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

 

Date UN Watch Attempts to Engage UNRWA UNRWA Response
August 23, 2015 Letter to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on UNRWA incitement UNRWA spokesman Chris Gunness attacks UN Watch
September 3, 2015 Report sent to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon and UNRWA Commissioner-General Pierre Krahenbuhl No response
November 30, 2015 Report sent to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon and UNRWA Commissioner-General Pierre Krahenbuhl No response
February 2, 2017 Report sent to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres No response
April 19, 2017 Email to UNRWA Commissioner-General Pierre Krahenbuhl requesting meeting No response
October 26, 2021 Letter to UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini requesting direct dialogue No response
March 14, 2023 Report sent to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and UNRWA Commissioner-General Lazzarini No response
April 24, 2023 Letter sent to UNRWA Commissioner-General Lazzarini requesting meeting Response ignores meeting request
April 27, 2023 Hillel Neuer tags UNRWA chief Lazzarini in tweet requesting meeting No response
May 12, 2023 UN Watch tags UNRWA Deputy Commissioner-General Leni Stenseth in tweet requesting meeting No response
May 15, 2023 UN Watch tags UNRWA chief Lazzarini in tweet requesting a meeting No response
July 17, 2023 Reply sent to UNRWA again requesting a meeting with UNRWA chief Lazzarini No response
February 23, 2024 Hillel Neuer tags UNRWA chief Lazzarini in tweet requesting a debate at a time and place of Lazzarini’s choosing No response
March 19, 2024 UNRWA representatives formally invited to participate in a hearing with Hillel Neuer at the European Parliament UNRWA refused to appear
April 9, 2024 Report sent to the Independent Review Group on UNRWA Neutrality No response
June 20, 2024 Hillel Neuer asks to meet with UNRWA chief Lazzarini during his address at the Dutch Parliament No response
June 24, 2024 Report on UNRWA terrorist hand delivered to UNRWA chief Lazzarini and the UNRWA Advisory Commission Lazzarini confirmed the report was received but did not respond further to it
August 1, 2024 Request 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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