"The United Nations has a terrorism problem.
Last month, its Security Council refused to designate as a global terrorist the architect behind the 2008 Mumbai attacks, which killed 170 people.
Just over two weeks ago, the UN’s Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese, who has previously appeared on the Hezbollah-affiliated Al Mayadeen channel, issued a report that was praised by the terrorist group Hamas.
Until today, the UN has actively failed to define terrorism, affording terrorists impunity on a daily basis. Not only does the UN have a problem identifying terrorism when it is right in front of them, but in some cases the UN has even partnered with terrorism-affiliated groups.
Over the last year, four United Nations agencies have partnered with and accepted $7 million from the terrorism-affiliated NGO Qatar Charity. According to the Counter Extremism Project (that maintains databases on extremist groups, their ideology, leaders, history, financing, violent activities, tactics, and rhetoric), the Qatar Charity is a member charity of the Union of Good network.
The Union of Good umbrella organization was banned by the US Treasury in 2008 because of its status as ‘an organization created by Hamas leadership to transfer funds to [Hamas]’ during the Second Intifada. Hamas is on the US State Department list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations.
‘Terrorist groups such as Hamas continue to exploit charities to radicalize vulnerable communities and cultivate support for their violent activities,’ said then-US undersecretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, Stuart Levey, at the time. The Qatar Charity has been banned by five Middle Eastern countries.
UN undermined by ties to ‘terrorist charity’
Regardless of whether those funds actually further violence, the UN’s ties to the Qatar Charity irredeemably taint its ability to fight terrorism and stain its integrity as a human rights body..."