'Autocratic capture': Rights groups say UAE diplomat Lana Nusseibeh too dangerous to lead UN

'Autocratic capture': Rights groups say UAE diplomat Lana Nusseibeh too dangerous to lead UN Submitted by Yasmine El-Sabawi on Tue, 10/27/2026 - 16:10 Nusseibeh has spent the last three years denying her country's role in the genocide in Sudan Minister of State at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates, Lana Nusseibeh, attends a meeting with foreign ministers of the GCC…

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'Autocratic capture': Rights groups say UAE diplomat Lana Nusseibeh too dangerous to lead UN

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