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Head of UN Palestinian Agency Suspended Amid Probe

Agence France-Presse

   JERUSALEM - The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees has been
   placed on administrative leave as an internal probe into alleged
   mismanagement at the organisation proceeds, the United Nations said
   Wednesday.

   Pierre Krahenbuhl, commissioner general of the agency known as UNRWA,
   will be replaced on an interim basis by the agency's acting deputy
   chief Christian Saunders, his agency said.

   The agency said findings in the probe so far "revealed management
   issues which relate specifically to the commissioner general."

   A separate statement from UN headquarters said Secretary General
   Antonio Guterres had decided to place Krahenbuhl on administrative
   leave for now.

   It said preliminary findings revealed no "fraud or misappropriation of
   operational funds by the commissioner-general. There are, however,
   managerial issues that need to be addressed."
   

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