by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack
UN GATE, May 13 – How corrupt and decrepit has the UN system become under Antonio Guterres, in this case due to Guterres?
Now on May 13, 2025 he sent sent a letter to staff, leaked to Inner City Press, in which Guterres bemoans leaks: "I realize that “leaks” and rumours may create unnecessary anxiety. We are currently in the proposals development phase... It is important to emphasize that these internal consultations and functional reviews are preliminary steps aimed at generating ideas and exploring options. They do not represent the final position of management." We'll see.
Inner City Press, which Guterres has banned from "his" UN, has been sent a copy of this staff letter to the "SG Calling On Him To Resign" -
Dear Secretary-General, We are a large group of UN staff members from different duty stations, and we ask you to take the bold decision to step down from your position and save the organization.
We consider this financial crisis to be the result of your continued and repeated failures in leading the UN.
Then on March 12, this Q&A: Q: Secretary-General, good morning. Is this UN80 initiative a UN version of DOGE, the Department of Government Efficiency we are seeing in Washington? Do you anticipate significant UN staff cuts? SG: First of all, nothing to do with that kind of initiative. We are talking about completely different processes, methodologies and objectives. Yeah.
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