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THURSDAY, JULY 10, 2025
Canada says it will resume funding to the UN Palestinian refugee agency

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Reuters
09 March, 2024, 09:15 am
Last modified: 09 March, 2024, 09:17 am

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Canada says it will resume funding to the UN Palestinian refugee agency

A total of 16 donors, including the United States and Britain, paused their funding to UNRWA

Reuters
09 March, 2024, 09:15 am
Last modified: 09 March, 2024, 09:17 am
Palestinian children wait to receive food cooked by a charity kitchen amid shortages of food supplies, as the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas continues, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, March 5, 2024. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem/File Photo
Palestinian children wait to receive food cooked by a charity kitchen amid shortages of food supplies, as the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas continues, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, March 5, 2024. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem/File Photo

Canada will resume funding to the UN Palestinian refugee agency, International Aid Minister Ahmed Hussen said on Friday, becoming one of the first international donors to announce such a move.

Ottawa paused funding on 26 Jan after Israel alleged some of the staff at the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) agency had been involved in the 7 Oct Hamas attacks.

"Canada will be lifting its temporary pause on funding to (UNRWA)," Hussen said in a statement, but did not say exactly when this would happen. "UNRWA plays a vital role in Gaza."

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Thursday that Ottawa was waiting for the results of an internal United Nations probe into the Israeli allegations that 12 UNRWA staff had been involved in the attacks in which around 1,200 people died, according to Israeli tallies.

A total of 16 donors, including the United States and Britain, paused their funding to UNRWA.

Hussen said Canada had reviewed the interim report of the UN investigation and looked forward to the final version.

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