by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack
UN GATE, Dec 2 – The lame duck US Mission to the UN took over the UN Security Council presidency on December 1, 2024 - while Inner City Press is still banned from the UN, despite its June 19 application.
On November 27, Inner City Press wrote to USUN: "This is a timely request that you allow Inner City Press to enter and cover, and/or provide the WebEx pass code(s) to access to the USUN UNSC Presidency press briefing by Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield on December 2, 2024. I have questions to ask on what you will do this month about Gaza, UNRWA - including lawsuit by American victims against it in SDNY - UN corruption in Colombia, Libya, DRC and Sudan, Ukraine, DRC and Rwanda, about the SDNY indictment involving Turkey's Mission to the UN as well as the coups in Gabon and Niger and the conflicts in Ukraine, Ethiopia, Cameroon, Yemen and Libya - and on ongoing cases of sexual abuse and exploitation by UN peacekeepers, and Missions' abuses in NYC, on many of which Inner City Press first reported
Please note that Inner City Press and I participate in the WebEx briefings of, for example, the IMF: March 31, 2022 and since with new IMF spokesperson Sept 28, 2023:
The USUN did not answer - we will stay on this.
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Inner City Press on June 19, 2024 again 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 Sierra Leone and its UN Mission, nothing.
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