UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has issued an urgent appeal to all states to donate $100 million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) to cover its funding shortfall. In a statement issued August 4, 2015, the Secretary General called UNRWA 'a pillar of stability,' but failed to note UNRWA's role in perpetuating conflict.
In April 2015, the Secretary General's Board of Inquiry regarding incidents during the 2014 Gaza conflict found that UNRWA schools were used as storage depots for weapons and as sites for launching of rockets towards Israeli citizens. The Board of Inquiry also determined that UNRWA officials turned over weapons to Gaza's local authorities, i.e. Hamas.