By Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell Book
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UN GATE, Nov 6, Exclusive – In the United Nations under Antonio Guterres, there is nothing but failure and excuses and fundraising on crises like Ukraine, Burma, Haiti and Cameroon.
There is impunity for sexual abuse by peacekeepers and UN staff like Juan Carlos Cunillera, just "along for the ride" during the UN sex-in-the-van exposed by Inner City Press.
But now as we looked at and asked about Guterres' omission of his links to UN briber CEFC China Energy, leading to him banning the Press (and Melissa Fleming continuing the ban, not even answering a law firm's pro bono letter), let's look at other officials - this time, long time UNOPS operative Vitaly Vanshelboim (whom Inner City Press covered in connection with UNOPS gag orders before being banned from UN by corrupt Guterres.)
More recently, Vanshelboim's skeezed in the S3i scam of UNOPS's Grete Faremo, whom Inner City Press will cover on her way out, another corrupt Guterres-era official), like Vanshelboim, here:
Two (2) residential properties, Ukraine
Two (2) residential properties, jointly owned, USA
Annuity, ING, USA
Investment fund, Citi Bank, USA
Investment fund, Danske Invest, jointly owned, Denmark
What are the statuses of Vanshelboim's Ukraine properties? Either way, no friend of Press freedom.
Now Inner City Press, banned from entering the UN by corrupt Guterres, exclusively publishes this draft report, and this e-mail chain:
Dear KPMG Why have you not pressed UNOPS and OIOS to provide the OIOS investigation report of S3i? How can you make recommendations to fix UNOPS without knowing who all the corrupt officials are?
We would expect to see this addressed more transparently in the final report.
On Tuesday, November 1st, 2022 at 2:59 PM, Dear OIOS,
The attached draft report dated 31 October 2022 states at the bottom of page 1. KPMG had an interview with representatives of the Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) during the assignment. However, an investigation report of S3i by the OIOS, which has been publicly mentioned, has not been shared with KPMG. Why not? What is UNOPS and OIOS attempting to suppress from this 3rd party review of UNOPS by KPMG, the engagement for which no doubt cost more than 1 million dollars.
Your Excellency, Mr. Secretary-General Who is being protected by this suppression after "The Secretary-General [has] accepted the resignation of [Ms.] Grete Faremo, the Executive Director of the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS)" on 8 May 2022? We await your explanation. DPF.
We'll have more on this.
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