UN appoints a former Dutch deputy premier and Mideast expert as its Gaza humanitarian coordinator
- Sigrid Kaag, a former deputy prime minister of the Netherlands, has been appointed as the United Nations coordinator for humanitarian aid to Gaza.
- The United Nations has expressed concern about the desperate need for food, water, and medicine in Gaza, and has requested the appointment of a senior coordinator.
- Kaag will facilitate, coordinate, monitor, and verify humanitarian relief consignments to Gaza, and establish a mechanism to accelerate aid deliveries.
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UN appoints veteran Dutch diplomat to coordinate humanitarian aid for Gaza
The United Nations has appointed a veteran Dutch diplomat and politician as senior humanitarian and reconstruction coordinator for the Gaza Strip in line with a Security Council resolution that passed the chamber last week. Sigrid Kaag, former deputy prime minister and former finance minister of the Netherlands, was appointed as the U.N.’s special humanitarian coordinator,…
UN appoints a former Dutch deputy premier and Mideast expert as its Gaza humanitarian coordinator
Sigrid Kaag, the Netherlands’ former deputy prime minister and a Mideast expert, was appointed the U.N. coordinator for humanitarian aid to war-torn Gaza, the United Nations chief announced Tuesday.
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