Reports suggesting that the United Arab Emirates is nominating its minister of state, Lana Nusieva, to succeed Antonio Guterres as UN secretary-general have sparked widespread reaction from analysts, journalists and human rights activists. The criticism focuses mainly on the UAE's role in arming the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a militia that the UN has accused of g*killing in Sudan. "The United Arab Emirates financed genocide in Sudan; this rogue regime cannot lead the UN," claimed Sudanese researcher Muhammad Suleiman. When Nusayeva served as UAE ambassador to the United Nations from 2013 to 2024, former US diplomat Cameron Hudson wrote, “It is not just that the UAE supported the RSF; But Lena was the chief diplomat of the United Arab Emirates, who denied the fact and defended the regime, adding that "its 50 Sudanese countries represent 50 people. ".

Reports suggesting that the United Arab Emirates is nominating its minister of state, Lana Nusieva, to succeed Antonio Guterres as UN secretary-general have sparked widespread reaction from analysts, journalists and human rights activists. The criticism focuses mainly on the UAE's role in arming the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a militia that the UN has accused of g*killing in Sudan. "The United Arab Emirates financed genocide in Sudan; this rogue regime cannot lead the UN," claimed Sudanese researcher Muhammad Suleiman. When Nusayeva served as UAE ambassador to the United Nations from 2013 to 2024, former US diplomat Cameron Hudson wrote, “It is not just that the UAE supported the RSF; But Lena was the chief diplomat of the United Arab Emirates, who denied the fact and defended the regime, adding that "its 50 Sudanese countries represent 50 people. ".