BREAKING: 40 British House of Lords members from all parties urge Foreign Secretary to demand resignation of UN's Francesca Albanese. Yvette Cooper is asked to join France’s foreign minister when he calls for Albanese to stand down at the U.N. Human Rights Council on Feb. 23.
2/ As reported in The Telegraph, the Lords said Albanese's latest speech on Israel—where she cited a “common enemy of humanity” and spoke at a forum alongside Hamas—called into question her ability to “uphold even the most basic standards of neutrality”.
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3/ The French foreign minister branded Ms Albanese’s comments “outrageous and irresponsible”. He criticized the official for targeting her comments not at the Israeli government but the country and its people.
In the letter to Ms. Cooper, the peers said the comments called into question the official’s ability to “uphold even the most basic standards of neutrality”.
They added: “Special Rapporteurs must uphold strict impartiality. Ms Albanese’s record shows repeated breaches of these standards including Holocaust comparisons, describing Gaza as a concentration camp, promoting claims of disproportionate Jewish influence and calling for Israel’s removal from the UN.
“She has downplayed Hamas’s 7 October atrocities and framed counterterrorism operations as aggression.”
In the letter to Ms. Cooper, the peers said the comments called into question the official’s ability to “uphold even the most basic standards of neutrality”.
They added: “Special Rapporteurs must uphold strict impartiality. Ms Albanese’s record shows repeated breaches of these standards including Holocaust comparisons, describing Gaza as a concentration camp, promoting claims of disproportionate Jewish influence and calling for Israel’s removal from the UN.
“She has downplayed Hamas’s 7 October atrocities and framed counterterrorism operations as aggression.”
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