Top UN official in New York steps down citing ‘genocide’ of Palestinian civilians

shiveyarbles, 10 months ago

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tias, 10 months ago

They are turning into Darth Vader.

dumdum666, 10 months ago

He steps down because of his Retirement - not because of the Hamas - Israel war. Suggesting otherwise, is Disinformation.

bedrooms, 10 months ago

Yes I agree it's misleading (and I'm OP). The first paragraph especially.

prole, 10 months ago

“Retiring” and “resigning” are different things. He may have been near retirement age, but the statement he made makes it clear this was a resignation for a cause. With a good reason.

dumdum666, 10 months ago

Quit framing the war as the cause. From the article:

A spokesperson for the UN in New York sent the Guardian a statement about Mokhiber, saying: “I can confirm that he is retiring today. He informed the UN in March 2023 of his upcoming retirement, which takes effect tomorrow. The views in his letter made public today are his personal views.”

So he informed the UN in March 2023 that he wanted to step down and now he did it.

prole, 9 months ago (edited 9 months ago)

So the letter was just for funsies? Seems like he was planning on retiring soon, and that date was moved up for reasons outlined in his letter.