by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack
UN GATE, May 1 – Greece took over the UN Security Council presidency on May 1, 2025 - while Inner City Press is still banned from the UN, despite its June 19 application.
Inner City Press wrote to Greece's Mission to the UN: "This is a timely request that you allow Inner City Press to enter the UN and cover Greece's UNSC Presidency press briefing by Greek Ambassador Evangelos Sekeris on May 1, 2025 at 1 pm. I have questions to ask on what you will do this month about Gaza, UNRWA and Cameroon, DRC, 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 - including its current scoops on Colombia, DRC, Libya and Somalia. And most recently South Sudan and UNECA.
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 Greek Mission to the UN by May 1 at noon - an hour before its press conference - had not answered Inner City Press' request, or questions including on UNRWA and a new case of UN sexual abuse. 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 France and its UN Mission, nothing.
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