| Using
UNGA Biden
Blocks NYC
Traffic for
Fundraiser
while even
Macron &
UK Stay Away
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
UN GATE, Sept 17
– The US took over the UN
Security Council presidency on
August 1, 2023 - while
US-based Inner City Press is
still banned from the UN, and
the US Mission and its
Ambassador Linda
Thomas-Greenfield have done
nothing about it.
On August 1
LTG took questions largely
from state media, culminating
in a lengthy statement from
Bangladesh state media, which
she seemed quite pleased with.
Video here.
Now on Sunday
September 17 Joe Biden has
flown into lower Manhattan,
blocking traffic. What - for a
UNGA speech that is not until
Tuesday? The answer is to be
found in the First Lady's
Monday schedule: "At 7:30 PM,
the President and the First
Lady will participate in a
campaign reception. This
reception in New York, New
York will be covered by the
restricted out-of-town pool
and the out-of-town pool will
accompany."
On September 14,
LTG held another
schmooze-fest, saying you'll
have to ask others why leaders
like Macron don't come to this
UNGA. Then her spokesman Nate
Evans said, Just email me
questions. But Inner City
Press has, repeatedly - with
no answer. Now its questions
to the UN PGA resulted in the
belated posting of a list
showing the office 40% bought
by China. From LTG? Nothing...
The ban continues.
Inner City
Press on June 19 applied
to the UN for access, as it
gives 100s, to cover the UNGA
week. Inner City Press has a
NYC Press Pass and writes
about the UN. The ban is
contrary to the First
Amendment (and even the UN's
Article 19) but the US Mission
to the UN does nothing.
Watch this
site.
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