Subhead:International lawyer Hillel Neuer speaks out against corruption and illegal reappointments at the UN.#
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The United Nations official who once received a red carpet welcome on Australian national television is now at the centre of a massive international legal storm involving secret lobbyist funding and a “ruined” personal life due to U.S. sanctions.
I caught up with Hillel Neuer, executive director of the Geneva-based UN Watch, at the International Conference on Combating Antisemitism to discuss the ongoing saga of Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur for the Palestinians. Albanese has been a lightning rod for criticism in Australia, but Neuer’s latest findings suggest her position may now be untenable.
“We found that she did not tell the truth,” Neuer told me bluntly. While Albanese originally claimed her trip to Australia and New Zealand was entirely UN-funded, a committee of her own peers later confirmed she accepted external money.
