SDC Deputy Director-General Studer leaves her post
Published: Thursday, Jan 25th 2024, 21:20
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Andrea Studer, Deputy Director of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), is leaving her post at the end of August. The Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) confirmed information from the French-speaking Swiss television station RTS on Thursday without commenting on the reasons.
According to television, the departure is linked to the activities of Palestinian and Israeli non-governmental organizations. Following the terrorist attack by Islamist Hamas on Israeli civilians on 7 October, the FDFA subjected eleven organizations supported financially by Switzerland to an inspection, six Palestinian and five Israeli.
The inspection focused on compliance with the FDFA's Code of Conduct and the anti-discrimination clause in the contracts with non-governmental organizations. According to the findings, three Palestinian organizations did not act in accordance with the rules, as Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis announced in November.
At the request of the Keystone-SDA news agency, the FDFA did not comment on whether Studer's departure was related to the findings of the investigation. The deputy director was in charge of the Middle East dossier at the SDC.
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