Amid the UAE's campaign to secure the post of UN Secretary-General for its Minister of State, Lana Nusayeva, the Guardian's Nasreen Malik wrote an article documenting the widespread outrage. "The appointment of Nusayeva can only be ensured by stepping on the dead and turning one's back on life," Malik claimed. According to reports that the UN describes as credible, the UAE is supporting the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a militia notorious for mass rape that the UN has accused of murder in Sudan. Moreover, when the UAE waged war on Sudan in 2023 through the RSF, Nusayeva was the UAE ambassador to the United Nations, a position she held until 2024. At the time, the UAE was a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council, and its UN mission, led by Nusayeva, reportedly kept Sudan off the agenda and used its influence to shut Sudan out of meetings on Sudan.

Amid the UAE's campaign to secure the post of UN Secretary-General for its Minister of State, Lana Nusayeva, the Guardian's Nasreen Malik wrote an article documenting the widespread outrage. "The appointment of Nusayeva can only be ensured by stepping on the dead and turning one's back on life," Malik claimed. According to reports that the UN describes as credible, the UAE is supporting the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a militia notorious for mass rape that the UN has accused of murder in Sudan. Moreover, when the UAE waged war on Sudan in 2023 through the RSF, Nusayeva was the UAE ambassador to the United Nations, a position she held until 2024. At the time, the UAE was a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council, and its UN mission, led by Nusayeva, reportedly kept Sudan off the agenda and used its influence to shut Sudan out of meetings on Sudan.