US envoy accuses UN expert of waging ‘warfare against American economy’

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The US Mission to the UN has accused Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese of committing “political and economic warfare against the American and worldwide economy” after she released a new report mapping the corporations aiding the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory, Al Jazeera reports.

The mission accused Albanese of using “deeply flawed legal arguments to support extreme and unfounded accusations” that “dozens of entities worldwide, including major American corporations”, are “complicit in gross human rights violations, apartheid, and genocide”.

The mission called for UN Chief Antonio Guterres to condemn Albanese’s activities and for the removal of the independent rapporteur, who was appointed to her role by the UN Human Rights Council, a body made up of 47 member states.

 UN Special Rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territories, Francesca Albanes,e gives a press conference at the UN City in Copenhagen, Denmark on February 5, 2025. — Reuters/File
UN Special Rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territories, Francesca Albanes,e gives a press conference at the UN City in Copenhagen, Denmark on February 5, 2025. — Reuters/File

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