UN GATE, June 26 – The United Nations claims to have a zero tolerance for sexual exploitation by its staff and peacekeepers, but routinely covers up their abuses including the rape of children, withholding basic information which was provided to the Press under Ban Ki-moon but not now under Antonio Guterres.
Inner City Press, which Guterres has banned from the UN for 724 days as it asks about these and his abuses, on June 23 received from outraged UN whistleblowers video of sexual exploitation, they said, in a white UN-marked vehicle, here. Now Instagram, Facebook.
The UN has for three days refused to respond in any way, from Guterres through Amina J. Mohammed to Achim Steiner and Spokesperson Stephane Dujarric and dozens of other UN officials and member states, apparently hoping for another UN cover up.
Well, no.
Well, no.
Inner City Press early on June 25 reported what it knows and has now been taken without credit, as part of this litmus test the UN has failed: the car belongs to UNTSO mission, in Tel Aviv, and the car plate is 205. Photo here. Both are civilian international staff of UNTSO mission headquartered in Jerusalem. "Their names are known."
It asked, now what will corrupt censor Guterres do?
Belatedly, after trying to cover up for three days, on the evenin gof June 26 from Dujarric's $10 million penthouse apartment on 86th Street on Manhattan Upper East Side, this: "We are deeply disturbed by content of video apparently involving personnel from #UNTSO. An investigation was swiftly launched & is moving very quickly. Appropriate action will be taken. 9:25 PM · Jun 25, 2020 from New York, USA·Twitter for iPhone." Photo here, credit to Inner City Press for example here.
Inner City Press does not believe this. Dujarric, presumably for Guterres, has been covering up dozens of UN child rapes for at least the past year. Inner City Press has been asking about them; Dujarric and Guterres had Inner City Press roughed up and banned. Dujarric said he would answer written questions, but then he stopped. And now, all if-asked information about UN rapes is withheld. So, no. It is time for accountability, and an end to UN censorship. Watch this site.
Tellingly, in terms of UN censorship (alliance), in a Press-less "press conference" on June 25 those allowed in by Melissa Fleming did not ask about this obvious scandal. Periscope here.
Inner City Press after inquiries uploaded the video and many hours ago asked Guterres, his head of communications Melissa Fleming, spokesman Stephane Dujarric and some 30 UN system officials about it: "This is a formal request for UNSG Guterres' comment and action on the video Inner City Press has just uploaded of UN sexual exploitation in a UN marked vehicle, here
as well as on the June 22 admission by Sri Lanka former PR Kohona that his country led a campaign to get Inner City Press ousted and banned from the UN after it reported on mass killings in Sri Lanka, as Inner City Press was also doing as to Cameroon when your UN banned it now for 721 day. What is the appeals process? On deadline." Now by the next day, no response from these UN officials, except this from UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression: "Your message couldn't be delivered to [David A. Kaye] because it exceeds the size limit." Ironic. Inner City Press has sent out and will send out many more requests for response and action. Watch this site.
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