Hollywood star George Clooney's fiancee Amal Alamuddin has declined her **mination to join a commission probing Israel's Gaza offensive, the head of the UN Human Rights Council said Tuesday. In a statement, Baudelaire Ndong Ella said that the Lebanese-born British lawyer had cited "prior professional commitments and regrets that the commission will **t benefit from her expertise in the field". Ella, who this year holds the rotating presidency of the top United Nations rights forum, had on Monday named Alamuddin to the three-member commission of inquiry. The commission will be led by Canadian international lawyer William Schabas, and also include Doudou Diene of Senegal, who has previously served as the UN's watchdog on racism and on post-conflict Ivory Coast.
08-13-2014, 05:20 PM
Clooney's fiancee opts **t to join UN Gaza probe team
Hollywood star George Clooney's fiancee Amal Alamuddin has declined her **mination to join a commission probing Israel's Gaza offensive, the head of the UN Human Rights Council said Tuesday. In a statement, Baudelaire Ndong Ella said that the Lebanese-born British lawyer had cited "prior professional commitments and regrets that the commission will **t benefit from her expertise in the field". Ella, who this year holds the rotating presidency of the top United Nations rights forum, had on Monday named Alamuddin to the three-member commission of inquiry. The commission will be led by Canadian international lawyer William Schabas, and also include Doudou Diene of Senegal, who has previously served as the UN's watchdog on racism and on post-conflict Ivory Coast.
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