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The responsible European Commission announced in Brussels on Monday that UNRWA is expected to agree to an audit, that is, a review, by independent experts appointed by the EU. Upcoming funding decisions for UNRWA will be taken against the backdrop of the very serious allegations. The investigation announced by the United Nations and the resulting measures are particularly relevant.
According to the European Commission, no additional resources are currently planned until the end of February. Humanitarian assistance to Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank will continue unabated through partner organizations, the report said.
The purpose of the audit, by EU-appointed experts, will be to examine in particular the control systems necessary to prevent the possible involvement of UNRWA employees in terrorist activities. The Commission also expects to strengthen UNRWA’s internal research department.
The European Union says it is one of the largest donors of humanitarian and development aid to the Palestinians in Gaza and the largest donor to UNRWA. According to figures from last June, the EU and its member states provide 400 million euros annually to UNRWA, equivalent to 40 percent of the aid agency’s annual budget.
With the announcements, the European Commission responds to the suspicion that twelve UNRWA employees may have been involved in the major attack on Israel by the Islamist terrorist organization Hamas on October 7. The New York Times recently reported previously unknown details about the alleged involvement.
An UNRWA employee is said to have been involved in the kidnapping of a woman from Israel. Another distributed ammunition, and a third was involved in a kibbutz massacre that killed 97 people, the newspaper reported on Sunday (local time), citing a corresponding Israeli dossier available to the US government. There is currently no confirmation of the US government’s allegations, the New York Times wrote. But Washington sees them as credible. (SDA)
Source: Blick
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