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Karen Koning AbuZayd (born 1941) is a senior official of the United Nations.
She is currently serving as a Commissioner on the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic.
On 5 January 2016, she was appointed United Nations Special Adviser on the Summit on Addressing Large Movements of Refugees and Migrants held on September 19, 2016.
The Summit resulted in the New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants.Prior to this she was a Commissioner-General for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) from June 28, 2005 to January 20, 2010 appointed by Kofi Annan.
She was succeeded by her deputy Filippo Grandi.
She currently serves on the board of directors of UNRWA USA, a Washington-DC based 501c3 nonprofit which aims to educate the general American public about the situation of Palestine refugees and generate support for UNRWA's work.

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