UN appoints a former Dutch deputy premier and Mideast expert as its Gaza humanitarian coordinator

UN appoints top Dutch diplomat to supervise Gaza aid

UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations has appointed a senior Dutch politician and seasoned diplomat on Tuesday to oversee crucial aid cargo entering into war-ravaged Gaza, filling a crucial role called for in a Security Council resolution adopted last week. In a statement released on Tuesday, U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres said he had selected Sigrid Kaag, the Dutch finance minister and a deputy prime minister, to be the senior humanitaria…

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,…

New humanitarian coordinator for Gaza is spouse of former Arafat minister

The controversial appointment follows last week's UNSC resolution calling for aid delivery to the Strip 'at scale' - Click the link for more.

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.

UN names Gaza humanitarian relief coordinator after aid vote

The UN on Tuesday named a coordinator to oversee humanitarian relief shipments into Gaza as part of a UN Security Council resolution adopted on Friday to boost humanitarian aid.

Guterres Appoints the Wife of Arafat’s Deputy Minister to Coordinate Humanitarian Aid in Gaza

Kaag's office supported a group that employed the murderers of 17-year-old Rina Shnerb Hy’d.