| Dying
UN Offers Buy
Outs in
Lebanon Amid
Press Freedom
Litmus Test
Guterres Fails
by
Matthew Russell Lee
UN GATE, June 21
–
On World Press
Freedom Day,
the United
Nations of
Antonio
Guterres
claimed to be
in support of
journalists
being able to
do their work
without
hinderance.
But UN Global
Communications
chief Melissa
Fleming put
out a video of
Guterres
equating what
he (and she)
characterize
as
disinformation
as the threat
to press
freedom,
Guterres has banned
Inner City
Press from
entering the
UN since 2018,
when it exposed
the omission
of links to
bribery firm
CEFC China
Energy from
his financial
disclosure.
On
June 19, 2025,
Inner City
Press
submitted an
application to
cover the UN
General
Assembly,
letter here.
Now
on June 21 we
reporting,
from
whistleblowers,
the UN's offer
of buy-outs in
UNIFIL in
Lebanon with
the mission's
mandate set to
expire this
summer:
HR
:
Consideration
of Agreed
Terminations –
Guidance to
Staff
Dear
Colleagues,
This broadcast
is to advise
that UNIFIL is
currently
considering
the
possibility of
offering
Agreed
Termination
packages,
without
enhancement,
to civilian
staff who may
be interested,
subject to the
number of
requests and
availability
of
funding.
The Mission
therefore
advises
interested
staff to send
a memorandum
requesting
Agreed
Termination to
the Chief
Human
Resources
Officer,
indicating why
they believe
it is in the
best interest
of the
organization
to approve
their
request.
Please note
that in all
cases, without
exception, the
date of
separation
would be 30
June 2025.
Agreed
termination
may include
notice, or
compensation
in lieu of
notice in
accordance to
staff
rules.
Staff members
who could
exercise their
acquired right
to retire
(60/62 or any
time
thereafter)
but before
their
mandatory age
of separation
(65),
would not
qualify for
Agreed
Termination as
this would be
considered
retirement.
The terms and
conditions
must include
that the staff
member is not
eligible for
re-employment
with the
United
Nations, its
subsidiary
organs,
programs or
funds for a
period of 3
years
following the
date of
separation
from service
(30 June 2025)
Law
firm Quinn
Emanuel, on a
pro bono
basis, wrote
to Fleming and
the UN
Correspondents
Association
(with state
media of China
on its board
of directors)
seeking a
dialogue to
reinstate
Inner City
Press. Later,
so did the pro
bono law firm
of Duane
Morris.
Now,
with Inner
City Press' UN
and SDNY
covering,
including the
Sean Combs
trial, being
picked up all
over the
world, the application.
Watch this
site.
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