Ex-UN Official Appeals Dismissal Over Gaza Famine Stance

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Ex-UN official Benjamin Davis is appealing his dismissal, alleging it was due to his stance on Gaza famine.
Davis claims he was disciplined without due process for speaking on the right to food.
The FAO cited breaches of impartiality standards as grounds for his termination.
The Director-General of the FAO had previously criticized staff for "playing the political game."
Davis's case is proceeding through the FAO's internal justice system.

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his dismissal was motivated by his stance on hunger in Gazaper Benjamin Davis
he has been disciplined without due process for speaking up about a subject at the core of FAO’s mandate about the right to foodper Benjamin Davis
the amount of food and other humanitarian supplies entering the Gaza Strip between October 2025 and June 2026 had “significantly exceeded” the amounts that the United Nations had identified as necessary for the populationper Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT)

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