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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ibnanv" data-source="post: 21777034" data-attributes="member: 218596">Spokesman for secretary-general says UN built 'strong partnerships' with Qatari charities branded 'terrorist' entities.<img src="http://www.aljazeera.com/mritems/imagecache/mbdxxlarge/mritems/Images/2017/6/9/7929896c21e344a0a88035f775d912d6_18.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Qatar Charity has been ranked first by the UN for its relief efforts in the Syrian, Palestinian and Somali crises The United Nations says it is not bound by Saudi Arabia's "terror  list" after the kingdom named several high-profile Qatari charities that  carry out life-saving work in war-torn and impoverished countries on  it. Stephane Dujarric, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterras' spokesman,  said on Friday he had seen media reports that four Arab countries  accused three Qatar-based charities of being involved in "terrorism". Qatar Charity, Qatar's largest NGO, has worked extensively with the  UNHCR, UNICEF, the World Food Programme, Oxfam, CARE, and USAID.The Sheikh Eid Al-Thani Charity Foundation and the Sheikh Thani Bin Abdullah Foundation for humanitarian services were also blacklisted by Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt, and Bahrain late on Thursday. "The UN is bound only by the sanctions lists put together by UN  organs such as the Security Council. We're not bound by any other  lists," Dujarric said. "The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs has over the  years built strong partnerships with these organisations based on  shared humanitarian principles, which are strictly non-political," he  added.The Qatari government rejected allegations of supporting individuals and groups blacklisted as "terrorists" after the four countries cut ties with Doha amid a major diplomatic crisis. "The recent joint statement issued by Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Egypt,  and the UAE regarding a 'terror finance watchlist' once again reinforces  baseless allegations that hold no foundation in fact," the Qatari  government said. "Our position on countering terrorism is stronger than many of the  signatories of the joint statement - a fact that has been conveniently  ignored by the authors." Mahjoob Zweiri, a professor at Qatar University, said the "terror"  list was dubious because "there's a body within Qatar's Ministry of  Social Affairs, which looks at all the charities and monitors every  penny they receive and send". Zweiri added these charities cooperate with international aid  agencies, including USAID and UK-based Oxfam, in conflict zones such as  Syria and Iraq. They also assist in troubled areas such as Palestine,  Yemen and South Sudan.  "By saying that those specific charities [are engaged in terrorism],  they are questioning the work of the international aid agencies  cooperating with them as well," Zweiri said. Since its establishment in 1984, Qatar Charity has sponsored 213,750  young orphans into adulthood, and has built more than 621 schools  worldwide.In 2014, it was ranked first by the UN for its relief efforts in the  Syrian, Palestinian, and Somali crises. Since the start of the Syrian  war more than six years ago, Qatar Charity has helped about eight million Syrians.</blockquote>

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