UN says Special Rapporteurs are independent, not ‘out of control’ after Guterres interview
Guterres was referring to the process of the work Special Rapporteurs do, not the content or the output of that work, Dujarric claimed.
The United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, clarified in an interview with the Financial Times that UN special rapporteurs are independent actors not under the control of the Secretariat, countering previous reports claiming he called them "out of control." Dujarric, Spokesman for the United Nations Secretary-General, stated that the UN defends the right of these rapporteurs to speak and work independently.
Guterres also denied any institutional bias against Israel, asserting that the UN is on the right side of history in supporting peace in the Middle East.
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