1 of 1 Craig Mokhiber has resigned from his position at the United Nations Photo: Reproduction/OHCHR Craig Mokhiber has resigned from his position at the United Nations Photo: Reproduction/OHCHR
Craig Mokhiber, Director of the New York Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), resigned from his position this Tuesday (31). In a letter he said Gaza was a classic case of genocide.
“Once again we see a genocide unfolding before our eyes, and the organization we serve appears powerless to stop it,” Mokhiber wrote to the UN High Commissioner in Geneva, Volker Turk.
He also said that the US, Britain and much of Europe are “fully complicit in this terrible attack” and that these governments are “actively weaponizing the attack, providing economic and intelligence support, and providing political and diplomatic cover for Israel’s atrocities.” . “.
Mokhiber, 63 years old, is a lawyer specializing in international human rights law and has worked for the United Nations since 1992. He led the development of OHCHR’s original work on human rightsbased approaches and served as a senior human rights advisor in Palestine, Afghanistan and Sudan.
The UN told The Guardian newspaper that Mokhiber informed in March 2023 of his resignation, which will take effect this Wednesday (1). Regarding the nowformer director’s statement, the organization said that “the opinions contained in his published letter are the personal opinions of the employee.”
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