Feb 25, 2016 -- Much earlier today, needing to cover the UN Security Council meetings on North Korea, Sudan and South Sudan, Palestine, Syria, Myanmar and whether European officials without jobs should be given control even of the UN's residual mechanism on Rwanda, I handed a lawyer's letter demanding the UN not touch my shared office or files to Media Accreditation, and took a four month, non-resident correspondent Green P pass. Once inside, just before the UN noon briefing at which I asked about Burundi, Darfur, Western Sahara, UN corruption and UN contempt for press freedom, I launched Periscope video live-streams, one preserved by the new (media) service #Katch. We'll do more. Still there was no ability to edit video or truly conduct interviews. The gates locked as soon as the Security Council meetings were over, leaving no way up to Inner City Press' shared office on the UN's third floor, which UN official Cristina Gallach seized without due process on February 19. The return, however, even for now on these too-restricted terms would not have been possible without the supporters of this petition. Even before going to the UN pass office today InnerCityPress.com published a sampling of petition supporters' comments. The fight continues to lift the pall on independent investigative journalists at the UN that Gallach's February 19 order, withheld until the afternoon to give little chance to respond, caused. Here's from the February 25 UN noon briefing, which Inner City Press re-entered just in time to attend: Inner City Press: I noticed that on Monday, when I was not able to attend the briefing, that you had a little Q&A about my accreditation status. So, I just want to state one thing very briefly. A legal letter has been received by DPI [Department of Public Information] to not touch my office, not touch any of the files, but I need to cover the meeting this afternoon. I'm just stating that, because I thought it [UN's and UNCA's little Q&A] was inappropriate. But, my question is as follows: Is it common UN practice to tell a journalist to leave the building and give up Resident Correspondent status without ever once speaking to them? Is that considered an investigation? What is the lowest standard that the UN can go to to have something to be considered a review of the facts? Spokesman Dujarric: I would encourage you to direct all those questions to Ms. [Cristina] Gallach and to DPI. Inner City Press: I have one more question. What are the rules for the use of physical force by UN security? Because on Friday evening, I was pushed down the escalator and into the street, and my laptop was thrown on the street, and I was offering absolutely zero physical resistance, so I wanted to know what is the recourse for someone to whom this happens? That's my question. Spokesman Dujarric: I would encourage you to raise all these issues having to do with your accreditation, your treatment, and so forth to Ms. Gallach. This is called the run-around. We have a new hashtag: #AskGallach. And we'll have more on this: please keep supporting, and tell as many people as you can. The UN must (come to) respect freedom of the press, and reversing Under Secretary General Gallach's February 19 oust order with no due process is a test. Thank you, -Matthew