UK student leader blasted for Coca Cola ties

The British National Union of Students voted to censure its president Megan Dunn on Monday for failing to fully implement the organization's policy on boycotting Israel.

Dunn, who was elected as president in April this year, accepted a sponsorship deal for the NUS annual 2015 awards ceremony with Coca Cola.

Coca Cola has been one of the biggest targets of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement because its local Israeli subsidiary has factories in areas inside the occupied West Bank.

Dunn describes herself as a "drinker of diet coke" in her Twitter bio.

The NUS National Executive Committee voted 20 in favor, 14 opposed and 2 abstentions to censure Dunn and called on her to issue an apology.

Some representatives boycotted the organization's annual awards event in protest - but calls to call off the event failed and the ceremony was held as planned earlier this month.

The NUS officially endorsed a boycott of Israel last August, and reaffirmed it in June.

A second motion on how to go about boycotting Coca Cola was not discussed due to time constraints, but a vote on it will be held later.