General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: Has Julian #Assange had his internet cut off due to claims of online sexual grooming? [View all]jberryhill
(62,444 posts)The UN Global Compact is a kind of a "feel good" initiative with no "regulations" or binding commitments.
This organization sent in these allegations against a variety of people as their "statement of support" for the UN Global Compact, so that it would get posted on the UN site.
Then, they sent out press releases referring to it as a "UN Report" and giving the URL of the posting on the UN site, to convey the impression that their "statement of support" was some sort of official report from the UN. While they don't say that expressly, they use language which appears calculated to convey that impression.
This is not an opinion on the truth or falsity of anything in their document, but the way they've gone about this seems a little strange.
It seems like they joined a few months ago primarily for the purpose of getting this statement posted on the UN Global Compact site, so that they could then convey the impression that this was some sort of "UN Report". It also appears that the UN Global Compact de-listed them for this reason.
Again, this has nothing to do with the truth or falsity of their allegations, but it also seems that they were primarily interested in getting these allegations posted on site run by an organization with diplomatic immunity, and then publicizing it - in other words using the UNGC program for purposes having no discernible relation to the purpose of the UNGC program.
Why?