An agreement in 1947 outlining obligations as a UN moderator to continue to bring employees and their families into the United States relatively unrestricted
As the Trump administration raises national security fears and immigration enforcement, experts urged a re-examination of host country agreements, focusing on the granting of functional immunities to UN staff and limited audits granted to UN visa holders.
“The United States appears to be for individuals entering countries related to the United Nations, both as representatives of individual missions. Waien and Hamas,“Anne Bayefsky, president of the Turo Human Rights Institute and Holocaust and Human Rights Voice, told Fox News Digital Numbers.
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held talks with Russian United Nations Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia at the UN Security Council meeting on April 24, 2023. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
“There is a disconnect between the popular routine and the significant harm to the interests of the United States. The hosting of the United Nations does not require the host country to promote or endure threats to its national security,” Bewski said.
The federal government grants G visas to employees, spouses and children of international organizations, including the United Nations, United Nations organizations that reside or are visiting the United States, according to the State Department’s website, “If you have the right to obtain a G visa under the U.S. visa law, you must obtain a G visa. Exceptions to this rule are extremely limited.” The State Department also explained: “Embastices and consulates do not usually need to interview people applying for G-1-4 and NATO 1-6 visas, although consular officials can request an interview.”
Hugh Dugan [U.N. employees] It is a relatively rubber stamp exercise. “While not requiring staff interviews” has become a convenient question, frankly, we should always be able to assess the threat to our country. ”
Dugan, president and senior director of international organization affairs, said countries such as Russia and China can only travel a certain distance from the United Nations headquarters. “We are here to keep in mind the activities and presence of our opponents, but the doors are open to the United Nations, and host agreements are possible, so no country will be banned due to some kind of political atmosphere or the political atmosphere or issues that may be brewing between us.”
Former Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi showed photos of General Kasim Soleimani at the United Nations. (Peter Aitken of Fox News Digital)
Fox News Digital Asks if the State Department Needs Interviews with Employees Confronting member statesincluding Cuba, Venezuela, Russia, North Korea, Iran and China, but received no response. A State Council spokesman reiterated that consular officials “have the right to require face-to-face interviews for any reason.”
Peter Gallo, formerly an investigator at the United Nations Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS), told Fox News Digital that he was particularly concerned about the functional immunity to grant UN staff the activities related to their employment. “The U.S. legal system has accepted that this is almost a blanket coverage,” Gallo explained, adding that “immunity breeds impunity.”
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Gallo claims there is one The prevalence of sex crimes Misconduct by UN staff. He cited an incident in which UN employees outside the United States sexually harassed “a young woman in the department.” Gallo said it took two years to complete the investigation after receiving the investigation report, which led to the downgrade of criminal employees. Gallo said the harassed employee, her harasser is still in the same organization.
Gallo said that if employees participate in misconduct while they are based at the UN headquarters, the U.S. government should be able to check the case and determine whether employees should keep their G visa.
Dugan said if UN personnel “know [immunity] We can mention it anytime… They may start acting differently. ”
The 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly held in New York City on September 21, 2023. (Ed Jones/AFP via Getty Image)
In answering questions about whether UN employees have been accused of having sexual misconduct in the United States, or that UN employees engaged in misconduct have been revoked their G visa, a State Department spokesman explained that the department “usually does not provide” statistics for revocation. They also said: “All visa applicants are subject to ongoing review regardless of visa type and location. From the time of each application to the visa, and subsequently for the validity period of each issued visa, a security review ensures that individuals are still eligible to travel to the United States.”
The spokesman said UN officials “are expected to respect applicable U.S. law, including criminal law. Failure to do so could constitute a law that abuses residence privileges.” They added that this “applicable to those who also have diplomatic immunity.”
Among the staff members who raise internal alarm bells, they are the Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territory of the United Nations Francesca Albanese Travel In 2024, the United States will report to the Third Committee of the General Assembly. Albanes’ anti-Semitism has been widely condemned by senior US diplomats and the State Department and has been allowed to visit multiple US university campuses in the United States
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In addition to eligibility for the “rubber stamp” G visa, they can also qualify for a green card if staff from international organizations such as the United Nations have at least half of their 7 years of employment in the United States, or a total of 15 years before retirement.
