Finland to resume funding to UNRWA
- Finland will resume funding to UNRWA after suspending five million euros, following accusations related to a Hamas attack.
- Australia, Canada, Sweden, and the EU have also announced the resumption of aid to UNRWA.
- Finland will allocate ten percent of its funding to risk management to ensure transparency and accountability.
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Helsinki (Reuters) announced yesterday that Finland will restore funding to the UN refugee agency for Palestinian refugees, "UNRWA", after two months of suspension due to approximately 15 countries. And Foreign Trade and Development Minister Ilkka Kanerva said in a statement: "Improving risk management within UNRWA, that is preventing unprofessional conduct and imposing strict monitoring, gives us sufficient guarantees at this stage of resuming …
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UNRWA was created about 75 years ago as a temporary program to provide social services and protection for Palestinian refugees in the Middle East. The agency’s Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini said it has continued to operate “pending a just political solution to the question of Palestine.”
Financiranje agencije ZN za podporo palestinskim beguncem (UNRWA) bo obnovila tudi Finska. Približno dva meseca po začasni ustavitvi nakazil zaradi izraelskih obtožb o sodelovanju uslužbencev agencije v napadu Hamasa na Izrael so Helsinki danes javili, da je agencija v zadostni meri izboljšala upravljanje, da obnovijo podporo.
Finland to resume funding to UN Palestinian refugee agency
HELSINKI, March 22 — Finland will resume funding to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees UNRWA, Foreign Trade and Development Minister Ville Tavio announced today. Finland suspended its yearly funding of five million euros in January, following Israel’s allegations that 12 of the UN agency’s 30,000 employees were involved in the Hamas attack on October 7, which led to the deaths of around 1,160 people. Some 15 countries including Britain, Germ…
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