UNDP WATCH: Jordan

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

UN's Counter-surveillance Unit assessment of Jordan says the "kingdom is in its last days"

The UN's Department of Security Services - Counter-Surveillance Unit (Geneva) has conducted an assessment of current situation in Jordan and has concluded that based on the detailed information from UN sources in the ground, the Jordan Kingdom might be in its last days.

The secret briefing report for "top UN officials" seem to indicate that the UN should immediately prepare an ad-hoc plan to deal with the humanitarian and refugee crisis if the situation would precipitate like in Egypt. They also call that UN should get ready to immediately assist at least the large number of Palestinian refugees whom are located in Jordan refugee camps. The report says that these portion of population might face real hardship.

Secret minutes of UN Security Team in Jordan indicate potential unrest as "imminent"

In a recent secret minutes of UN Security Team in Jordan, the UN leaders, Heads of Agencies and Security Officers shared what they called "indications of an imminent unrest" in Jordan. In the meeting the participants sought immediate guidance from UNDSS and Headquarters about the situation and how to deal with it in case of mass unrests. Another meeting will be taking place on Tuesday 1st of February.

Based on the minutes and the atmosphere inside the meeting one can say that a potential unrest and implication of palestinian refugees who live in deep poverty with a popular discontent towards the king could become a deadly situation for Jordan.

UN leadership in Jordan is told to "keep all options open" including a potential withdrawals of personnel, mainly from UNRWA HQs and UN development agencies. Tomorrows meeting would decide on potential alternative routes of escape for UN personnel, if airport and other mass transportation means are blocked.

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