It is a sign of extremely poor governance for an election of this consequence to be uncontested.
This is what a “stitch up” looks like.
It is inconceivable that there are no alternative qualified candidates for this position.
This is what a “stitch up” looks like.
It is inconceivable that there are no alternative qualified candidates for this position.
https://twitter.com/t_asfaw/status/1454119800368664582
The UN and it’s organisations ought to meet a high standard of governance integrity for the world to see.
Unfortunately the reality of practice in many aspects of UN governance exhibit the hallmarks of the elitist, exclusive, National government’s of old.
Unfortunately the reality of practice in many aspects of UN governance exhibit the hallmarks of the elitist, exclusive, National government’s of old.
The example of @DrTedros not being opposed is particularly egregious as it is a signal by UN leadership that when challenged (in this case by Tedros’s own National govt.) the reflexive response is to close ranks.
This is the opposite of transparency and accountability.
This is the opposite of transparency and accountability.
A contested election would offer an opportunity to set a precedent, and for a discussion to take place over the issues in this particular case. Namely, whether widespread concerns that @DrTedros has used his high office to assist a rebellion in his country of origin hold water.
The core allegation of 2 whistleblowers whose testimony/concerns have not been reported in major media, nor inquired into by UNSC/UNSG @antonioguterres - is that @DrTedros played a role in failed humanitarian operations in Tigray, through influence over USG/ERC @MarkLowcock.
Mark Lowcock’s own intemperate response to these allegations - in the form of a editorial which contains serious errors in factual understanding about the origin of this war which, had they not been present, might have led to a peaceful resolution of this terrible war.
This paragraph, by @MarkLowcock, is breathtakingly wrong. A coordinated very brutal surprise attack on the ENDF at multiple locations - which killed 1000s & stole heavy weaponry- is not a “essentially a political argument”. 
The most plausible explanation for this misunderstanding of reality in the UN un November 2020 is that it was due to interventions by @DrTedros, who was - before becoming WHO head - the number 3 leader in the TPLF, which is now engaged in a reign of terror against civilians.
His reappointment to his high office, absent any inquiry into what looks like a catastrophic failure in UN decision making at the outset of the Tigray war, is a crime against truth and justice, and will result in a continuation of the harm presently underway.
/ends
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P.S. this recently raised operational failure, and coverup also occurred in @DrTedros’s watch and also ought to be inquired into before any reappointment decision.
https://twitter.com/paisleydodds/status/1453770325414629382
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