Scotland has already paid out £750,000 to the company final 12 months to help its efforts within the area.
On Sunday, stories emerged that Scotland had halted funding, mirroring the choice taken by the UK Authorities.
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Mr Yousaf mentioned on X – previously Twitter – that the money was the restrict Scotland might present given its present monetary state of affairs.
“To be clear, @scotgov has not paused or withdrawn assist to @UNRWA,” Mr Yousaf wrote.
“We have now beforehand supplied as a lot as we are able to inside our monetary constraints.
“We are going to at all times search to do extra the place we are able to & urge others to proceed to supply assist to the folks of Gaza.”
To be clear, @scotgov has not paused or withdrawn assist to @UNRWA
We have now beforehand supplied as a lot as we are able to inside our monetary constraints.
We are going to at all times search to do extra the place we are able to & urge others to proceed to supply assist to the folks of Gazahttps://t.co/VTu8RQUdiv
— Humza Yousaf (@HumzaYousaf) January 28, 2024
An announcement supplied to the media on the weekend from the Scottish Authorities mentioned it had requested updates on the UNRWA investigation and there have been “no plans” for additional funding.
In a press release on Saturday, the pinnacle of UNRWA Philippe Lazzarini mentioned: “It’s surprising to see a suspension of funds to the company in response to allegations in opposition to a small group of employees, particularly given the speedy motion that UNRWA took by terminating their contracts and asking for a clear unbiased investigation.
“The United Nations Workplace of Inner Oversight Providers (OIOS), the best investigative authority within the UN system, has already been seized of this very severe matter.”
Final week, UNWRA sacked plenty of its employees in Gaza suspected of participating within the October 7 assault by Hamas and different militants on southern Israel..
The announcement prompted america – the company’s largest donor – to briefly halt its funding.
The company has been the principle supply of assist for Gaza’s inhabitants amid the humanitarian catastrophe brought on by Israel’s offensive in opposition to Hamas, which was triggered by the October 7 assault.
UNRWA officers didn’t touch upon the influence that the US halt in funding would have on its operations.
UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini mentioned it terminated contracts with “a number of” staff and ordered an investigation after Israel supplied data alleging they performed a task within the assault.
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The US State Division mentioned there have been allegations in opposition to 12 staff.
In a press release, Mr Lazzarini known as the allegations “surprising” and mentioned any worker “concerned in acts of terror shall be held accountable, together with by legal prosecution”.
He didn’t elaborate on what the staffers’ alleged position was within the assaults.
Within the unprecedented shock assault, Hamas fighters broke by the safety fence surrounding Gaza and stormed close by Israeli communities, killing about 1,200 folks, principally civilians, and kidnapping some 250. Different militants joined the rampage.
Greater than 1.7 million of Gaza’s 2.3 million folks have been pushed from their properties by the warfare – with a whole lot of 1000’s of them crowded into faculties and different shelters run by UNRWA.
The US State Division mentioned it was “extraordinarily troubled” by the allegations in opposition to the UNRWA staffers and has briefly paused extra funding for the company.
The US is the most important donor to the company, offering it with 340 million US {dollars} (£267 million) in 2022 and several other hundred million in 2023.
Stephane Dujarric, spokesman of UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres, mentioned a “pressing and complete” unbiased evaluate of the company can be performed.
Israeli officers and their allies – together with within the US Congress – have incessantly alleged that UNRWA permits anti-Israeli incitement to be taught in its a whole lot of colleges and that a few of its employees collaborate with Hamas.
