DAWN.COM

Today's Paper | March 16, 2026

Published 26 Dec, 2023 11:07pm

UN names outgoing Dutch minister as humanitarian coordinator for Gaza

The United Nations has named an outgoing Dutch minister its humanitarian coordinator for Gaza following last week’s watered-down Security Council resolution which called for aid to be delivered to the strip “at scale”, AFP reports.

“United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres today announced the appointment of Ms Sigrid Kaag of the Netherlands as Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator for Gaza,” the UN said in a statement.

Read Comments

ICC reprimands Salman Ali Agha for breaching code of conduct in Bangladesh ODI Next Story