by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack
UN GATE / Juba, Nov 10 – How corrupt is today's UN under Antonio Guterres? Consider South Sudan, where UN personnel stand accused of child rape on which UN spokespeople Stephane Dujarric and Melissa Fleming have refused all Press questions. On November 10 this, from a UN whistleblower sent to Inner City Press:
Dear Matthew Russell Lee,
Last week, UMMISS Leadership failed to properly inform the Host Government about the Rotation of the Nepalese Contingent, as a result, UNMISS has again, just lost over $300,000 as the chartered flight which arrived in Juba to fly out the contingent, was sent back empty because, the Host Government was not properly informed.
This is proof of how disconnected the leadership is from the Host Government. The Contingent are currently stranded in Juba. Such wastes of monies, among other negligence and lack of due diligence on Management's part continue to cause serious financial debt to the mission.
Due to such oversights and over spending by the Mission, more personnel posts are being cut than necessary (30%, instead of 15%), which brings us back to the question that, why are the Management and their protected circle of friends not part of the CRP process? This question has gone unanswered. In this dire times when staff are loosing their jobs, how can the mission make such gross oversight causing more loses.
Of note, while the affected Staff are barely finding strength to cope with the uncertainties of their future, almost all UNMISS Senior Management including the SRSG, DSRSG, DMS, Chief HR, Several Heads of Sections and Chief of Staff are currently out of the Mission Area on Leave, with the latter, seen on Social media(Pastor Leda), over the weekend partying and dancing (we have the videos) after causing chaos in the Mission.
It is evident that, the leadership do not care nor realise the gravity of havoc or damage they are causing those affected personnel, as themselves and their protected circle of friends are excluded from the CRP process. While the Leadership continue to dismiss these genuine concerns under pretense that, staff are just unhappy to go home or that, staff complain anonymously (understandably, for fear of being retaliated or targeted by leadership), these concerns are facts and can be verified.
Related, it is a known fact that, the current UNMISS FSU are weak and proven unreliable and not trustworthy, otherwise they should be the voice of the helpless yet, they are silent.
On 6 Nov, in what seems like a pre-approved list shared by the UNMISS-SMG by mistake - and now given no answers published by Inner City Press on its DocumentCloud here - details some offices with specific names of International staff, to be considered for cuts.
It has happened at MINUSCA in Central African Republic too - and no answers from UN.
Guterres, they say, should end censorship. Application was made on June 19, 2025, here. Still as of October 7 no answer at all from Melissa Fleming or Stephane Dujarric. Totally corrupt. Watch this site.
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