Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong has announced that her country will restore funding to the United Nations Palestinian Refugee Agency (UNRWA) Wong said a new agreement to this effect was being finalized and that Australia would reinstate the $6 million in funding that was suspended in January following Israeli allegations that UNRWA personnel participated in Hamas massacres. Several countries have restored funding to UN agency: Canada, Sweden and Spain, as well as the European Commission.
Italy's funds for UNRwa remain suspended "until there is a clarification and any participation in terrorist activities by its employees is excluded", Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said four days ago.