Britain is moving towards endorsing Emirati diplomat Lana Nusayeva in her campaign to become the next UN secretary-general, according to a Middle East Eye report. Sources close to the British government indicated that Nusayeva's backing would be a means of appeasing the United Arab Emirates, following Abu Dhabi's threats to freeze investment in Britain after England's top soccer league found Emirati-owned Manchester City soccer club guilty of financial fraud. The potential backing of a veto-wielding permanent member of the UN Security Council comes despite intense international controversy surrounding Nusayeva's nomination. She served as the UAE ambassador to the UN from 2013 to 2024, during which time the UAE waged war on Sudan through the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a militia infamous for mass actions that the UN has accused of g*micide.

Britain is moving towards endorsing Emirati diplomat Lana Nusayeva in her campaign to become the next UN secretary-general, according to a Middle East Eye report. Sources close to the British government indicated that Nusayeva's backing would be a means of appeasing the United Arab Emirates, following Abu Dhabi's threats to freeze investment in Britain after England's top soccer league found Emirati-owned Manchester City soccer club guilty of financial fraud. The potential backing of a veto-wielding permanent member of the UN Security Council comes despite intense international controversy surrounding Nusayeva's nomination. She served as the UAE ambassador to the UN from 2013 to 2024, during which time the UAE waged war on Sudan through the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a militia infamous for mass actions that the UN has accused of g*micide.