by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack
UN GATE, Nov 24 – The UN's upcoming climate change conference has as its president the head of the United Arab Emirates' oil company, ADNOC.
Inner City Press noted this typical UN hypocrisy on X (formerly Twitter) on September 20 while reporting from an event across the street from the UN it is banned from even entering.
The response was indicative of today's UN system. Robot-like response, from ostensibly unconnected accounts, came in reply.
Inner City Press had written: "Scam COP28 prez Sultan Al Jaber is at the same time the head of ADNOC, the UAE's oil company. But the UAE throws money around in the UN so who cares, right?."
An account named @afnan_elfakhory replied, "The claim that the head of the UAE oil company is serving as president of the COP28 conference does not correctly reflect reality. The UAE is working hard to achieve global climate goals and promote sustainability. It is necessary to appreciate the efforts made by the UAE."
But Sultan Al Jaber *is* the head of the UAE oil company. Two similarly robotic responses came from accounts named @asma__daroza and @gana_elsaieg.
It's not just the UAE, or COP28 - UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres' head of "global communications" Melissa Fleming has bragged about using the UN's name (and public money) to combat and eliminate messages they don't agree with from the Internet.
On November 24, as Fleming conducted a scam poll of UN staff to justify further censorship, Guterres gushed hot air in Antarctica: "I was very impressed with the information that the ice shelf around Antarctica in September measured 1,500 square kilometers smaller than the average in recent years - an area equivalent to Portugal, Spain, France and Germany combined. We must leave here with a strengthened will and with a reinforced energy for the COP in which I am going to participate in a few days in Dubai."
Fleming and Guterres have banned Inner City Press, ignoring its June 19, 2023 application to enter and cover UNGA 2023 and then ignoring a letter from the pro bono law firm of Duane Morris, drunk with their own impunity. Watch this site.
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