UN Secretary-General appoints UNRWA independent review panel. Review team will be led by Colonna, the former French Minister of Foreign Affairs.

The review team will begin work on February 14 this year and is expected to submit an interim report to the Secretary- General in late March this year. The final report isexpected to be completed in late April and released to the outside world.   China News Service, United Nations, February 5 (Reporter Wang Fan) United Nations Secretary-general Guterres issued a statement on the 5th saying that he has appointed an independent review team to evaluate the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East.