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By Matthew Russell Lee, Audio, Patreon

UN GATE, Feb 19 – Three weeks after Inner City Press published leaked audio of UN investigator Ben Swanson recounting being ordered by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres  NOT to investigate sexual harassment committed by a UN Assistant SG, now more Swanson audio has emerged (see here for description and below), and now put online by Inner City Press on SoundCloud, here, with related letter here.

On January 31, 2025 Inner City Press reported that Swanson is out at the UN, as of February 6. Spokespeople Stephane Dujarric and Melissa have yet to respond to daily emailed questions from Inner City Press on Swanson and other topics including UNOPS. Nor on the below.

On February 17, "Guterres announced the appointment of Jens Wandel of Denmark as Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Reforms."

Wandel was part of the cover up at UNOPS; previously, as Inner City Press reported before being roughed up and banned from the UN, Wandel was the voice of cutbacks and layoffs at UNDP. Is Guterres, instead of any reform or relenting on censorship, getting ready to throw others overboard?

Now this, from OHCHR: Dear Mr. Lee, As the organization hates transparency, I will do their job: Ms. Maarit Kohonen-Sheriff, national from Finland, is now the Director for Global Operations Division (D2); Mr. Matthias Behnke, national from Denmark, is now the ad interim Director for Europe, Central Asia and Americas Branch (D1);  and, as announced some days ago, Mr. Antti Korkeaviki, national from Finland, is now Director of the Human Rights Treaties Branch. Also, as an organization that claims “human rights for everyone everywhere”, the field is forgotten. Only one has been in the field recently. Others who were in the UN before have been enjoying Lake Lemans for many years. Nice, right? I am sick and tired of Volker Turk and Nada Al-Nashif - they are responsible for this scenario.

  Well, those two and ultimately Guterres.

 Inner City Press will continue to demand re-accreditation.

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