Sigrid Kaag, a Dutch politician and veteran United Nations diplomat, has been appointed as the UN Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator for Gaza. She will resign from her position as finance minister and deputy prime minister of the Netherlands to take on this role. The appointment comes as conditions in Gaza worsen, with shortages of power and medicine and the risk of famine.
Sigrid Kaag , a Dutch politician and veteran United Nations diplomat, will take charge of the international body’s effort to bring humanitarian relief to war-ravaged Gaza , the UN Secretary General announced Tuesday, filling a position created this month in a breakthrough UN Security Council resolution.
In a post on X, Kaag said that she would resign her position as finance minister and deputy prime minister of the Netherlands to take on the role of UN Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator for Gaza. “Peace, security, and justice have always been my motivations,” Kaag said in a statement. “I have accepted this special assignment in the hope to contribute to a better future.” The appointment, which is set to take effect on January 8, comes as conditions in the besieged Palestinian enclave reach “nightmare” levels, as the chief of the World Health Organization put it after a recent visit. Shortages of power and medicine have stripped hospitals of most functioning, and the risk of famine looms over Gaza’s population, humanitarian organizations have sai
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