VIDEO: Ricketts on United Nations Reform: Prioritize Accountability and Combat Antisemitism

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts (R-NE) participated in a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing where he discussed the need to reform the United Nations in the face of rising antisemitism.

"Later this year, the United Nations will select a new Secretary-General. For the United States, as the largest financial contributor, this is an opportunity to demand real reform," said Ricketts. "We should support leadership that prioritizes accountability and transparency, confronts antisemitism within the UN system, and pushes back against adversaries like Communist China."

"Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Palestinian territories, has repeatedly used her position to advance extreme and inflammatory claims against Israel," concluded Ricketts. "She has continued to accuse Israel of genocide and promote false narratives on the world stage. She is doing so under the banner of the United Nations. At some point, this is about whether the UN is willing to tolerate antisemitism and political targeting from within its own system."

Watch the video here.

Ricketts' comments were made in a hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee: "Reforming the UN: Assessing U.S. Efforts and Priorities." The witnesses were Mike Waltz, Representative to the United Nations and Jeffrey Bartos, Representative to the United Nations.