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200 million: Germany plans to resume funding UNRWA – the UN’s main aid organization for Palestine — which it funded with over $200 million in 2023. The move follows the conclusion of an ...
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Almost all donors resume funding of Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA — UN chief
Almost all countries and organizations contributing to the budget of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) have resumed their funding ...
Dayton Daily News1mon
Future looks dire for UN Palestinian refugee agency, says UNRWA chief
It’s ethnic cleansing.” Trump announced Tuesday that Washington will not resume funding for UNRWA — which had already been halted since January 2024 when the Biden administration stopped it ...
US alleges Columbia student Mahmoud Khalil covered up his work for UNRWA
The U.S. government has alleged that Mahmoud Khalil withheld that he worked for a United Nations Palestinian relief agency in ...
Radio Pakistan7d
UNRWA urges countries halted funding to reconsider decision
The UN agency for Palestinian refugees UNRWA has urged the countries that halted its funding to reconsider their shocking decision. Head of UNRWA Philippe Lazzarini in a statement said his ...
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The UN’s Palestinian Aid Controversy: What’s at Stake
(Shortly after taking office in January 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump announced that the United States would not resume funding for UNRWA.) UNRWA reported in March 2024 that Israeli ...
Al-Monitor11d
UNRWA chief confident he is on 'right side of history'
Lazzarini warned of "the real risk of the agency collapsing and imploding". Serving as the "backbone" of the aid operation in Gaza, UNRWA should have funding until June, he said. "I have no visibility ...
Anadolu Ajansi10d
UNRWA head welcomes Swiss parliament’s decision to ‘maintain its funding’
The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) on Tuesday welcomed the Swiss parliament’s decision to “maintain its funding” to the agency. Philippe Lazzarini said on X that the ...
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Funding the United Nations: How Much Does the U.S. Pay?
As part of the order, the administration announced it will not resume funding for UNRWA. (Congress maintains a formal suspension [PDF] on all U.S. contributions to UNRWA until March 2025.) ...
Human Rights Watch25d
Organizational Letter to Congress in Support of the UNRWA Funding Emergency Restoration Act of 2025
We believe it is now time for Congress to actively reengage with the Administration with the goal of resuming US funding to UNRWA, ensuring the Agency can continue its mandate. We are all grateful ...
Politico1mon
US to again withdraw from the UN Human Rights Council, stop UNRWA funding
It comes after the Biden administration paused funding to United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, known as UNRWA, following reports that staffers were ...
Radio France Internationale11d
UNRWA chief confident he is on 'right side of history'
The 61-year-old head of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees has, along with his organisation, withstood a barrage of criticism and accusations from Israel since Hamas ...