EU calls on international donors to fund UN agency for Palestinians
by Shafaqna English
Shafaqna English— Shafaqna English-The EU’s humanitarian chief on Tuesday called on international donors to fund the UN agency for Palestinians . European commissioner for crisis management Janez Lenarcic welcomed the report for “underlining the agency’s significant number of compliance systems in place as well as recommendations for their further upgrade.” “I call
BBC News—UNRWA: Restart aid to Palestinian UN agency, EU urges. Countries including the US and UK are still withholding funds over Israel's claims against UNRWA.
@pressfreedom—Azerbaijan arrests 13th journalist over alleged international donor funding. Stockholm, April 22, 2024—Azerbaijani authorities should release journalist Imran Aliyev and stop arresting journalists on allegations of illegally receiving funding from international donors, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Monday. On April 18, officers from the State Border Service, a law enforcement agency, detained Aliyev, founder and chief executive of the independent news outlet Meclis.info,
Japan Today—Germany signals it will resume funding U.N. agency for Palestinians. Germany said on Wednesday it would resume cooperation with the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), signaling a resumption of funding that was frozen after Israel accused 12 UNRWA staff of participating in the Hamas-led Oct. 7 attack. The allegations prompted 16 donor states, including the biggest, the United States,