After UNSG
Guterres OKed UNCTAD Deputy
Whistleblowing Staff Say UN in
Decay
by
Matthew Russell Lee
UN GATE,
Oct 20 – After eight years of
failure as UNSG, Antonio
Guterres is trying to pick his
successor, whistleblowing UN
staff tell Inner City Press,
while UN Spox Dujarric refuses
all questions on this.
"Rebeca Grynspan
is using her UNCTAD position
as a springboard for her
ambitions to take over from
him when his term ends in
2026. Instead of focusing on
UNCTAD’s core mission to
advocate for the interests of
developing nations, Grynspan
is using the organization to
serve her personal ambitions,
fully confident that she has
Guterres’s tacit
endorsement. In a
textbook case of favoritism,
in 2022 she appointed her
long-time friend, Pedro Manuel
Moreno, to the prestigious
position of Deputy
Secretary-General of UNCTAD,
not for his ability but for
his loyalty to Grynspan...
The most
egregious aspect of Moreno’s
rise, however, is how it was
facilitated by Guterres
himself. By approving
Grynspan’s selection of such
an unqualified individual,
Guterres effectively
rubber-stamped a process that
bypassed more deserving
candidates in favor of
political expediency. To add
insult to injury, his loud
silence despite damning
results of recent surveys on
the poor leadership by
frustrated and demoralized
UNCTAD staff speaks volumes,
further underscoring the toxic
culture of favoritism and
self-interest that has taken
root within the UN system."
A fish rots from
the head.
Inner City
Press filled out a poll on
June 11 - the most important
qualification for any future
SG is refusal to censor as
Guterres has. Watch this site.
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