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U.S. court filing challenges UNRWA immunity; U.N. says agency is entitled to privileges under 1946 convention
Summary
A filing by the U.S. Department of Justice in the Southern District of New York asked a court to strip UNRWA of immunity; the U.N. said it will review the submission and maintain that UNRWA, as a subsidiary body of the General Assembly, is entitled to immunity under the 1946 Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations.
U.S. prosecutors filed a submission in federal court in New York seeking to strip the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) of its immunity, the briefing said. The U.N. said it has seen the filing and will review it carefully.
The U.N. restated its position that UNRWA is a subsidiary body of the General…
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