By Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon
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UN GATE / SDNY, Jan 26 - Amid the insurrection court cases Inner City Press is covering while still banned from the United Nations which it has covered for a decade, now on January 26 more staff picks for the US Mission to the UN, including Jeffrey DeLaurentis whom Inner City Press questioned and covered in the past, on Sudan, North Korea, Eritrea and other UN Security Council agenda items.
From today's list:
Ambassador Jeffrey DeLaurentis, Acting Alternate Representative for Special Political Affairs During his 28-year career in the U.S. Foreign Service, Ambassador DeLaurentis worked almost exclusively as a multilateral diplomat at the United Nations in New York and Geneva, and on Western Hemisphere issues...
Sohini Chatterjee, Senior Policy Advisor Sohini Chatterjee most recently served on the faculty at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, as a Legal Advisor for Independent International Legal Advocates and a Senior Associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
Olivia Alair Dalton, Spokesperson and Communications Director Olivia Alair Dalton most recently led communications for the Biden-Harris Transition’s Confirmations Team. Over the past 15 years, she has served as a spokesperson and communications strategist for leading public officials and organizations, including both of President Obama’s presidential campaigns, former First Lady Michelle Obama, former U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, and the Human Rights Campaign.
Aditi Gorur, Policy Advisor Aditi Gorur was previously the Director of the Protecting Civilians in Conflict Program at the Stimson Center, where her work focused on UN peacekeeping, conflict prevention, and the protection of civilians in armed conflict.
Laurence Pevsner, Speechwriter Laurence Pevsner was most recently a director at the speechwriting and strategy firm West Wing Writers, where he wrote speeches and strategic communications for dozens of world leaders in politics, business, entertainment, and philanthropy.
Kelly Razzouk, Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy Kelly L. Razzouk has over a decade of experience as a senior U.S. Government official, starting her career as a Presidential Management Fellow after graduating from law school. She also served as an advisor to Ambassador Susan Rice and congressional liaison in her Washington office.
Zach Vertin, Senior Policy Advisor Zach Vertin was most recently a Fellow at the Brookings Institution's foreign policy program and a Lecturer at Princeton University, where he taught graduate courses on international mediation and peace processes.
Jasmine Wyatt, Special Assistant Jasmine Wyatt most recently served on the Biden-Harris Transition’s National Security Council Review Team and as a Legislative and Policy Analyst for Oversight at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, where she led efforts to increase diversity, equity, and inclusion in foreign policy.
The United Nations, its often unaccountable senior leadership and sychophantic press corps all seem pleased by the nomination of perceived supporters to represent the US from January 20 on.
Witness the canned Q&A in the UN noon briefing of November 23, which again banned Inner City Press - and its questions about UN corruption and sexual abuse, Cameroon, Honduras and other UN failures, here.
Inner City Press before corrupt UNSG Antonio Guterres had it thrown out without due process or appeal covered not only the UN and its "Peacekeeping" missions in Haiti and elsewhere, but also Antony Blinken (here, meeting Prince Zeid) and Linda Thomas-Greenfield (here, after a trip to Somalia; Inner City Press covered the UN Security Council trip to Djibouti).
So would it be the case that Blinken and Thomas-Greenfield would cast a blind eye at UN censorship
and lack of accountability, from Cameroon to the banning of the Press that asks? Watch this site.
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