Evidence of UNRWA’s 2015-2024 refusal to engage serious allegations of terrorism promotion

Chart of 2015-2024 requests to meet with or engage UNRWA — all ignored

 

DateUN Watch Attempts to Engage UNRWAUNRWA Response
August 23, 2015Letter to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on UNRWA incitementUNRWA spokesman Chris Gunness attacks UN Watch
September 3, 2015Report sent to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon and UNRWA Commissioner-General Pierre KrahenbuhlNo response
November 30, 2015Report sent to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon and UNRWA Commissioner-General Pierre KrahenbuhlNo response
February 2, 2017Report sent to UN Secretary-General Antonio GuterresNo response
April 19, 2017Email to UNRWA Commissioner-General Pierre Krahenbuhl requesting meetingNo response
October 26, 2021Letter to UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini requesting direct dialogueNo response
March 14, 2023Report sent to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and UNRWA Commissioner-General LazzariniNo response
April 24, 2023Letter sent to UNRWA Commissioner-General Lazzarini requesting meetingResponse ignores meeting request
April 27, 2023Hillel Neuer tags UNRWA chief Lazzarini in tweet requesting meetingNo response
May 12, 2023UN Watch tags UNRWA Deputy Commissioner-General Leni Stenseth in tweet requesting meetingNo response
May 15, 2023UN Watch tags UNRWA chief Lazzarini in tweet requesting a meetingNo response
July 17, 2023Reply sent to UNRWA again requesting a meeting with UNRWA chief LazzariniNo response
February 23, 2024Hillel Neuer tags UNRWA chief Lazzarini in tweet requesting a debate at a time and place of Lazzarini’s choosingNo response
March 19, 2024UNRWA representatives formally invited to participate in a hearing with Hillel Neuer at the European ParliamentUNRWA refused to appear
April 9, 2024Report sent to the Independent Review Group on UNRWA NeutralityNo response
June 20, 2024Hillel Neuer asks to meet with UNRWA chief Lazzarini during his address at the Dutch ParliamentNo response
June 24, 2024Report on UNRWA terrorist hand delivered to UNRWA chief Lazzarini and the UNRWA Advisory CommissionLazzarini confirmed the report was received but did not respond further to it
August 1, 2024Request sent to UNRWA chief Lazzarini to meet with Ayelet Samerano, the mother of an Israeli hostage who was kidnapped into Gaza by an
UNRWA worker
Meeting refused according to Swiss police

 

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