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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

Palestinian groups accuse UN adviser of failing to warn about potential genocide

A woman speaks into a microphone
Alice Wairimu Nderitu, the UN special adviser on the prevention of genocide, at the UN headquarters in New York on 16 June 2023. Photograph: Luiz Rampelotto/dpa/Europa Newswire via Alamy

Leading Palestinian human rights groups have accused the UN special adviser on the prevention of genocide of failing to fulfil her mandate after she issued only one statement on the war in Gaza – largely supportive of Israel – that has claimed 26,000 Palestinian lives.

In a statement issued in October, Alice Wairimu Nderitu, a Kenyan, omitted any criticism of Israel.

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