{"id":62183,"date":"2026-10-30T20:06:57","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T17:06:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/?p=62183"},"modified":"2026-11-02T21:08:26","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T18:08:26","slug":"sir-iain-duncan-smith-urges-britain-to-reject-lana-nusseibehs-bid-to-lead-the-united-nations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/30\/sir-iain-duncan-smith-urges-britain-to-reject-lana-nusseibehs-bid-to-lead-the-united-nations\/","title":{"rendered":"Sir Iain Duncan Smith Urges Britain to Reject Lana Nusseibeh\u2019s Bid to Lead the United Nations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Sir Iain Duncan Smith, the former leader of the British Conservative Party, has called on the United Kingdom government to oppose the nomination of Emirati diplomat Lana Nusseibeh for the post of United Nations Secretary-General.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The call came during a speech he delivered in the British House of Commons on October 27, 2026, in which Duncan Smith linked his position to allegations that the United Arab Emirates has provided military and logistical support to Sudan\u2019s Rapid Support Forces (RSF), whose members have been accused of committing widespread atrocities against civilians, including crimes described in United Nations reports as bearing the \u201challmarks of genocide.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Duncan Smith stressed that Nusseibeh \u201cmust never be allowed to lead the United Nations.\u201d He urged the British government to confront Abu Dhabi over its role in the war in Sudan and impose targeted sanctions on those involved. He warned that British economic interests should not take precedence over the principle of accountability for serious human rights violations.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Duncan Smith\u2019s remarks come amid growing international controversy surrounding Nusseibeh\u2019s nomination, which the UAE officially submitted on October 21, 2026. Nusseibeh served as the UAE\u2019s Permanent Representative to the United Nations from 2013 to 2024 and currently holds the position of Minister of State at the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs, from which she is on leave to pursue her campaign for the post.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Her nomination has faced criticism from Sudanese and international human rights organizations that accuse the UAE of supporting the Rapid Support Forces. Abu Dhabi has repeatedly denied these allegations, describing them as \u201cfalse and unsupported by evidence.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>It is worth noting that the selection process for the next United Nations Secretary-General, who will succeed Ant\u00f3nio Guterres when his term ends in late 2026, is still underway amid competition among several candidates. The Security Council has yet to reach a decision on the matter.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sir Iain Duncan Smith, the former leader of the British Conservative Party, has called on the United Kingdom government to oppose the nomination of Emirati diplomat Lana Nusseibeh for the post of United Nations Secretary-General. The call came during a speech he delivered in the British House of Commons on October 27, 2026, in which &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":62184,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","category-news-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62183"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62183\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62185,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62183\/revisions\/62185"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}