In Corrupt UN of Guterres Sexual Harassment at International Seabed Authority Judges Paid Off

In Corrupt UN of Guterres Sexual Harassment at International Seabed Authority Judges Paid Off by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack UN GATE, June 18 –  The corruption of the United Nations under Antonio Guterres continues to spread. Inner City Press, banned from the UN by Guterres for its reporting, today publishes here a whistleblowers' briefing about the UNCLOS-created International Seabed Authority, no answers from Guterres' spokespeople Stephane Dujarric and Melissa Fleming, see below. In February 2026 Inner City Press first published a damning audit of the Int'l Seabed Authority - bogus promotions, overpayments, waste. US Ambassador Mike Waltz is talking "reform, reform, reform" but has had to respond to request he ensure that the Press that most closely reports on UN waste does not remain banned from entering. Now he's presumptively blowing US taxpayers' money to rent the UN roof - delay on FOIA request - and making people who want or need to meet with the US take photos promoting his book.  (First) audit here.   On June 17, this to Inner City Press from whistleblowers, complete with a list of how much ISA's management is paying judges per decision - literally, justice for sale in Guterres' system: "Dear Matthew Russell Lee: I am writing because my obligations as an international civil servant leave me no choice but to disclose to you what keeps happening inside the ISA.  I turn to you because you have reported about these serious and grave events before. Attached are internal ISA documents that have never been made public, not even disclosed to governing bodies or Member States. The authorship data confirms their authenticity. This is evidence of irregular actions at ISA, to protect the organization and its secretary general from accountability or consequences for irregularity.   The documents speak for themselves. They show that the leader of the Secretariat Leticia Carvalho destroyed the internal dispute body (this is the Joint Appeals Board). Without member state approval she then refilled that body with her new appointees, paying them significant amounts of money from the budget - see here, the scandal is the pay-per-decision -  without authorisation. She then subordinated officials running this body's secretariat  to oversight by her own legal representatives in the legal affairs office (see organigram [on the Free UN Coalition for Access' X account @FUNCA_info here). How can then this body remain independent to deal with serious staff complaints?  Please publish the attachments and bring the necessary scrutiny to this regime that has become deeply compromised. Keep reporting. "  Will do! Keep it coming! Earlier in June 2026 Inner City Press published on its DocumentCloud here a whistleblowers' briefing concerning the proposed 2027–2028 budget of the International Seabed Authority (ISA). The briefing raises concerns regarding the proposed budget increase of 43.3%, despite reported underspending in several program areas. It questions whether the Secretariat has demonstrated the capacity to effectively utilize the additional resources being requested.  The document also highlights concerns relating to financial oversight, accountability, and governance. Among the issues raised are the absence of findings or recommendations in the 2025 external audit despite significant budget variances, staffing-related expenditures, litigation exposure, and other matters reflected in publicly available records. Questions are also raised regarding travel expenditures, recruitment practices, internal oversight arrangements, and the transparency of financial reporting.  In addition, the briefing draws attention to ongoing employment-related disputes and proceedings before the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS), arguing that Member States should be fully informed of any potential legal and financial exposure before considering the proposed budget increase.  The whistleblower does not advocate reducing the Authority's mandate. Rather, the briefing calls for an independent review of the Secretariat's financial management, governance practices, audit arrangements, and litigation exposure, and recommends that future budget growth be linked to demonstrated performance, transparency, accountability, and delivery capacity.  Given the seriousness of the issues raised, Member States may wish to review the attached briefing and supporting documentation carefully and seek clarification from the Secretariat and relevant oversight bodies before taking a final decision on the proposed budget - delegates briefing here Back in November 2024, a confidential complaint was filed against two staff members alleging misconduct including harassment, gender discrimination, retaliation and abuse of authority. Acting within the established processes of the UN, including the standards applied by the Office of Internal Oversight Services and the UN Ethics Office, the former Secretary-General initiated an independent external investigation and issued measures to protect the complainant against further retaliation, in accordance with his duty as chief of the organization (head of entity).  Secretary-General Lodge also provided a full and comprehensive handover brief on the matter to Secretary-General Carvalho.    In total defiance of her ethical responsibilities and her duty as head of entity, Secretary- General Carvalho failed to act and indeed suppressed the internal investigation into misconduct.  14. Furthermore, compounding her action, the Secretary-General immediately promoted the two subjects of the complaint into positions of authority, namely as officer-in-charge of the Office of Legal Affairs and officer-in-charge of the Office of Administrative Services, the latter having sent the letter of termination to the complainant."     Inner City Press, still banned from the UN by Guterres, will have more on this. *** Your support means a lot. As little as $5 a month helps keep us going and grants you access to exclusive bonus material on our Patreon page. Click here to become a patron. Feedback: Editorial [at] innercitypress.com SDNY Press Room 500 Pearl Street, NY NY 10007 USA Mail: Box 130222, Chinatown Station, NY NY 10013 Reporter's mobile (and weekends): 718-716-3540 Other, earlier Inner City Press are listed here, and some are available in the ProQuest service, and now on Lexis-Nexis.  Copyright 2006-2025 Inner City Press, Inc. 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