by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack
UN GATE, Dec 12 – In the UN bar now on December 12 there is an overpriced tuxedo event which was billed as featuring UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres.
Expensive tickets were sold - previous guests have included the indicted and imprisoned UN briber Ng Lap Seng and others. Then, no Guterres. Instead, PGA Annalena Baerbock, the subject of detailed complaints of corruption.
Also celebrated is Javier Bardem, who famously defended Woody Allen (whose photos with Jeffrey Epstein were released in DC today).
In the morning Inner City Press asked dozens of UN officials in writing to "immediately disclose the financial and other relationships and payments between the UN and UNCA for use of the Delegates Lounge and any other facility for tonight's "gala" with the PGA, and how it relates to the stated policy (including on paper towels and Cafe) of saving money." No answer. Just UNITAR patting itself on the back.
The UN Correspondents Association will be giving a "Gold" award to two of its own board members. The membership includes Iranian state media known to feature "interviews" of tortured guests. Javier Bardem is another honoree.
The UNCA group targeted Inner City Press, ultimately working with Guterres to have it banned from the UN, after it reported that UNCA President Gianpaolo Piolo gave an UNCA event to Sri Lankan ambassador Palitha Kohona after engaging in a financial transaction with his. Pioli is still on the board, having handed over the presidency to a friendly fellow Italian. Whistleblowers be damned - and ousted.
This is today's UN - and we will have more on it.
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