The United Nations Office for Project Services hurriedly removed a job offer on Monday which advertised for a position in “Jerusalem, Palestine (state of).”
After being notified Monday by The Jerusalem Post about the listing, Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon, demanded UN officials remove the listing and implement reforms.
“It is unacceptable for UN agencies to not only attempt to change the political facts on the ground, but to question the connection between the State of Israel and our capital of Jerusalem,” the ambassador told Under Secretary-General and UNOPS Executive Director Grete Faremo.
“This posting must be removed immediately and UNOPS must conduct a complete overhaul of its operating procedures to ensure that such inappropriate behavior not occur again.”
Within hours the wording was changed, and the position itself was canceled.