Sweden to resume UNRWA funding

The Swedish government wants to resume its funding of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA). The government in Stockholm announced on Saturday that a payment of 200 million crowns (around €17.7 million) had been deci…

UNRWA chief cautiously optimistic after funding pledges

The head of the UN Palestinian relief agency UNRWA, Philippe Lazzarini, is cautiously optimistic that the organization can count on international support again. “I have the feeling that a number of countries that have decided to suspend their financial…