UK awaits Unrwa investigation reports before deciding on funding

The UK government will only decide whether to resume funding to Unrwa after it receives interim reports of two investigations looking into Israeli allegations against the agency.

Foreign Office minister Andrew Mitchell told MPs on Tuesday that the next British payment to the largest organisation operating in Gaza was not due until April.

Meanwhile, he said, enough funds had come forward to "ensure that adequate supplies are available", and that the UK, the US, Germany, Australia, Italy, Finland, the Netherlands and Switzerland would await the interim reports.

"The view we take is that when we have seen those, we very much hope we will have the reassurance to recommence funding," Mitchell said. "We are very much trying to resolve this matter as speedily as we can."

The decision of the UK and the seven others stands in contrast to the EU, Sweden and Canada, which have proceeded with or resumed funding to Unrwa this month.

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