House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC) requires United Nations Not the special rapporteur Francesca Albanese, who reapplyed. Rep. Brian Mast, chairman of the committee, is leading the charge against Albanese.
In a letter to Jürg Lauber, chairman of the United Nations Human Rights Commission (UNHRC), the Commission accused Albanis of failing to uphold the Council’s code of conduct. They also condemned Albany’s comments on Israel after Hamas’s October 7 attack.
“Albanis is unquestionably promoting her position as a special rapporteur of the United Nations and seeking to legitimize it Anti-Semitic Objectsin his letter, the committee wrote. “In her malicious fixation, she even called on Israel to evacuate from the United Nations while comparing Israel to apartheid South Africa.”
Francesca Albanese, Special Rapporteur of the Occupied Palestinian Territory, held a press conference on February 5, 2025 in the United Nations city in Copenhagen, Denmark. (Ritzau Scanpix/Ida Marie Odgaard via Reuters)
The committee not only criticized Albany, but also blasted the UN University, whose leaders “allowed anti-Semitism and anti-Americanism to flourish internally and seemed reluctant to hold on to the worst human rights violations.”
“Francesca Albanese is an undisguised anti-Israel activist who has been bidding for Hamas terrorists attacked on October 7. Her appointment is a disgrace to the United Nations.
UN Watch Executive Director Hillel Neuer praised Congress’ “must-needed” action. In a statement to Fox News Digital, Neuer said Albanese’s re-election would be “illegal” and would call for “consequences” from the United States if she visits the country.
“Francesca Albanese publicly supports Hamas, spread anti-Semitic slopes, and deceives the UN’s own code of conduct. Under the UN’s own rules, the Chairman of the Human Rights Commission now has the responsibility to convey this and other substantive objections to the plenary, which have been submitted and have colleagues formally considered the scope of many violations – instead. Neuer said in a statement to Fox News Digital, “advance with the reappointment of Albanese.” ”
Francesca Albanese, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the status of rights in the Palestinian Territory, held a press conference at a press conference of the United Nations Human Rights Commission in Geneva on 27 March 2024. (Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images)
Albanese, appointed as Special Rapporteur in 2022, was condemned by several governments and faced charges of anti-Semitism. She’s right French President Emmanuel Macron The October 7 attack on “our largest anti-Semitism massacre of the century” attracted opposition from France, the United States and Germany.
The United States slams Albanese’s “history of using anti-Semitic metaphors” and says her comments are “justified, dismissed [and] Denied the anti-Semitic background of Hamas’s October 7 attack is unacceptable [and] Anti-Semitism. ”
Francesca Albanese, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Palestinian Territory, participated on 11 May 2024 at the Maghreb-Mashreq Social Forum in Tunisia. (Mohamed Mdalla/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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France’s mission to the UN’s response to Albany in an article on X. According to the translation by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), the post reads: “The October 7 Holocaust was the largest anti-Semitism of the 21st century. Denied it was wrong. It seems reasonable. This is months after the mission condemns her “hate speech and anti-Semitism.”
Germany forwarded the French statement and said: “To justify the horrible terrorist attacks on July 10 and to deny their anti-Semitic nature is shocking. It is a shame to make such a statement in the capacity of the United Nations and contrary to everything the United Nations represents.”
The Office of the High Human Rights Commissioner did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.
