As UN Guterres
Covers Terror Role of UNRWA He
Bans Inner City Press Which
Exposes It
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
UN GATE,
Feb 22 – For months Inner City
Press has asked the UN and its
media people, including
Stephane Dujarric and News and
Media chief Ian Phillips,
about evidence that UNRWA
workers took part in the
October 7 attacks. No answers
at all - censorship.
A year
ago, Inner City Press reported
the corruption in UNRWA, by
name:
"Dear
Matthew
Russell Lee /
Inner City
Press: We are
a group of
UNRWA staff
who are
witnessing
daily
violations and
abuses and are
unable to do
anything about
it due to
bullying and
fear of
retaliation by
the senior
management.
We have
several
documented
cases of abuse
and fraud by
senior
directors who
are protected
by the
commissioner
general.
We saw your
reporting, so:
Brian
Baker, a
national of
the UK and a
former UNICEF
staff member,
was moved out
of Gaza a few
years back for
his problems
with the
community.
He was
interviewed in
Jan 2019 for a
P5 position of
chief
security.
The Panel
found him
unsuitable and
opted for
another
candidate of
an Egyptian
nationality.
Less
than a year
later, Brian
was appointed
as a Director
of Security
and Risk
management
with a fraud
process
orchestrated
by the
Director of
Human
Resources
Antonino Brusa
who is a
friend and a
former
colleague of
Brian
Baker.
So
who didn't
know about the
tunnels? We'll
have more in
this series.
Does the UN
corrupt everyone that goes to
work for it?
Given the
inflated salaries it pays its
officials, the UN can collect
and try to buttress its
credibility with for example
name-brand journalists. But
what freedoms do they give up,
and how low do they
go?
In 2023 the UN
hired Ian Phillips, once the
Associated Press' head of (get
this) journalist safety. His
LinkedIn profile,
after moving to the UN, states
that his "role includes
advisory and policy work, with
particular focus on press
freedom."
So Inner City
Press, having been roughed up
by UN Security and then banned
from entering or getting even
its written questions asked,
last week wrote to Ian
Phillips at the UN - and
through his LinkedIn profile:
Hello Mr.
Phillips. I am asking you to
look into this and ensure that
the UN Media and Accreditation
Unit fairly process, and rule
on, my pending application
for (re)
accreditation. Two
separate law firms have
written the UN pro bono on my
behalf, without answer."
No
answer at all.
In the past
weeks, we've sent our daily
press questions to Mr.
Phillips as well, since he's
the head of the UN's "News and
Media Division." Questions
about Gaza and the Secretary
General's finances. And no
answers at all.
So
again: Does the UN
corrupt everyone that goes to
work for it? We will continue
to report on this.
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