In a rare moment of candor at yesterday’s UN Daily Press Briefing, the world body distanced itself from its own Special Rapporteur, Francesca Albanese. Responding to questions about her inflammatory rhetoric, the spokesman for Secretary-General Antonio Guterres stated plainly: “We don’t agree with much of what she says.”
This admission comes on the heels of sharp rebukes from key European allies. Foreign ministers from France, Germany, Austria, Italy and the Czech Republic have publicly rejected Albanese’s latest tirades, which veer into outright antisemitism and conspiracy theories-hallmarks of her tenure since 2022.
Albanese’s record is a litany of bias: praising terrorist groups, minimizing Hamas atrocities, and peddling blood libels against Israel and Jews. Under her watch, the UN’s “human rights” mandate has become a platform for hate, not justice.
Yet for years, the UN shielded her, ignoring calls for accountability. Only mounting international pressure-from governments to civil society-forced this half-hearted disclaimer by UN Spokesman Stéphane Dujarric.
It’s a start, but not enough. Albanese must be removed, her mandate revoked, and the UN’s mechanisms reformed to end the double standards that plague Geneva.
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BREAKING: U.N. chief António Guterres distances himself from Francesca Albanese. This follows her rejection now by foreign ministers of France, Germany, Austria, and Italy.
Spokesman: “We don't agree with much of what she says.” pic.twitter.com/WwTCWruugQ
- UN Watch (@UNWatch) February 12, 2026
