Exclusive: UK leans towards backing UAE's Lana Nusseibeh for UN secretary-general
Exclusive: UK leans towards backing UAE's Lana Nusseibeh for UN secretary-general The United Kingdom is leaning towards backing Emirati diplomat Lana Nusseibeh as secretary-general of the United Nations, Middle East Eye can reveal. Nusseibeh's candidacy has drawn controversy over the United Arab Emirates' role in Sudan’s civil war, where it is accused of supporting the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, whose mass killings UN investigators say bear the “hallmarks of genocide”. The UAE denies the allegations. Her candidacy has also drawn criticism
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