It is time to pull the plug on UNRWA and move its functions to agencies that truly want to solve humanitarian problems effectively rather than to perpetuate them
The Trump administration decided last year to cut off U.S. funding for the hopelessly dysfunctional United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). It was a wise decision. A confidential internal report from UNRWA’s own ethics office has chronicled alleged rife mismanagement and corruption reaching the agency’s highest levels of leadership. The report was sent to UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres's office last December. The UN Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) has reportedly undertaken a probe into the report’s allegations, which has not yet been completed.