UK Resumes Funding Palestinian Aid Agency

Published on July 19, 2024

The UK will recommence funding the United Nations’ relief agency for Palestinian refugees, Foreign Secretary David Lammy has confirmed. In a statement delivered in the House of Commons on Friday, Mr. Lammy said that the UK will release £21 million for aid to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). A further £5.5 million will also be dispersed to UK-Med, an NGO which provides medical aid in conflict and disaster zones, which is operating in the Gaza Strip. Mr. Lammy said UNRWA was essential to aid efforts, continuing: “It is already feeding over half of Gaza’s population. It will be vital for future reconstruction, and it provides critical services to Palestinian refugees in the region.”...

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