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UN Has ‘No Plan B’ to Secure Funding For UNRWA After Donors Pause Aid - Spokesman

© AP Photo / Khalil HamraIn this Sunday, Aug. 16, 2015 file photo, a Palestinian school girl chants slogans during a demonstration against an UNRWA funding gap that could keep about 500,000 Palestinian students out of school this fall, outside the UNRWA Gaza Headquarters in Gaza City.
In this Sunday, Aug. 16, 2015 file photo, a Palestinian school girl chants slogans during a demonstration against an UNRWA funding gap that could keep about 500,000 Palestinian students out of school this fall, outside the UNRWA Gaza Headquarters in Gaza City. - Sputnik International, 1920, 31.01.2024
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UNITED NATIONS (Sputnik) - The United Nations has no backup plan to get money for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) after donors paused their funding, UN Spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said on Tuesday.
“There is really no plan B,” Dujarric said in a briefing, when asked whether the UN had a way to secure funding for UNRWA.
The UN operates on the basis of voluntary contributions and cannot print money, he added.
On Friday, UNRWA head Philippe Lazzarini said Israel had shared with the agency data on the alleged involvement of some of its staff members in the October 7 Hamas attack and vowed to hold accountable anyone involved in "acts of terror."
Displaced Palestinians receive food aid at the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) center in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on January 28, 2024, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas - Sputnik International, 1920, 29.01.2024
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UN Aid Agency to Run Out of Money ‘Past February’ Without Funding - UN Spokesperson
The United States, Finland, the United Kingdom, Italy, Australia, Canada, Germany, Japan, and some other countries have since suspended funding for UNRWA.
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