Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong has announced that her country will restore funding to the United Nations Palestinian Refugee Agency (UNRWA).
The Arab and Australian media reported it.
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. of 7 October.
"The nature of these allegations warranted an immediate and appropriate response. The best advice currently available from Australian government agencies and lawyers is that UNRWA is not a terrorist organization and that existing additional safeguards sufficiently protect Australian taxpayer funding," he said. stated the minister.
Several countries have restored funding to the 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 in a press conference at the Farnesina.
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