| New Book UN Betrayals
Profiles Guterres Corrupt Purchase
of SG Post as Pattern Repeats By Matthew
Russell Lee Patreon Book
Substack UN GATE,
July 1 รข€“ As the UN
moves to pick a new Secretary
General, as its last one
Antonio Guterres fails on
Ukraine, Gaza and basic
transparency, a new book has
been published below. On July 1, the
president of the Security
Council for the month, DRC's
Zenon Ngay Mukongo wouldn't
even say where the "dialogues"
with candidates for NextSG
will take place. Some
transparency. As to this that
the DRC Mission's official
email box is full and bounces
messages including from the
Press, and that questions
known to have been received as
not answered, and it appears
clear this process may be as
corrupt as the won stolen by
Guterres. It is "United
Nations Betrayals: From
Election Stolen by Guterres to
Bribes and Banning of the
Press," by Matthew Russell Lee
(who quickly discloses that he
has been ousted and banned
from the UN by Guterres, for
his reporting). A noted
by New York Magazine on Lee's
Maximum Maxwell book,
at times here he uses the
character Kurt Wheelock, who
first appeared in his
Predatory Bender.
The book
begins with Guterres beating
out female candidates for the
UNSG post, after a murky year
being paid by Lisbon-based
Gulbenkian Foundation. The
book digs into the bid by the
China Energy Fund Committee,
convicted of UN bribery, for
Gulbenkian's oil company.
Readers can draw their own
conclusion, including on the
need for SG campaign finance
disclosure in 2026. Part of
the book in italics delves
into the UN Correspondents
Association and its efforts to
throw Lee out. They appear
again in the afterword /
novella, "Whacking Qaddafi,"
which was first mentioned in
the New Yorker magazine's Talk of
the Town piece about
Lee. It addresses more
countries: from India to
Pakistan, Guinea to Guinea
Bissau. The main text addresses UN failures in Sri Lanka - including the UNCA connection - Cameroon, Western Sahara, Syria, North Korea, Sudan, Gaza and elsewhere. UN Betrayals indeed - this should be the first of a series.
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Friday, July 3, 2026
New Book UN Betrayals Profiles Guterres Corrupt Purchase of SG Post as Pattern Repeats
