Swiss NGO asks authorities to investigate Gaza Humanitarian Foundation [View all]

Source: Reuters

Swiss NGO asks authorities to investigate Gaza Humanitarian Foundation

By Olivia Le Poidevin
May 23, 2025 9:41 AM EDT Updated 14 hours ago

GENEVA, May 23 (Reuters) - A Swiss-based NGO has asked authorities to investigate the activities of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), a U.S.-backed organisation that plans to oversee a new model of aid distribution in the Palestinian enclave that the UN opposes.

The United Nations has said the GHF's aid plan is not impartial or neutral, and forces further displacement and exposes thousands of people to harm, and that it will not be involved.

The GHF, which has said it hopes to start work in Gaza by the end of May, told Reuters it "strictly adheres" to humanitarian principles, and that it would not support any form of forced relocation of civilians.

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A May 20 submission to the Swiss Federal Supervisory Authority for Foundations, and one on May 21 to the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA), requested an investigation into whether the GHF complies with Swiss law and international humanitarian law.

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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/swiss-ngo-asks-authorities-investigate-gaza-humanitarian-foundation-2025-05-23/

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