❗️Rights monitors oppose UAE diplomat Lana Nusseibeh’s bid to lead UN Human rights advocates criticized the candidacy of senior UAE diplomat Lana Nusseibeh for the position of UN secretary-general on Tuesday, pointing to her defense of the country's foreign policy and her denial of the UAE's role in fueling the war in Sudan. "She has been asked about the UAE's role in arming and supporting the RSF, and she just blatantly denies it without regard to the facts — that is not what we need as UN Secretary-General," Kenneth Roth, former executive director of Human Rights Watch, said during a webinar hosted by online campaigning group Avaaz. "This is the opposite of the kind of moral standing of the human rights leadership that we want from a UN Secretary-General," Roth said during the webinar, titled "Call To Stop UAE Minister's Bid for UN Top Job Amid Sudan Genocide." "Electing (the UAE's) senior diplomat as Secretary-General would hand leadership of (United Nations) institutions to that government’s chief defender, at the very moment Sudanese civilians most need the UN to hold powerful states accountable," said Husam Mahjoub, a Sudanese advocate and founder of independent media outlet Sudan Bukra TV. (Reuters)