By Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell book
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UN Gate, Sept 12 – As the United Nations after a year of failing on Ukraine and covering up sexual abuses from the DR Congo to Colombia gears up for its annual UNGA Week this month, it has tried to further limit access and coverage by independent press.
Will this continue under incoming PGA Csaba Kőrösi of Hungary? On September 12 he did his first stake-out, vowing transparency but taking two questions from Chinese state media (Xinhua and China Central TV) while Inner City Press is banned, with no response from Under SG Melissa Fleming's MALU under Tal Mekel.
On September 8 Inner City Press, which only this month exposed a UN sex quid pro quo scandal in the MONUSCO "peacekeeping" mission and the UN links of indicted Chinese briber Cary Yan, applied to the UN for access:
Sept 8, 2022 United Nations SG Antonio Guterres & USG Melissa Fleming Media Accreditation and Liaison Unit / Tal Mekel
For the upcoming UNGA High Level Week, I noticed that as of Sept 8, 2022 the MALU site says / claims: For UNGA week, the UN has limited media access to only to correspondents “residing in the tri-state area or Washington, D.C.”
While (1) that is discriminatory, (2) will not be implement as regards pro-government media traveling with delegations - I noted that I am an long-term UN reporter (since 2005), se quid pro quo scandal in the UN Mission in the DR Congo, and reside in NYC. My access badge should be provided immediately. You and others including but not limited to USG Fleming have been written to on my behalf by the Quinn Emanuel law firm, no response yet despite confirmation of receipt, see this video Letter
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