Rima Khalaf

[1] She resigned from this position in March 2017, rather than comply with a request from the UN Secretary General António Guterres to withdraw a report that accused Israel of establishing an apartheid regime.

Rima Khalaf Hunaidi held several high-ranking ministerial positions in Jordan, including: In her capacity as Deputy Prime Minister and head of the ministerial economic team, Khalaf promoted economic reform in Jordan while working on promoting social development through building human capital, alleviating poverty and strengthening social safety nets.

[citation needed] Khalaf held the position of Assistant Secretary-General and Director of the Regional Bureau for Arab States (RBAS) at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) from 2000 to 2006.

[1] On 17 March 2017, Rima Khalaf announced her resignation from her position at the UN saying the UN had pressured her to withdraw a report published by ESCWA, co-authored by Richard Falk, accusing Israel of establishing "an apartheid regime".

"A few weeks ago ... together with our American friends, we made clear that Rima Khalaf, an anti-Semite, a promoter of BDS, will not be tolerated in the halls of the UN", Israel's ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon, told attendees at the UN.