UN official reappointed despite accusations of antisemitism

"We're talking about one of the world's most blatant legitimizers of Hamas terrorism, who says literally that Israel does not have a right to defend itself," U.N. Watch Executive Director Hillel Neuer told Fox News Digital. "It's a horrible statement on the state of the U.N. today."

U.N. Watch has long opposed Albanese and has worked to expose her alleged violations of the Code of Conduct. On Friday, the organization submitted a list of statements by governments across the globe condemning Albanese's rhetoric. The statements came from the U.S., France, Hungary, the Netherlands, Israel, Argentina, Germany and the U.K.

Additionally, prior to Albanese's reappointment, the U.S. mission to the U.N. sent a letter to U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres opposing the renewal. The mission also posted a statement on X.

"We condemn [Albanese's] virulent antisemitism, which demonizes Israel and supports Hamas. She has clearly violated the U.N.'s Code of Conduct and is unfit for her role. Her reappointment would show the [U.N.] tolerates antisemitic hatred and support for terrorism," the U.S. mission to the U.N. posted.

In violation of his legal duties under 8/PRST/2, Lauber did not relay complaints about Albanese to a committee that Neuer described as "toothless" with a membership made of "Francesca Albanese's own best friends."

France said Albanese seemed to "justify" the attacks and that her remarks were "all the more scandalous given that the fight against anti-Semitism and all forms of racism are at the heart of the founding of the U.N," according to the ADL.