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    By Matthew Russell Lee, Exclusive, CJR PFT UNITED NATIONS GATE, December 17 – When youth leaders from South Sudan and DR Congo took questions on 26 October 2018, it was across the street from the UN and Inner City Press went to ask and live-stream. Video here. It asked about the performance of the UN Mission UNMISS. Inner City Press asked the spokesmen for UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres in writing, "South Sudan's Susan Kyunon Sebit William told Inner City Press that UNMISS does not sufficiently protect civilians, particularly women, citing Terrain Hotel etc. What IS the UN doing? What did it learn?" Apparently nothing - these was no answer, more than six weeks later. How badly run is this UNMISS mission? Today, as Guterres after Inner City Press questions to him about UN corruption he encourages banned Inner City Press from a "UN Human Rights" event on December 10, we have another story from within the UN Mission in South Sudan. This comes as Guterres and his spokesmen, rather than answer questions about UN corruption from staff and Inner City Press instead rough up and ban the Press and refused all questions about the UN's use of money. We exclusively publish this waste and cover up: "Mr. Lee: You have written several articles about corrupt hiring practices at UNMISS under the leadership of SRSG David Shearer. In the midst of your reporting, SRSG Shearer launched what he called an “independent” civilian staffing review. The results of this review have not been released, even though the review was completed over a month ago. The terms of reference for the review are attached. The review was led by a former ASG supported by two senior staff (D1 and P5), and cost the mission approximately $100,000 in direct expenses, plus weeks of staff time. Description Estimated cost Non-staff member senior consultant (former ASG) $30,000 Two round trip business class tickets from NY to Juba ($7,000 x 2) $14,000 DSA with accommodation for two consultants (30 days x $120 per day x 2) $7,200 Special flights within mission (8 flights with same day return x $6,000) $48,000 TOTAL estimated cost $99,200 A final copy of the report was submitted privately to SRSG Shearer when the review team completed its month-long mission at the end of October 2018. No copy of the report has been distributed within the mission. Nor has copy even been shared with the senior management team, including the DSRSG and Chief of Staff—whose areas of work were included in the review. This lack of transparency surrounding the review team’s report is particularly concerning given that its results were intended to factor into the mission’s broader strategic planning efforts. Yet, these broader strategic planning efforts have been proceeding without benefit of the very costly staffing review. It appears that SRSG Shearer disagrees with some of the report’s key findings and recommendations. The findings and recommendations apparently do not comport with the SRSG’s preconceived views of how civilian staffing should be restructured. As your recent reporting demonstrated, one of the SRSG’s primary goals is to put more of his “favourites” into senior positions, regardless of UN hiring rules, and consolidate more power within his own front office. By confidentially sharing this information with you, I hope to bring more transparency and accountability to how decisions are being made at what is now the UN’s largest peacekeeping operation." And here is the document, for now, showing the team of long time UN insiders going all the way back to the UN's (failed) mission a Referendum still not held in Western Sahara: "Composition 14. The Review team will comprise of the following members: a. Dr. Wolfgang Weisbrod Weber (Team Leader, external expert) b. Ms. Elizabeth Lercara Chester c. Mr. Anees Ahmed 15. The team will be supported by UNMISS Strategic Planning Unit and Best Practice Unit (Point of Contact, Mr. Naoki Ishikawa). Budget 17. The cost f

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    By Matthew Russell Lee, Exclusive, CJR PFT UNITED NATIONS GATE, December 17 – When youth leaders from South Sudan and DR Congo took questions on 26 October 2018, it was across the street from the UN and Inner City Press went to ask and live-stream. Video here. It asked about the performance of the UN Mission UNMISS. Inner City Press asked the spokesmen for UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres in writing, "South Sudan's Susan Kyunon Sebit William told Inner City Press that UNMISS does not sufficiently protect civilians, particularly women, citing Terrain Hotel etc. What IS the UN doing? What did it learn?" Apparently nothing - these was no answer, more than six weeks later. How badly run is this UNMISS mission? Today, as Guterres after Inner City Press questions to him about UN corruption he encourages banned Inner City Press from a "UN Human Rights" event on December 10, we have another story from within the UN Mission in South Sudan. This comes as Guterres and his spokesmen, rather than answer questions about UN corruption from staff and Inner City Press instead rough up and ban the Press and refused all questions about the UN's use of money. We exclusively publish this waste and cover up: "Mr. Lee: You have written several articles about corrupt hiring practices at UNMISS under the leadership of SRSG David Shearer. In the midst of your reporting, SRSG Shearer launched what he called an “independent” civilian staffing review. The results of this review have not been released, even though the review was completed over a month ago. The terms of reference for the review are attached. The review was led by a former ASG supported by two senior staff (D1 and P5), and cost the mission approximately $100,000 in direct expenses, plus weeks of staff time. Description Estimated cost Non-staff member senior consultant (former ASG) $30,000 Two round trip business class tickets from NY to Juba ($7,000 x 2) $14,000 DSA with accommodation for two consultants (30 days x $120 per day x 2) $7,200 Special flights within mission (8 flights with same day return x $6,000) $48,000 TOTAL estimated cost $99,200 A final copy of the report was submitted privately to SRSG Shearer when the review team completed its month-long mission at the end of October 2018. No copy of the report has been distributed within the mission. Nor has copy even been shared with the senior management team, including the DSRSG and Chief of Staff—whose areas of work were included in the review. This lack of transparency surrounding the review team’s report is particularly concerning given that its results were intended to factor into the mission’s broader strategic planning efforts. Yet, these broader strategic planning efforts have been proceeding without benefit of the very costly staffing review. It appears that SRSG Shearer disagrees with some of the report’s key findings and recommendations. The findings and recommendations apparently do not comport with the SRSG’s preconceived views of how civilian staffing should be restructured. As your recent reporting demonstrated, one of the SRSG’s primary goals is to put more of his “favourites” into senior positions, regardless of UN hiring rules, and consolidate more power within his own front office. By confidentially sharing this information with you, I hope to bring more transparency and accountability to how decisions are being made at what is now the UN’s largest peacekeeping operation." And here is the document, for now, showing the team of long time UN insiders going all the way back to the UN's (failed) mission a Referendum still not held in Western Sahara: "Composition 14. The Review team will comprise of the following members: a. Dr. Wolfgang Weisbrod Weber (Team Leader, external expert) b. Ms. Elizabeth Lercara Chester c. Mr. Anees Ahmed 15. The team will be supported by UNMISS Strategic Planning Unit and Best Practice Unit (Point of Contact, Mr. Naoki Ishikawa). Budget 17. The cost f

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    Exclusive: in South Sudan UN Staff Tell Inner City Press $100000 Wasted by Shearer On Burried Review by Weisbrod Weber

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    By Matthew Russell Lee, Exclusive, CJR PFT UNITED NATIONS GATE, December 17 – When youth leaders from South Sudan and DR Congo took questions on 26 October 2018, it was across the street from the UN and Inner City Press went to ask and live-stream. Video here. It asked about the performance of the UN Mission UNMISS. Inner City Press asked the spokesmen for UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres in writing, "South Sudan's Susan Kyunon Sebit William told Inner City Press that UNMISS does not sufficiently protect civilians, particularly women, citing Terrain Hotel etc. What IS the UN doing? What did it learn?" Apparently nothing - these was no answer, more than six weeks later. How badly run is this UNMISS mission? Today, as Guterres after Inner City Press questions to him about UN corruption he encourages banned Inner City Press from a "UN Human Rights" event on December 10, we have another story from within the UN Mission in South Sudan. This comes as Guterres and his spokesmen, rather than answer questions about UN corruption from staff and Inner City Press instead rough up and ban the Press and refused all questions about the UN's use of money. We exclusively publish this waste and cover up: "Mr. Lee: You have written several articles about corrupt hiring practices at UNMISS under the leadership of SRSG David Shearer. In the midst of your reporting, SRSG Shearer launched what he called an “independent” civilian staffing review. The results of this review have not been released, even though the review was completed over a month ago. The terms of reference for the review are attached. The review was led by a former ASG supported by two senior staff (D1 and P5), and cost the mission approximately $100,000 in direct expenses, plus weeks of staff time. Description Estimated cost Non-staff member senior consultant (former ASG) $30,000 Two round trip business class tickets from NY to Juba ($7,000 x 2) $14,000 DSA with accommodation for two consultants (30 days x $120 per day x 2) $7,200 Special flights within mission (8 flights with same day return x $6,000) $48,000 TOTAL estimated cost $99,200 A final copy of the report was submitted privately to SRSG Shearer when the review team completed its month-long mission at the end of October 2018. No copy of the report has been distributed within the mission. Nor has copy even been shared with the senior management team, including the DSRSG and Chief of Staff—whose areas of work were included in the review. This lack of transparency surrounding the review team’s report is particularly concerning given that its results were intended to factor into the mission’s broader strategic planning efforts. Yet, these broader strategic planning efforts have been proceeding without benefit of the very costly staffing review. It appears that SRSG Shearer disagrees with some of the report’s key findings and recommendations. The findings and recommendations apparently do not comport with the SRSG’s preconceived views of how civilian staffing should be restructured. As your recent reporting demonstrated, one of the SRSG’s primary goals is to put more of his “favourites” into senior positions, regardless of UN hiring rules, and consolidate more power within his own front office. By confidentially sharing this information with you, I hope to bring more transparency and accountability to how decisions are being made at what is now the UN’s largest peacekeeping operation." And here is the document, for now, showing the team of long time UN insiders going all the way back to the UN's (failed) mission a Referendum still not held in Western Sahara: "Composition 14. The Review team will comprise of the following members: a. Dr. Wolfgang Weisbrod Weber (Team Leader, external expert) b. Ms. Elizabeth Lercara Chester c. Mr. Anees Ahmed 15. The team will be supported by UNMISS Strategic Planning Unit and Best Practice Unit (Point of Contact, Mr. Naoki Ishikawa). Budget 17. The cost f

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    Terms of Reference: UNMISS Civilian Staffing Realignment Exercise

    References:
    A. Security Council resolutions 1996 (2011), 2046 (2012), 2057 (2012), 2109 (2013), 2132
    (2013), 2155 (2014), 2187 (2014), 2223 (2015), 2241 (2015), 2252 (2015), 2304 (2016),
    2327 (2016), 2392 (2017) and 2406 (2018)
    B. Draft UNMISS Mission Concept dated 17 August 2017
    C. SRSG’s directive on operational priorities dated 7 December 2017
    D. Special Report of the Secretary-General on UNMISS mandate of 10 February 2018
    (S/2018/143)
    E. UNMISS 2018/19 Budget Report (A/72/802) and 2016/17 Performance Report
    (A/72/624)
    F. OIOS Audit on CPI 2017/117

    Background
    1. In 2017, UNMISS defined its strategic vision for mandate implementation, focusing on
    priorities around protecting civilians and building durable peace. Following the exercise, a new
    draft Mission Concept aligned with the Mission Vision was developed outlining the prioritization
    and sequencing of mandated tasks. In late 2017, the Mission further embarked on a comprehensive
    review of its operational priorities at the field level aimed at aligning the work plans of the ten
    Field Offices and various component of the Mission with a mission-wide strategy geared towards
    protecting civilians and building durable peace. Meanwhile, the staffing structure of the
    substantive component, including those of the Field Offices, remains largely unchanged since 2014
    largely due to the lack of progress in the peace process in South Sudan, except the establishment
    of the Rule of Law Advisory Unit in 2016, the review and reconfiguration of the CPI in 2016 and
    the reconfiguration of the Human Rights Division in 2018. It is now time to reassess the current
    substantive staffing structure. In light of recent developments in the peace process and the
    development of the Mission’s strategic direction, through the aforementioned planning processes,
    there is a need to realign the workforce to the Mission’s current and anticipated priorities. The kind
    of support the United Nations will be able to provide to the different scenarios which may occur
    post the 2018 Khartoum Declaration and subsequent and ongoing peace negotiations need to be
    ascertained.

    Objectives
    2. The primary objective of the Civilian Staffing Realignment Exercise is to assess the ability
    of the UNMISS substantive civilian component to fulfil Security Council-mandated tasks based
    on the current and projected political and security situation in South Sudan and in line with the
    strategic vision and operational priorities developed by the Mission, including those at the field
    level, and to develop recommendations focused on task performance and possible adjustments to
    UNMISS’ civilian structure, linkages, outputs and expertise requirements for individual positions.

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    3. The secondary objective is to assess the suitability of current capabilities for future
    mandated tasks and phases of the mission and to identify any potential adjustments to the civilian
    structures.

    Tasks
    4. The exercise will entail the following tasks:
    a. Analyse the current staffing structures of all substantive sections and Field Offices,
    focusing on alignment of functions vis-à-vis mandated tasks to ensure sufficient resource
    to achieve the strategic goals of the Mission and its Operational Plan.
    b. Analyse the overall staff distributions between the Mission headquarters and ten
    Field Offices, and among the Field Offices, based on the existing and anticipated workload
    in each Field Office to achieve the effects / outcomes for each.
    c. Identify redundancies and/or gaps and present options for improved distribution of
    tasks and capacities as well as potential reconfiguration of the civilian component in order
    to enhance integration and synergy within the UNMISS civilian component and to ensure
    adequate capacity in the field to implement the Mission’s strategy.
    d. Identify scenarios and potential gaps in the existing staffing structure for supporting
    the Khartoum Declaration and subsequent peace process.
    e. Utilizing the existing Gender Parity Strategy, identify measures to achieve gender
    parity in the substantive component.

    Methodology
    5. A team led by an external and independent expert will conduct the Civilian Staffing
    Realignment Exercise.
    6. The team will develop a detailed work plan along the following indicative outline:
    a. Phase I - Environmental Assessment and Desktop Preparations (Sep 2018):
    Define and implement staff communications strategy. Desktop preparations and review of
    the reference documents.
    b. Phase II – Field Assessment (8 – 28 Oct 2018): Interaction with the Mission
    Leadership and all substantive sections, with field visits as required. The team will receive
    briefings, conduct interviews, review information and data provided by the Mission and
    develop observations. This phase will conclude with a briefing to Mission leadership on
    the initial findings. An initial assessment will be made to identify issues that need to be
    brought to the attention of the budgetary committees within the context of the 2019/20
    budget submission. The team will brief senior staff regularly on ‘direction of travel’ of the
    team’s findings and invite feedback.
    c. Phase III - Drafting of Recommendations and Report (Nov 2018): Review and
    potential revision or redrafting of the required documentation.

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    12. Work Plan. See Annexure A (tbc).

    13. Field Visit Schedule. See Annexure B (tbc).

    Composition
    14. The Review team will comprise of the following members:
    a. Dr. Wolfgang Weisbrod Weber (Team Leader, external expert)
    b. Ms. Elizabeth Lercara Chester
    c. Mr. Anees Ahmed

    15. The team will be supported by UNMISS Strategic Planning Unit and Best Practice Unit
    (Point of Contact, Mr. Naoki Ishikawa).

    Budget
    17. The cost for the visit will be covered by UNMISS.

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