US EditionFrench FM Urged to Retract Remarks Against Albanese
A coalition of 151 former diplomats and a UN expert panel condemned French Foreign Minister Barrot for citing manipulated remarks to demand a UN rapporteur's resignation.
- On Wednesday, a coalition of 151 former ministers, ambassadors and diplomats accused French foreign minister Jean‑Noël Barrot of spreading disinformation and demanded a correction to his comments.
- EU foreign ministers demanded Albanese's resignation after an edited clip circulated, with Barrot citing it on 11 February, and lawyers filed a report last week.
- Albanese said in her full speech on 7 February that `We now see that we as a humanity have a common enemy…`, clarifying she referred to the system enabling genocide in Palestine, not Israel.
- On Tuesday, a panel of six United Nations independent experts rebuked European nations as "rooted in disinformation" and urged focusing on Israel's accountability under international law, while the Coalition warned such disinformation undermines the multilateral system.
- Albanese was sanctioned by the United States in July, affecting her work, as the sanctions barred her from US travel, froze her assets, and cut her off from the global financial system, she says.
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Former diplomats accuse French FM of disinformation on Albanese
More than 150 former foreign ministers, ambassadors and senior diplomats from around the world have signed an open letter accusing France's foreign minister, Jean-Noel Barrot, of spreading disinformation about Francesca Albanese over remarks she made on Israel. Barrot had described comments made by Albanese during a conference in Doha on 7 February as "outrageous and reprehensible", and called for her resignation as UN special rapporteur on the …
Madrid. A total of 150 former French ministers, ambassadors and diplomats, as well as active parliamentarians and senators, yesterday accused French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot of spreading disinformation and asked him to retract his words against the United Nations Special Rapporteur for the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Francesca Albanese.
French FM urged to retract remarks against Albanese
PARIS: More than 150 European ex-diplomats and lawmakers on Wednesday urged France’s foreign minister to retract “inaccurate” comments about a UN expert on Palestinians rights who he wants to resign. France and Germany have called for Francesca Albanese to step down over remarks in which she referred to a “common enemy of humanity” after criticising “most of the world” and the media for enabling Israel’s “genocide” in Gaza. Critics and Israel ha…
More than 150 international diplomatic personalities, including former foreign ministers, pin Jean-Noël Barrot.
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