National Security
UN Agencies Are Stonewalling a Probe Into Their Employees' Ties to Hamas, US Investigators Say in Report to Congress
The US Agency for International Development’s inspector general’s office has already identified UN employees who are linked to the terror group
Adam Kredo
April 3, 2026
The chief oversight body responsible for tracking U.S. foreign assistance says United Nations agencies are stonewalling a probe into their ties to Hamas. The agencies have failed to provide investigators with information that could identify their employees as affiliates of the terror group, according to a non-public report transmitted to Congress and obtained by the Washington Free Beacon.
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) inspector general's office, an investigative entity separate from USAID, sent letters to six separate U.N. agencies in December 2025 asking them to name all employees "who worked on U.S.-government funded awards" and provide their contact information and "date and place of birth." The office also asked the agencies to detail their "interactions with Hamas," among other requests.
One recipient, the World Food Programme, confirmed receipt of the letter but did not send a final response, while the U.N. Development Programme did not respond at all, according to the report. Four others—the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Children's Fund, the International Organization for Migration, and the World Health Organization—offered "partial responses," the report said. "None of the responding UN recipients provided the requested information pertaining to their personnel," it added.
https://freebeacon.com/national-security/un-agencies-are-stonewalling-a-probe-into-their-employees-ties-to-hamas-us-investigators-say-in-report-to-congress/
