"I also worked in these halls through the genocides against the Tutsis, Bosnian Muslims, the Yazidi, and the Rohingya. In each case, when the dust settled on the horrors that had been perpetrated against defenseless civilian populations, it became painfully clear that we had failed in our duty to meet the imperatives of prevention of mass atrocities, of protection of the vulnerable, and of accountability for perpetrators. And so it has been with successive waves of murder and persecution against the Palestinians throughout the entire life of the U.N.," he continued. "High commissioner, we are failing again."

When Western Governments say "never again" after horrific genocides, what they really mean "We won't let these happens when our geopolitical interests are at stake."

[–] roastedDeflator@kbin.social 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

In The Guardian it was reported very differently. Like it was an arranged retirement and this was just his exit letter

Top UN official in New York steps down citing ‘genocide’ of Palestinian civilians

He informed the UN in March 2023 of his upcoming retirement

[–] mufasio@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

He addresses that in an interview with Democracy Now: https://youtu.be/wiGp2mvFLY0

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[+] BaldProphet@kbin.social -6 points 10 months ago (2 children)

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[–] frauddogg@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

EDIT: For context, this was in response to a liberal's slander(which has since been mod-deleted) that "this guy [Craig Mokhiber] sounds like a stooge for Hamas".

You sound like a genocidal settler. You conveniently leave out that this was (past-tense) the deputy director for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, based in New York, working for the UN; after decades of faithful service to the general ratfucking of Europe at Amerika's command. You dronies categorically do not get to shuck off your own like that.

Furthermore, the Zionists are settler-colonist ghouls on par with, aided, and abetted by the aberrant monstrosity of Amerika(who has its own history of wholesale, continuing genocide of its own Indigenous and Black subjects-of-empire); and what you call 'actual history' has been proven falsehood time and time again by just about anyone who isn't a cracker or cracker-adjacent with every other first-world slaughter you and yours cosign.

This is the kind of shit that makes me believe wholeheartedly in Black nationalism-- so that ancestors willing, we'll have our shit together by the time you and yours reap what you spent decades sewing, and we'll be able to just raise our hands, sit back, and say "we ain't with them; do what you like." You can keep whatever pithy reddit-tier bullshit you're fixing your fingers to reply with, by the way-- this is not an invitation to dialogue; this is a thorough condemnation and establishment of contempt.

[–] Hogger85b@kbin.social 2 points 10 months ago

The people in Gaza are no more hamas than all Israelies are netanyahu supporters, just because there are terrorists there does not justify genocide of all civilians, indescrimate warfare has been disallowed as it is barbaric