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Al Jazeera English - News - Un Middle East Policy 'Failing'

Al Jazeera English - News - Un Middle East Policy 'Failing'A former UN envoy to the Middle East has condemned its policy in the region for focusing to closely on the interests of the US and Israel, according to a leaked document.

Alvaro de Soto, who quit in May, suggested that the UN should withdraw from the Quartet of Middle East negotiators calling it a "sideshow".




In a 53-page statement sent to senior UN officials, the Peruvian diplomat described the Quartet of the US, Russia, the European Union and UN as "pretty much a group of friends of the US".

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