Former Top Diplomats Call On Switzerland To Keep UNRWA Funding

2024-10-17 11:20:16

(MENAFN- Swissinfo) Around twenty former Swiss state secretaries, ambassadors and Middle East specialists have signed a letter calling on the Swiss senate not to stop payments to the UN Palestinian Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA).

This content was published on October 17, 2024 - 14:49 2 minutes Keystone-SDA

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The House of Representatives decided in September that Switzerland should stop funding the UNRWA.

In the letter, the signatories write that no non-governmental organisation, not even the Red Cross, can replace the UN Palestinian Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA).

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