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Former UN food agency official who says he was fired over Gaza war launches appeal
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Screen capture from video of Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) director Ben Davis, 2026. (The Italian Insider/used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
A former senior UN food agency official who says he was fired for allegedly organizing weekly moment-of-silence protests over the war in Gaza launches an appeal against his dismissal.
Benjamin Davis, 62, a Spanish American director at the Food and Agriculture Organization, was informed that his employment would end on September 30 at the request of Director-General Qu Dongyu, according to documents seen by Reuters.
The papers cite breaches of international civil service standards that require staff to act with impartiality.
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