Palestinian refugee support United Nations organization Suspended top suspicion of inappropriate management November 7 6:23
The head of the United Nations agency that supports Palestinian refugees expressed their intention to resign as the accusations were raised and the criticism was strengthened, such as appointing an acquaintance woman as an executive officer. The movement to freeze funding to UN agencies is spreading and there are concerns about the impact on refugee support activities.
UNRWA = United Nations Palestinian Refugee Relief Agency provides food and education support to more than 5 million Palestinian refugees.
Regarding UNRWA, the secretary-general of Krechenbühl from Switzerland who leads the organization has been suspected of inappropriate organization management such as appointing acquaintances of women and relatives as executive officers, and since that spring New York The United Nations headquarters' inspection department has begun to investigate.
On the 6th, the UN announced that it would suspend the Secretary-General Krächenbuhl until the final findings were finalized, but then the Secretary-General himself announced his intention to resign to General Guterres.
The Secretary-General argued that there was no fraud, but because of this problem, supporters such as Switzerland, the Netherlands, and Belgium were forced to resign after freezing funding to UNRWA one after another. Shape.
UNRWA is appealing to these donor countries to respond to the resumption of funding in the face of concerns over the impact on refugee support activities due to severe financial conditions.