US EditionBritain to resume funding to refugee agency UNRWA
- Britain's new Labour government will resume funding to the UN Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA and urged Israel to allow more aid into Gaza.
- British Foreign Secretary David Lammy reassured Parliament about UNRWA's standards of neutrality and announced £21 million in new support.
- Israeli government spokesperson David Mencer called the funding restoration "a big mistake," accusing UNRWA of supporting Hamas.
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UK Resumes Funding Palestinian Aid Agency
The UK will recommence funding the United Nations’ relief agency for Palestinian refugees, Foreign Secretary David Lammy has confirmed. In a statement delivered in the House of Commons on Friday, Mr. Lammy said that the UK will release £21 million for aid to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). A further £5.5 million will also be dispersed to UK-Med, an NGO which provides medical aid in conf…
Great Britain resumes aid to the UN-Palestinian Relief Agency UNRWA.
UK government to resume funding for UNRWA in Gaza
Future funding for the relief agency was paused in January after allegations 12 of its staff were involved in the 7 October attacks in Israel. But the foreign secretary says he has been "reassured" by an independent review and UNRWA's work is "absolutely central" amid the war.
British Foreign Minister David Lammy announced on Friday the lifting of the suspension of United Kingdom aid to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (Unrwa)....
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