UN PGA Bozkir Takes Half Million From Qatar Refuses To Say Who Works For Him or Pays

By Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Periscope

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UN GATE, Sept 18 – In the United Nations, a list of speakers for the UN General Assembly week Sept 22-29 has been released, photo here.

  On September 14, the day before Volkan Bozkir takes over as President of the General Assembly, Inner City Press wrote to his spokesperson Brenden Varma "to request the password(s) to access and ask a question at the September 15 press conference."

  Varma replied, "This will be my first hybrid press conference, and I’m not sure how virtual access works. Please follow up with MALU."

   MALU, run by Melissa Fleming, has not answered. So Inner City Press emailed Varma this question: Why is there NO CONTENT on the PGA's "Ethics and Transparency" page, given that this was the lone reform after it was shown that PGA Ashe took bribes from Ng Lap Seng, and PGA Kutesa arranged bribes from CEFC China Energy? How much did Mr. Bozkir spend on his campaign for PGA? Who paid for all travel? Who are the staff members and who is paying each one?

  The response? Brenden Varma, "spokesman" of PGA, blocked Inner City Press on Twitter. Photo here. This is the UN, and Bozkir.

  Now while refusing all of Inner City Press' written questions about it while entertaining Al Jazeera's questions, it emerges that Bozkir took $500,000 from Qatar - for what? - and still refuses to disclose who works for him, much less who pays them. Interim profiles here (Toni-Shae Freckleton, and Inga Kanchaveli) and here (Nehali Anupriya - nepotism). Inner City Press should be immediately admitted for UNGA 2020 and electronic briefings. Watch this site.

 Most resident correspondents write nothing, or only propaganda. And who will decide on these "very limited non-resident" [sic] who will be allowed in? Varma called on three separate Turkish media... This is the beginning of a series. Thread here.

 In the first morning there are China and Russia, Qatar, Morocco and Iran. Cameroon's Paul Biya  is on Friday September 24. Watch this site.

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SDNY COURTHOUSE, Sept 19 – The Joffrey Ballet School sued its former director Christopher D'Addario for in essence stealing their websites. But D'Addario did not show up, and a temporary restraining order against him, to be delivered to Network Solution and Go Daddy was issued.

 On September 18 U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Judge John G. Koeltl held a proceeding. Inner City Press covered it.  

Joffrey's lawyers emphasized that they had twice emailed the time of the hearing to D'Addario. Judge Koeltl said it was not ex parte then, and asked for argument. 

 It was argued - without opposition - that the loss of control of the websites put many jobs at risk; it was said the absent D'Addario has no case.

They quoted him replying, "Go right f*ck yourself.. happy the bankrupt the school in court." They said he is demanding $450,000.  

 The website is back up, but Joffrey's lawyers said their email is still being "played with."

Judge Koeltl added some handwritten notes to the TRO and said it would be posted on ECF.

The case is Center for American Dance, Inc. v. D'Addario, et al., 20-cv-7687 (Koeltl).

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UN Propaganda Film Uses Forest Whitaker and Beyonce But Lies About Cholera and UN Rapes

By Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon

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UN GATE, Sept 19 – For a week the UN promoted a movie it had made to try to improve its image, using footage of George Floyd's brother and uninformed talk by Forest Whitaker and others - and a years' old video by Beyonce.

  When it launched on YouTube on September 19, the live comments were nearly entirely negative, including the the UN should be mass reported as scammers. But "GlobalGoalsUN" said, "Thanks for watching. We hope you like it." Today's UN is a scam.

While the United Nations speaks about press freedom and the upcoming UN General Assembly week under new President Zolkan Bozkir of Turkey, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has banned Inner City Press amid its questions about his finances and failures on Cameroon and in combatting or even just disclosing UN sexual abuse. 

 On September 17, Guterres' spokesman Staphane Dujarric was asked out it. Video here. From the transcript:

 Q: you were talking about press freedoms, a different part of the press. What's the latest with Inner City Press? They've apparently asked to be credentialed, and that's been ignored. They've played an active part in uncovering UN corruption over the years. Where does... where do they stand regarding UN credentialing?      

UN Spokesman Dujarric:  Mr. Lee's status remains unchanged. Okay...       

 Question:  And does that mean that that's going to stay unchanged, meaning he's banned for the next... for this General Assembly?      

Spokesman Dujarric:  Well, I mean, there's no... we're not issuing any new credentials for this General Assembly, because there's really nothing... there are no physical... barely any physical events here. So, there's no... no temporary credentials are being given, anyway.     All right. Thank you very much. I will leave you in the capable hands of Mr. [Brenden] Varma....   

Brenden Varma, for PGA Bozkir, has refused to answer Inner City Press' questions about his backsliding on the one reform from the UN corruption scandal Inner City Press reported on, often exclusively, about PGAs Ashe and Kutesa; Bozkir has an empty "Ethics" page.

Varma then blocked Inner City Press on Twitter. This is today's UN - we'll have more on this issue. Inner City Press should be given the codes to access and ask questions at briefings immediately, like the state media and retirees Guterres and Melissa Fleming prefer and favor.

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UN of Guterres Blocks From UN Website IP of Inner City Press After Spox Said Mr Lee Status Unchanged

By Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Video
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UN GATE, Sept 20 – While the United Nations speaks about press freedom and the upcoming UN General Assembly week under new President Zolkan Bozkir of Turkey, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has banned Inner City Press amid its questions about his finances and failures on Cameroon and in combatting or even just disclosing UN sexual abuse. 

 On September 17, Guterres' spokesman Staphane Dujarric was asked about it, and said "Mr. Lee's status remains uncharged. Video here.

  But then something changed. On September 19 and still as of this writing on September 20, the IP address Inner City Press uses was blocked from the UN's website. Video here. The UN sites worked when checked from another's laptop. So can the UN use public money to block Internet access to their "transparency" page by media which ask and criticize them about it? Watch this site.

From the September 17 transcript:

 Q: you were talking about press freedoms, a different part of the press. What's the latest with Inner City Press? They've apparently asked to be credentialed, and that's been ignored. They've played an active part in uncovering UN corruption over the years. Where does... where do they stand regarding UN credentialing?      

UN Spokesman Dujarric:  Mr. Lee's status remains unchanged. Okay...       

 Question:  And does that mean that that's going to stay unchanged, meaning he's banned for the next... for this General Assembly?      

Spokesman Dujarric:  Well, I mean, there's no... we're not issuing any new credentials for this General Assembly, because there's really nothing... there are no physical... barely any physical events here. So, there's no... no temporary credentials are being given, anyway.     All right. Thank you very much. I will leave you in the capable hands of Mr. [Brenden] Varma....   

Brenden Varma, for PGA Bozkir, has refused to answer Inner City Press' questions about his backsliding on the one reform from the UN corruption scandal Inner City Press reported on, often exclusively, about PGAs Ashe and Kutesa; Bozkir has an empty "Ethics" page.

Varma then blocked Inner City Press on Twitter. This is today's UN - we'll have more on this issue. Inner City Press should be given the codes to access and ask questions at briefings immediately, like the state media and retirees Guterres and Melissa Fleming prefer and favor.

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For UNGA 2020 UN Declines Inner City Press Application for Access Leaving Blank the Why

By Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Video Photo
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UN GATE, Sept 21 – In the United Nations, on September 1 a list of speakers for the UN General Assembly week Sept 22-29 was released, photo here.

   From 2006 into 2018, Inner City Press closely covered each UNGA week from inside the UN, asking questions in the UN Press Briefing Room (which which France once threatened to use Secretary General Antonio Guterres' spokesman Stephane Dujarric to have it removed and its accreditation pulled).

  Inner City Press on September 5, 2020 submitted a formal application to cover this 2020 UNGA, including for access to the UN' online briefings, to ask questions about such crises as Cameroon, Yemen and China's expansionism. Receipt has been confirmed: photo here.

 Past 11 pm on September 20, hours before the UN's "The World We Want" event, the UN emailed Inner City Press that its application was "declined for the following reason" - BLANK. Photo here.

  This is how arrogant today's UN is with the public's money, and the contempt the UN has for due process, freedom of the press and other principles mouthed by Guterres and his gang. This is the World They Want - a world without criticism of them, without critics, where they can take bribes and cover up rapes with impunity.

 There was further evidence on September 19-20: Inner City Press' IP address was suddenly blocked from accessing the UN's websites, article here, video demonstration here. We'll have more on this.

  Guterres' chief propagandist Melissa Fleming, spending public money on a vanity podcast while refusing questions about what the UN actually, wants to limit physical entry into the UN building to so-called "resident correpondents." But even if that were legitimate (it is not), there is no reason to similarly limit access to online briefings. The IMF doesn't - Inner City Press is given the codes and asks questions and get answers.

 Thin skinned Guterres is abusing his position to block the Press from covering actual leaders. So what will member states and the UN's ultimate funders do? We will continue reporting. Watch this site.

 Most resident correspondents write nothing, or only propaganda. And who will decide on these "very limited non-resident" [sic] who will be allowed in? This is the beginning of a series. Thread here.

 The censored UNGA Week will be even more lame than usual, with most speeches - other than Trump's? - by video. Still in the first morning there are China and Russia, Qatar, Morocco and Iran. Cameroon's dictator Paul Biya, supported in his killing like many others by Guterres, is on Friday September 24.

 Yet only the same old retirees and state media will be allowed in, they say. Inner City Press will have more on this.

  Earlier on September 1 Inner City Press wrote to the Niger Mission, as incoming UN Security Council president, with questions about Cameroon, Somalia and UNsexploitation.

 The email address on the Niger Mission's UN web page did not work; it bounced back. A Direct Message on Twitter to @Niger_ONU was not answered.

This as Sani I. Mahamadou, Deputy Chief of Staff to Niger's president, bragged online of a "Very big day for Niger, who begins his month of presidency of the United Nations Security Council." They're off to a terrible start.

  Apparently Niger PR Abdou Abarry could only handle questions from pre-screened in-house correspondents, one of whose media has no story by her since 2017, another with no stories at all, at least one - actually, more -- a repeated #MeToo violator. Periscope here.

 Niger has not said a word about the slaughter in Cameroon, nor about the UN Peacekeeping sexploitation exposed by Inner City Press.

  The Program belatedly went up - with countries on which Niger ignored and censored questions: Myanmar, Somalia, where UNMAS sent local staff to be killed, and Colombia and South Sudan. There will be Francophonie on September 8. We have now written directly to the Mission's 404 spokesman - and will have more on this.

When Guterres' spokes- / hatchetman Stephane Dujarric holds his noon briefings this week while refusing all questions from Inner City Press despite an on camera promise. Again, what will member states and the UN's ultimate funders do? We'll report.

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