| Outgoing UNSG Guterres Shun
Opposition in Haiti After Paying Nothing for
Bringing Cholera By Matthew Russell Lee, CJR Letter PFT Q&A, NY Post UNITED NATIONS
GATE, June 16 – The
UN's introduction
of cholera
into Haiti,
killing tens
of thousands
of Haitians
and injuring a
million more,
arrived at the
U.S. Supreme
Court, soon
after UNSG Antonio
Guterres had
Inner
City Press
roughed
up and banned
from the UN. The
cert
petition stated,
first on
the facts then
on the the law, that
"the
United Nations
spread cholera
throughout
Haiti by
taking 1,075
peacekeepers
from Nepal
(where cholera
was rampant)
and deploying
them to Haiti,
a nation that
had not seen a
case of
cholera in
more than 100
years. App.
11. The UN
never tested
its Nepalese
peacekeepers
for the
presence of
the disease
and
constructed
inadequate
sewage
facilities on
a tributary of
a major river
used for
bathing,
cooking and
drinking
water. Cholera
spread
quickly. It is
estimated
that 8
10,000 people
died and
approximately
1 million were
sickened as a
result of the
UN’s actions."
On the law the
cert petition
states: "Throughout
this case,
Petitioners
believe there
has been a
reflexive
reaction on
the part of
governments,
the courts,
and others to
pre-judge—to
decide,
without proper
consideration,
that the UN is
immune,
despite the
Organization’s
own express
agreement to
be liable and
acceptance of
responsibility
for the
damages it has
wrought. As a
result, there
has never been
a hearing in
open court to
consider the
issues at the
heart of this
case, and
arguments by
Petitioners as
to the
nonexistence
of UN standing
claims
commissions—or
any other
binding forum
for the
adjudication
of claims—have
been ignored
by both the
district court
and the Second
Circuit. Put
simply, it has
never been
explained to
the
Petitioners by
any court how
the UN can
assume a
liability that
is enforceable
nowhere."
Inner
City Press,
now daily
covering the
U.S. District
Court for the
Southern
District of
New York while
banned
from any entry
into the UN by
Guterres, will
be in
writing asking
the UN about
this cert
petition, on
which amici
are soon to be
heard from.
Watch this
site, @InnerCityPress
and now @SDNYLIVE.
When
Haiti's President
Jovenel Moïse
spoke in the
UN General
Assembly on 27
September 2018
he referred
clearly to "le
cholera
introduit par
la MINUSTAH" - the
cholera introduced
by MINUSTAH,
the UN Mission
in Haiti, here.
But when
the UN of
Antonio
Guterres put on
its website a
purported
summary of
Moise's
speech, it
contained no
mention at
all of
cholera, here.
Call it the
ultimate
white-wash
under
Guterres, who
has also
banned from
UNGA, and
from the UN as
a whole
apparently for
life, Inner
City Press which
accompanied
and covered
the UN
Security
Council's most
recent
trip to Haiti
and interviewed
some of the
many victims
of the UN.
Inner City
Press emphasized
Guterres'
failure on
accountability
for bringing
cholera to Haiti
to the Sept 23
New York Post,
here.
On
February 10
amid "unrest"
in Haiti that
canceled
flights Guterres'
Mission there
issued this:
"It is with
profound
sadness that
the United
Nations has
learned of the
deaths of four
people as a
result of a
road accident
involving a
public
transportation
vehicle and a
UN Armored
Personnel
Carrier (APC)
that occurred
tonight, in
Canape Vert, a
neighborhood
of
Port-au-Prince,
the Haitian
capital.
According to
the
preliminary
information,
one Haitian
citizen and
eight UN
police
officers who
were also
injured in the
accident are
being
treated.
The Special
Representative
of the
Secretary
General (SRSG)
in Haiti,
Helen La Lime,
presents her
condolences to
the family of
the victims,
and her
sympathies to
the injured.
“I am deeply
saddened by
the loss of
life and wish
to present my
sincere
condolences to
the families
and friends of
the deceased
as well as
express my
sympathies to
the injured,â€
indicated the
SRSG.
“I have
requested that
the
circumstances
of the
accident be
thoroughly
investigated,â€
added the
SRSG." Yeah
- just like
the cholera
the UN brought. Guterres'
UN has no
credibility.
On
November
21 banned
Inner City
Press in writing
asked
Guterres and
his
spokes- /
hatchet-man
Stephane
Dujarric:
"November
21-3: On
Haiti, what is
the SG's
comment and
action on that
“at least
eight deaths
have been
reported in
clashes
between
protesters and
police since
the protests
began on
Sunday.
Demonstrators
have demanded
that the
president
resign for not
investigating
allegations of
corruption."
Twenty eight
hours later, nothing - and
Guterres
apparently
having left
town, again,
without any
disclosure...The
International
Monetary
Fund after a visit
to Haiti
on June 20
announced that “the
IMF welcomes
the
government's
intention to
eliminate fuel
price
subsidies." And
on July 6
after the
government
announced
price increases
of 38
percent to 51
percent for
gasoline,
diesel and
kerosene, protests
broke
out. Protesters
were shot and
killed by
police in the
Delmas area of
the capital
and elsewhere. On June
14, Jack
Guy LafontantJack Guy Lafontant
resigned as
Haiti’s prime
minister. This two
days after the
UN
Security
Council,
which has yet to
ensure any
recompense for
Haitian
families
harmed by the
cholera the UN
brought
killing 10,000
people, said
on July 12 --
when Secretary
General
Antonio Guterres
neither
mentioned nor was
asked about
Haiti in his Press-less
press
conference (Inner
City Press
remains
UNjustly
banned from the UN but
asked the IMF
about it, here).
The
UN banned
Inner City
Press, so it
could not ask the
question on
July 16. Fox
News story here
("UN roughs
up, ejects,
bans reporter
from
headquarters:
Caught on
tape");
petition to
Guterres here;
GAP blogs I
and II (“Harassment
of US
Journalist
Intensifies at
the
UNâ€). Guterres
through Alison
Smale made it
a lifetime ban
on
August 17,
with no due
process.
On July 16,
while awaiting
the
"investigation"
the UN
promised,
Inner City
Press e-mailed
Guterres'
deputy
spokesman
Farhan Haq,
"Haitian Prime
Minister Jack
Guy Lafontant
resigned,
after
civilians were
killed
protesting
fuel price
subsidy cuts.
Again, that is
the comment of
UNSG and the
UN Mission,
given what the
UN has done
there
including by
introducing
cholera and
not paying
reparations of
any kind?" Jump
cut to June
16, 2026 when
Guterres went
on a junket to
Haiti and took
only softball
questions,
including "QUESTION:
I don't
believe I saw
in your agenda
for today that
you met with
members of the
political
opposition,
for example.
Yet, we all
know that
right now,
there's as
much talk
about
elections, if
not more, than
about
security, all
against the
backdrop of a
decree that
has been
widely
criticized in
Haiti at all
levels. In
your
discussions
with the
government and
members of
civil society,
did you not
sense this
concern? SG:
I had the
opportunity to
meet with
civil society,
which was very
productive." It
is apparently
productive
when you ban
real
questions. But
the stench of
impunity
follows
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