from entering his UN?
On June 30
Inner City Press wrote to the
official email addresses of
the the UN Mission of
Pakistan, which is taking over
presidency of the UN Security
Council on July 1, asking to
access to ask questions. On
the morning of July 1, Inner
City Press in writing also
asked the Mission about new
rapes by UN Peacekeeping, in
which Pakistan brags of being
a major player.
Nothing. No answer. The
request specifically said
"This is a timely request that
you allow Inner City Press to
enter the UN and cover, and/or
provide the WebEx pass
code(s) to access Pakistan's
UNSC Presidency press briefing
by Ambassador Asim Iftikhar
Ahmad - whom I know, see below
- on July 1, 2025 at 12:45 pm.
I have questions to ask on
what you will do this month
about Gaza, UNRWA and Rwanda,
Kashmir, DRC, Greenland,
Sudan, Ukraine, DRC and
Rwanda, about the SDNY
indictment involving Turkey's
Mission to the UN as well as
the coups in Gabon and Niger
and the conflicts in Ukraine,
Ethiopia, Cameroon, Yemen and
Libya - and on ongoing
cases of sexual abuse and
exploitation by UN
peacekeepers, and Missions'
abuses in NYC, on many of
which Inner City Press first
reported - including its
current scoops on Colombia,
DRC, Libya and Somalia. And
most recently South Sudan and
UNECA. Note: I know Asim
Iftikhar Ahmad from his
previous time at the mission,
at the time I was still a
resident correspondent in the
UN, before ouster and
censorship. Make him aware of
this request so that he has a
chance to permit virtual or
physical attendance." Nothing.
During a
more than two hour UN Security
Council meeting presided over
by Guyana's Carolyn
Rodrigues-Birkett on June 22,
Guterres slumped in his chair,
glared and sharpened his
pencil. Free UN Coalition for
Access (FUNCA) thread here.
Guterres is lawless. A media
reporting on omissions from
Guterres' financial
disclosures, and otherwise
questioning his policies, he
had roughed up and then banned
entirely, with no appeal.
Recently,
he promoted Mr. Miguel Graca,
his personal assistant from
Portugal from D1 to D2 and now
he is promoted "without proper
process or announcement" to
ASG. He also promoted
his special assistant Mr.
Aguinaldo Baptista from P3 to
P4 and to P5 and now to D1.
Guterres is corrupt.
The SG
also appointed his long-time
entourage from his transition
team, Ms. Michelle
Gyles-McDonnough as the
Executive Director of the
UNITAR, the ASG level with no
clear process. And he
also appointed Ms. Michele
Griffin to the Director of the
Electoral Assistance Division
in DPPA, bypassing all the
proper procedures. She didn't
have any prior experience nor
knowledge in election matters
at all. His UN ha failed on
elections too, see JOH in
Honduras.
For now,
Inner City Press cannot enter
and ask about this - its
written questions are
unanswered by Spokesperson
Stephane Dujarric.
Guterres had the
critical Press roughed
up and thrown out. There
has been no due process since,
not even a response to Guterres'
Melissa Fleming to a pro bono inquiry
for Inner City Press from the
law firm Quinn Emanuel. On June
19, 2025 Inner City Press re-applied
to enter and report live on the
UN. We'll have more on this.
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