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Tue Jul 30, 2019, 11:32 AM Jul 2019

US envoy urges 'transparent' investigation of UNRWA over alleged misconduct

US President Donald Trump’s Mideast peace envoy Jason Greenblatt called for a full UN investigation into its agency for Palestinian refugees, after a report leaked Monday alleged widespread corruption and sexual misconduct.

The confidential internal ethics report claimed mismanagement and abuses of authority at the highest levels of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), even as the organization faced an unprecedented crisis after US funding cuts. The allegations are now being scrutinized by UN investigators.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-envoy-urges-transparent-investigation-of-unrwa-over-alleged-misconduct/

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