List of directors and commissioners-general of UNRWA explained

United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) is a relief and human development agency, providing education, health care, social services and emergency aid to over 4.7 million Palestine refugees living in Jordan, Lebanon and Syria, as well as in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. It is the only agency dedicated to helping refugees from a specific region or conflict. It is separate from and created before UNHCR,[1] the UN Refugee Agency, which is the only other UN agency aiding refugees, dedicated to aiding all other refugees in the world.

Commissioners-general of UNRWA

Since 1962, the head of UNRWA has been titled Commissioner-General:[2]

List of directors of UNRWA

Until 1962, the head of UNRWA was titled Director:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: UNHCR - the UN Refugee Agency.
  2. Benjamin N. Schiff, Refugees Unto the Third Generation: UN Aid to Palestinians, (Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1995), pp. 292-293.
  3. Web site: Mr. Philippe Lazzarini has been appointed as its new Commissioner-General (CG). . UNRWA . 30 January 2024 . 19 March 2020.
  4. http://www.unrwa.org/newsroom/press-releases/secretary-general-appoints-pierre-kr%C3%A4henb%C3%BChl-switzerland-commissioner Secretary-General appoints Pierre-Krähenbuehl of Switzerland Commissioner-General of UNRWA
  5. http://www.unrwa.org/newsroom/press-releases/pierre-kr%C3%A4henb%C3%BChl-assumes-post-unrwa-commissioner-general Pierre Krähenbühl Assumes Post as UNRWA Commissioner-General
  6. https://m.jpost.com/Breaking-News/UN-Palestinian-refugee-agency-replaces-boss-pending-inquiry-outcome-607028 ISRAEL PUSHES FOR UNRWA’S CLOSURE AS LEADER QUITS AMID MISCONDUCT PROBE
  7. https://m.jpost.com/Middle-East/Trump-administration-to-Post-White-House-was-right-about-UNRWA-corruption-607197 TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO POST: WHITE HOUSE WAS RIGHT ABOUT UNRWA CORRUPTION
  8. "Secretary General Appoints New Commissioner-General and Deputy Commissioner-General", UNRWA.org
  9. "Karen Koning AbuZayd '63: Interview by Commissioner-General’s Alma Mater" UNRWA.org
  10. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/jan/20/usa.israel Bush forces UN refugee chief to go
  11. Benjamin N. Schiff, Refugees Unto the Third Generation: UN Aid to Palestinians, (Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1995), p. 293.
  12. Benjamin N. Schiff, Refugees Unto the Third Generation: UN Aid to Palestinians, (Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1995), p. 292.
  13. Benjamin N. Schiff, Refugees Unto the Third Generation: UN Aid to Palestinians, (Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1995), p. 292