On W. Sahara, ICP Exclusively Publishes Leaked Memo of UN Hotel Fraud, Morocco's Dues
By Matthew Russell Lee, Exclusive
UNITED NATIONS, April 14 -- UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, tellingly though his spokesman Stephane Dujarric, issued a non-apology apology to Morocco on March 28, “regretting misunderstandings" regarding the UN's MINURSO mission in Western Sahara.
On April 14 Inner City Press asked Ban's spokesman Stephane Dujarric about MINURSO documents leaked to it showing fraud in the hotels the UN uses, and is used by, in Western Sahara. UN staff leave their I.D.'s at the hotel, meals never served are charged for and taken out of Morocco's dues to the UN.
Dujarric said if shown the document he would comment. We've put a document online here; all this happens as Ban's Under Secretary General for "Public Information" Cristina Gallach of Spain moves to evict Inner City Press from the UN on April 16 - a Saturday, with the building empty.
Already Gallach's unilateral reduction in Inner City Press' accreditation has resulted in it being banned from two Security Council meetings on Western Sahara. On April 14 it was unable to attend a briefing on Western Sahara held in the Delegates Lounge, to which its pass no longer gives it access.
Dujarric claimed that Inner City Press could be taken there with an "escort" who would not remain, as minder; this has not been Inner City Press' experience. We'll have more on this.
On W. Sahara, ICP Exclusively Publishes Leaked Memo of UN Hotel Fraud, Morocco's Dues
By Matthew Russell Lee, Exclusive
UNITED NATIONS, April 14 -- UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, te…
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