by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack
UN GATE, March 11 – Japan gets the UN Security Council presidency on March 1, 2024 - while Inner City Press is still banned from the UN, despite its June 19 application.
Now in just another failure of the UN in March, Ariel Henry of Haiti has resigned, without the UN having confirmed or had any impact, after bringing cholera to Haiti and killing 10,000 plus.
On February 29, Inner City Press wrote to the Japanese Mission: This is a timely request that you allow Inner City Press to enter and cover, and/or provide the WebEx pass code(s) to access Japan's UNSC Presidency press briefing by your Ambassador Yamazaki on March 1, 2024.
I have questions to ask on what you will do this month about Gaza, UNRWA and the coups in Gabon and Niger, Japan, North Korea and the conflicts in Sudan, Ukraine, Ethiopia, Cameroon, Yemen and Libya, and the revelations of El Pollo now in SDNY - and on ongoing cases of sexual abuse and exploitation by UN peacekeepers on many of which Inner City Press first reported
By day's end, no answer from the Japan mission. Only this: "I am seconded to UNDP now. I will be checking emails intermittently, but may delay in response, and please send at below address for any urgent matters. Thank you. Shinobu Yamaguchi." No answer from below address - or Blue Book address.
Watch this site.
Inner City Press on June 19 applied to the UN for access, as it gives 100s, to cover the UNGA week. Inner City Press has a NYC Press Pass and writes about the UN. From Japan and its UN Mission, nothing.
Watch this site.
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