I am standing to be Secretary-General because I believe this is a moment to act with greater urgency: to act earlier, bring people together across difference, and drive the work forward until it produces concrete results. That is how we rebuild trust in the United Nations and ensure it delivers meaningful change for the people it exists to serve. My vision: lananusseibeh.org

The United Nations should confront impunity, not crown it. The UAE has put forward a candidate for UN secretary-general. Its record is appalling. It has armed Sudan’s genocidal RSF militia, which has carried out mass murder and mass rape. It also stands accused of arming and financing warlords and militias in Libya and across the Middle East—empowering war criminals who rule through violence and brutal repression. It has bankrolled Trump and the dictators who crushed the Arab Spring, helping extinguish millions of people’s hopes for democracy, dignity, and freedom. Elevating a UAE candidate to UN secretary-general would not be a triumph of diplomacy. It would be a debasement of the international system: rewarding a corrupt regime accused of enabling atrocities with leadership of the very institution charged with preventing them.

USAF is now conducting the evacuation of staff out of the Middle East. C130s have gone to Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Bahrain. 92-3286

A new or renewed Iran war would not look like previous ones. If Tehran strikes the Gulf or GCC states this time in retaliation, those countries are far more likely to hit back directly rather than absorb the attack and stay passive. The rules of engagement have changed.