UN Watch announced that today it has filed proceedings with the United Nations to remove Francesca Albanese.
In a draft resolution submitted today to the President of the Human Rights Council (see text below), executive director Hillel Neuer called on the 47-nation body to terminate Albanese’s mandate on account of her repeated statements inciting antisemitism and justifying Hamas terrorism, for which she was condemned by France, Germany, and the US, as well as over financial improprieties that are now under investigation by the UN’s Office of Internal Oversight.
Neuer wrote today to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to support the resolution. “The US was one of several democracies that, despite our appeals, inexplicably failed to object when Albanese’s appointment was brought to the Council floor on April 1, 2022, and so we trust that, after having since then condemned her repeatedly for inciting Hamas terrorism and antisemitism, the US will do the right thing and present this resolution to finally remove her.”
“Francesca Albanese abuses her UN position to incessantly spew antisemitism and Hamas propaganda, on social media, on TV, and in her reports. Every day that she remains in office casts a shadow upon the human rights council and the United Nations as a whole,” said Neuer.
