by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack
UN GATE, Oct 1 – Switzerland took over the UN Security Council presidency on October 1, 2024 - while Inner City Press is still banned from the UN, despite its June 19 application.
On September 30, Inner City Press wrote to the Swiss 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 to Switzerland's UNSC Presidency press briefing by your Ambassador Pascale Christine Baeriswyl on October 1, 2024 at 12:30 pm. I have questions to ask on what you will do this month about Iran, Gaza and Sudan, Ukraine, DRC and Rwanda, about the SDNY indictment involving Turkey's Mission to the UN
as well as the coups in Gabon and Niger and the conflicts in Ukraine, Ethiopia, Cameroon, Yemen and Libya - and on ongoing cases of sexual abuse and exploitation by UN peacekeepers, and Missions' abuses in NYC, on many of which Inner City Press first reported
Inner City Press also asked, in writing, about that "a majority of Switzerland’s parliament voted to suspend payments to UNRWA" - nothing.
Please note that Inner City Press and I participate in the WebEx briefings of, for example, the IMF: March 31, 2022 and since with new IMF spokesperson Sept 28, 2023:
Switzerland did not answer, even its "spokesperson" Pierre Gobet.
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Inner City Press on June 19, 2024 again 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 Sierra Leone and its UN Mission, nothing.
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