The Emirati diplomat may be the next UN chief despite human rights concerns.

The Emirati diplomat may be the next UN chief despite human rights concerns.

Human rights defenders are sounding the alarm over the United Arab Emirates' nomination of its former envoy, Lana Nusayeva, to be the next UN Secretary-General. According to them, choosing a diplomat from the United Arab Emirates, a country with a questionable human rights record accused of backing forces behind a massacre in Sudan, could be a "catastrophe" for the United Nations.