UNRWA, Sweden

Sweden ends funding for UN Palestinian aid agency UNRWA
Sweden will no longer fund the U.N. refugee agency for Palestinians (UNRWA) and will instead provide increased overall humanitarian assistance to Gaza via other channels, the Nordic country said on Friday.
Sweden ends funding for UNRWA, pledges to seek other aid channels
The Palestinian embassy in Stockholm said in a statement: "We reject the idea of finding alternatives to UNRWA, which has a special mandate to provide services to Palestinian refugees."
UNRWA chief slams Sweden’s ‘disappointing’ decision to end funding
The government’s core support to UNRWA ends,” the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement on Friday. UNRWA provides assistance to nearly six million Palestinian refugees across Gaza, the occupied West Bank,
Sweden cuts UNRWA funds, directs aid to Gaza via alternative channels
Sweden will no longer fund UNRWA, the UN refugee agency for Palestinians, and plans instead to provide humanitarian assistance to Gaza via other channels, the Nordic country's aid minister, Benjamin Dousa, told Swedish TV4 on Friday. The Swedish move comes amid criticism alleging the UN organization has collaborated with Hamas.
Sweden to Halt Funding to UNRWA in 2025
The government of Sweden has announced it will stop funding the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in 2025 and will instead increase its humanitarian aid to Gaza via other organizations. The Swedish government said it had allocated 800 million kronor ($72 million) in funding for Gaza, while aid to UNRWA would cease.
Sweden to cease funding to UNRWA
Sweden says it will cease funding the UN “Palestinian refugee” agency, cites difficulties from Israeli decision to bar the agency.
Sweden doubles aid to Gaza, but ends UNRWA funding
Funding earmarked for Gaza will total 800 million kronor (US$72 million) in 2025, but aid to UNRWA, which totaled 451 million kronor in 2024, will be stopped, said the government.
Sweden ends UNWRA funding, boosts Gaza aid through alternative channels
Sweden announced it would cease funding the UN Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA) after Israel decided to ban its operations from January, citing alleged links to the October 7, 2023 attacks. Instead,
Middle East: Sweden stops funding UNRWA – Will send aid to Gaza through other channels
Israel, which will ban UNRWA's operations in the country from the end of January, and Sweden believe that this will make it more difficult to provide aid to the Palestinians
Sweden's funding cut to UNRWA deepens Gaza's suffering, says UNRWA
Sweden had been a long-term and reliable partner to UNRWA, providing both political and financial support for decades
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