Karen Koning AbuZayd, Commissioner-General, UNRWA
Karen Koning AbuZayd has served as Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency since June 2005. Previously, she was an Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations and was appointed to the post of Deputy-Commissioner General of UNRWA. Since September 2000, her work has concentrated on providing emergency assistance and generating employment for victims of the current crisis in the occupied Palestinian territory.