The countries were among those that suspended payments to UNRWA after accusations by Israel that some of its employees had been involved in the October 7 attacks.
| Canada and Sweden are resuming funding for the main United Nations agency supporting Palestinian refugees in the Gaza Strip, citing the spiralling humanitarian catastrophe there and saying the agency had taken steps to improve accountability amid accusations that some of its employees had links to Hamas.
The international community has faced increasing pressure to act to alleviate the growing humanitarian crisis in Gaza.Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement that it was “a serious mistake” for the two countries to restart financing the UN agency. “It constitutes tacit consent and encouragement on the part of the governments of Canada and Sweden to continue to ignore the involvement of UNRWA employees in terrorist activity,” the statement said.
Canadian officials said they had received an interim report from the internal UN office investigating the claims and that the agency had taken immediate steps to improve accountability. The United Nations has also commissioned an external review.The European Union, one of the largest donors to UNRWA, announced recently that it was substantially increasing funds to the agency, saying Palestinians were facing terrible conditions and should not be made to pay for Hamas’ crimes.
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