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Norway to increase its funding to UNRWA
Israel said in January that 12 UNRWA staff participated in the October 7 Hamas attacks. In the weeks that followed, numerous donor states suspended or paused some $450 million in funding to UNRWA. Some of those countries, including Germany, Sweden, Canada, Japan and Austria, have since resumed funding to the agency. "UNRWA is the backbone of the humanitarian response in Gaza," Norway's minister for international development, Anne Beathe Kristiansen Tvinnereim, said in a statement quoted by AFP. "The war, accusations made by Israel, continuous attacks on the organization and funds withheld by major donors, have put UNRWA in an extremely difficult financial situation," she said. We'll remember. Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2024-06-18 |
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