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Donors Rally Behind UNRWA, as U.N. Seeks to Restore Confidence [1]

['Matthew Mpoke Bigg', 'Adam Rasgon', 'Thomas Fuller']

Date: 2024-01-31

After days of sharply criticizing the U.N. agency charged with assisting Palestinian civilians, donor countries signaled on Wednesday that they would continue to support the organization under the right conditions and stressed its essential role in delivering lifesaving aid as widespread starvation and disease loom in the war-ravaged Gaza Strip.

At least 12 countries, including the United States and Germany, the two biggest donors, have temporarily suspended funding after the Israeli government circulated allegations that employees of the group, known as UNRWA, participated in the Oct. 7 attacks.

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[1] Url: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/31/world/middleeast/donors-unrwa-un-gaza.html

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