| UN Corruption In Nicaragua
IDed to UNOPS Board in Leak to
Banned Inner City Press
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
UN
GATE, April
15
–
How corrupt is today's UN
under Antonio Guterres? Well,
even those few UN officials
bounced for corruption are
simply re-hired, and no one
answers why.
Inner City Press
today publishes this, from
UNOPS whistleblowers:
Dear Matthew
Russell Lee and Inner City
Press Editorial Team,
We are a group of
employees at the United
Nations Office for Project
Services (UNOPS). In the
absence of secure reporting
channels within the
organisation, we feel
compelled to anonymously
expose the widespread
corruption, mismanagement, and
misconduct that are
undermining its integrity and
stability.
In your
capacity as a key media
outlet, and given the crucial
role Inner City Press has
previously played in exposing
corruption within the UN, we
trust that you will contribute
to holding UNOPS
accountable...
UNOPS New
Complaint and Evidence of the
Failure of the Comprehensive
Response Plan (CRP) Reforms:
Project 22954-001 – Support
for Post-Disaster Social
Recovery and Infrastructure in
Nicaragua --
a new formal
complaint regarding the
irregular, permissive, and
financially harmful management
of construction contracts
awarded to ESINSA under
Project 22954-001 – Support
for Post-Disaster Social
Recovery and Infrastructure in
Nicaragua. > > This case
highlights a serious
accountability void in the
chain of command of UNOPS
Nicaragua, where internal and
external control mechanisms
failed to prevent and rectify
a malpractice that ultimately
affected the financial
integrity of the project and
its development objectives.
> > See, Detailed
complaint document for IAIG
and Mr. Jorge Moreira da
Silva, Executive Director of
UNOPS > The three contracts
signed between UNOPS and
Espinoza Ingenieros S.A.
(ESINSA) for contracts No.
1008803, 1008814, and 1008815.
> The three Termination
Agreements signed between
UNOPS and Espinoza Ingenieros
S.A. (ESINSA) for contracts
No. 1008803, 1008814, and
1008815. > > The content
of this complaint documents
estimated minimum financial
losses of USD 888,116.76,
resulting from irregular
contractual management and
decisions contrary to the
rules and procedures of UNOPS
in the Nicaragua office.
However, the most serious
aspect of this complaint is
not only the magnitude of the
economic loss but what it
represents: concrete evidence
of the failure of the reforms
implemented under the
Comprehensive Response Plan
(CRP), following the S3i
scandal, as this has been
reported and no serious
actions have been taken to
thoroughly investigate and
define responsibilities
regarding public resource
management in a country,
especially considering that
this is a loan from the World
Bank.
We'll have
more on this
No
explanation, from Guterres,
Courtenay Rattray, nor Melissa
Fleming, neither of whom have
answered letters from pro bono
law firms about applying free
press principles (including
Article 19) to the UN, and
readmitting Inner City Press.
We'll have more on this.
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