Canada’s future funding for UN relief organization in Gaza Strip still in limbo

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Canada’s next scheduled payment to UNRWA isn’t until April and it has not missed a payment during the so-called pause

Minister of International Development Ahmed Hussen speaks in the Foyer of the House of Commons before Question Period on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Feb. 15.Canada hasn’t made a final decision on whether to resume funding to the UN aid organization in Gaza when its next scheduled payment is due in April.

More than a dozen countries paused donations to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in January afterInternational Development Minister Ahmed Hussen said last week Canada was still working with the UN and its allies to ensure a fulsome investigation of the allegations against UNRWA staff.

 

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