Amid UN80 Pay to Play Appeal on UN Pension Fund as ESCAP Fat Cats Stay as Local Staff Cut

Amid UN80 Pay to Play Appeal on UN Pension Fund as ESCAP Fat Cats Stay as Local Staff Cut by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack UN GATE, April 21 – How corrupt is today's UN under Antonio Guterres? Now after Guterres fled Davos before speaking, only to robo-tweet from the Sutton Place mansion he lives in, UN staff fret his cuts will be unfair, citing just that as ESCAP and elsewhere. Now from an appeal in the UN "Justice" system (which also banned Inner City Press for reporting), this: "On 24 November 2021, during an OIOS investigation involving a complaint against Mr. Hunt, OIOS seized his laptop and other information communication technology (ICT) devices. It identified e-mails implicating ABH in potential unsatisfactory conduct. Specifically, ABH appeared in e-mail exchanges involving the use of personal accounts to share contact details of a journalist and encouraging staff members to meet with that journalist to discuss internal OIM matters, as well as references to sharing OIM-related information with blogs critical of OIM. As a result, on 18 March 2022, allegations against ABH were predicated for investigation. 11  13. On 13 May 2022, OIOS met with ABH to recover his officially assigned ICT devices, including his United Nations-issued cellphone. When asked whether he had deleted anything from those devices, ABH stated that “he had deleted WhatsApp and the NYU Langone Health application from his iPhone, as it contained personal medical information”. 12  14. On 30 December 2022, OIOS completed its investigation and issued its Investigation Report, in which it concluded, inter alia, that:13 (i) Having been notified that his officially assigned ICT devices were required by OIOS in furtherance of an authorised investigation, [ABH] deliberately deleted information from his official iPhone; and (ii) [ABH]: a. Discussed official OIM matters with [M.R.], former UNJSPF Pension Administration staff member and former de facto Staff Representative (now separated from service), who he would have known posted information critical of the OIM leadership’s decisions regarding [ABH]’s area of business, on blogs and social media" - yes, blogs and social media. Censorship and retaliation. Today's UN.   This as UN staff tell Inner City Press things have hit a new low about which his spokespeople Stephane Dujarric and Melissa Fleming refuse all Press questions. This is about inequitable cuts at UN ESCAP in Thailand: Dear Matthew Russell Lee,  The plan for abolishment from UN-ESCAP  is directed only at GS staff, while senior positions—P-5, D-1, D-2, and USG—remain untouched. The salary of a single one of these officials is equivalent to that of fifty or more local staff members. If justice truly mattered, it would be these high-level posts under review—not the livelihoods of ordinary staff.  Guterres appears increasingly surrounded by what staff describe as “phone-call human resource advisors and legal officers.”    Martha Helena Lopez, the Secretary-General’s senior advisor on human resources, has become emblematic of this “don’t care” policy. Observers note she looks fatigued, more focused on retirement than on strengthening governance. Ironic.  Guterres, they say, should end censorship. Application was made on June 19, 2025, denied six months later still without any explanation at all. Watch this site. *** Your support means a lot. As little as $5 a month helps keep us going and grants you access to exclusive bonus material on our Patreon page. Click here to become a patron. Feedback: Editorial [at] innercitypress.com Mail: Box 130222, Chinatown Station, NY NY 10013 Reporter's mobile (and weekends): 718-716-3540 Other, earlier Inner City Press are listed here, and some are available in the ProQuest service, and now on Lexis-Nexis.  Copyright 2006-2026 Inner City Press, Inc. To request reprint or other permission, e-contact Editorial [at] innercitypress.com