by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack
UN GATE, Sept 1 – Albania took over the UN Security Council presidency on September 1, 2023 - while Inner City Press is still banned from the UN, despite its June 19 application.
On September 1 Albanian Ambassador Ferit Hoxha took questions largely from state media, hardly any mentions of the coups in Niger and Gabon, and the killing of anti-UN protesters in the DRC. Video here.
Hoxha said the UN "needs Master Card and Google." Cha-ching.
Inner City Press had and has put questions to Hoxha's Albanian Mission about each of these, about the failure of UN Peacekeeping in Mali and Antonio Guterres banning Inner City Press.
Inner City Press back on June 19 applied to enter to cover the UNGA "High Level" week that Hoxha gushed about. We will not rest - and even while banned, will cover this month.
And beyond acquiescence in censorship, Hoxha and the Albanian Mission are silent on UN corruption (Guterres omitting SDNY convicted CEFC China Energy's link to his finance, through Gulbenkian), and UN rapes by peacekeepers.
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. From Albania and Hoxha, nothing.
Watch this site.
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