As UN Bans Inner City Press for 3060th Day Questions about Paolo Zampolli Case to USUN

As UN Bans Inner City Press for 3060th Day Questions about Paolo Zampolli Case to USUN by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack UN GATE, Sept 4 – Inner City Press remains banned from UN Headquarters since July 2018, with no hearing and no appeal, and its July 25, 2026 application to enter in person and ask questions has drawn no response to date from either Secretary-General Guterres' office or the U.S. Mission, despite Ambassador Michael Waltz's own "Make the UN Great Again" rhetoric. Submitted on the morning of Sept 4, 2026 to UN spokespeople, Stephane Dujarric, Antonio Guterres, Amina J. Mohammed, Melissa Fleming, et al: Sept 4-1: What are the comments and actions if any of SG Guterres and separately USUN / PR Waltz and France ONU / PR Bonnafont on the rape lawsuit filed against Paolo Zampolli, pictured with SG Guterres smiling about UNGA as a Special Envoy, previously DPR of Dominca and sponsor of events in the UN Delegates' Lounge? Lawsuit via first report here   Before alleging a rape, the Complaint recounts that Zampolli "invited Plaintiff, her friend, and two junior United Nations Ambassadors to his townhome [address omitted by Inner City Press]."    Please immediate state any knowledge of any "UN Ambassadors" present with Zampolli at his townhouse. Please identify all events sponsored in the UN (Delegates' Dining Room or otherwise) by Zampolli or his entities. Please identity how long he has had UN entry badges and in what capacities, including current capacity. also:  How many meetings has Mr. Zampolli had with Secretary-General Guterres, in any capacity, and can the UN describe, even generally, what was discussed?   Given Mr. Zampolli's public statements referring to Secretary-General Guterres as a "dear friend," has the Secretary-General's office had any communications with Mr. Zampolli in his capacity as U.S. Special Envoy of the President for Global Partnerships, and does the UN see any need to address a potential appearance of conflict given the pending litigation?   Does UN Protocol or any other UN office maintain any record concerning the two ambassadors referenced, and has any report concerning that evening been made to the UN?   Does the UN Secretariat have any policy or guidance regarding accepting private invitations from Mr. Zampolli specifically, given Inner City Press's reporting on him dating to 2008, here, through 2017, here, and questions UNanswered by UN Spokesperson after ouster of Inner City Press and Spox' broken promise to answer Inner City Press' written questions, sample Q here?   There will be more questions. A FOIA request has been submitted to the US State Department (as a request to France / UNO under le Code des relations entre le public et l'administration on August 29 has gone unresponded to.  Sept 4-3: On UN "judicial" system what are the comments and actions if any of SG Guterres and France ONU / PR Bonnafont on this, sent to Inner CIty Press and other by UN staff: "Re UNDT/2025/039: The first-instance judgment matters for staff even though it was later reversed on the misconduct question, because of what it establishes about the case's context — findings that were not disturbed on appeal and remain directly relevant to the sanction that is still to be decided. Judge Belle found, after hearing ABH testify, that the Tribunal “sees no reason to doubt his general credibility and genuineness.”  By 7:30 pm, nothing - not even an acknowledgment of receipt. Days previous: What inquiry if any did the UN do after the conviction of Ghislaine Maxwell for sex trafficking, and Amir Dossal's service as 1 of 5 people on her Terramar Foundation's board? On what basis does Mr. Dossal (unlike Inner City Press which reports on sex trafficking and the UN) have access to the UN, for example yesterday at Ivonne A-Baki's stakeout? What was his role there, and in her team? What type of UN entrance pass does Mr. Dossal have? Past deadline: Need and am requesting access to cover, in person and at stakeout, the next straw polls on Sept 17 and 28-29, after the Q&A with new Next SG candidate Ivvone A-Baki / Ivonne Leila Juez Abuchacra de Baki - stakeout [wa]s 3:30 pm, was forced to cover from outside, see Aug 21, Le360, "ONU: deuxième vote indicatif pour départager les huit candidats à la succession de Guterres / UN: Second indicative vote to decide between the eight candidates to succeed Guterres," "Stakeout on Next UNSG, Inner City Press is banned but live! - Stakeout by new UNSG candidate Ivonne A-Baki at the end - since can't enter and ask, was the figure with her the one on the board of Ghislaine Maxwell's Terrmar Foundation?" Link here On deadline: confirm receipt of that application, and state what, if anything, either office has done about it.  Inner City Press will continue to ask these questions daily, and to report the silence when that is the answer. Watch this site. *** Your support means a lot. 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