Top UN official ‘breached’ guidelines over liking series of anti-Israel tweets

UN guidelines require all staff to be “mindful at all times that their conduct on social media must be consistent with the principles set out in the United Nations Charter”. These principles include “loyalty, impartiality, and responsibility to the organisation”.
UN Secretary-General's spokesman Stéphane Dujarric said of Ms Douglas: “On the issue of the UN-Women staffer, who used her personal account, I understand UN-Women is dealing with the issue that there was a violation of the code of conduct by this individual and it is being dealt with.”
Hillel Neuer, executive director of UN Watch, welcomed the “rare admission by the UN of malfeasance committed by one of their senior officials”.

But he added: “Sarah Douglas has publicly endorsed the Hamas narrative, and every day that she remains is not only a black stain on the credibility of UN Women, but casts a shadow upon the United Nations itself. We are calling on the UN to remove her immediately.”

Advocacy group UK Lawyers for Israel said that Douglas’ “overt political activity, including her public endorsement of extreme statements by politicians and political organisations amounts to a material breach of her UN obligation to be neutral and impartial”.
This is not the first time Douglas has been critisiced. During a webcam broadcast to the UN earlier this month, the official was seen with a Palestine poster behind her.