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Aid head says ‘not tenable’ to cease funding to the UNRWA in Palestine
The CEO of the Australian Council For International Development, Marc Purcell, was just speaking to ABC News Breakfast about the open letter (see previous post).
Australia has a very important role to play as a signatory to the ICJ, a signatory to the genocide convention, to ensure the protection of Palestinian civilians and ensure that the investigations that are occurring with UNRWA … don’t inhibit funding and delivery of services that are going to basically save lives in coming days and weeks and months.
UNRWA has done the right thing in standing down the staff, sacking them. They have got an independent investigation occurring. 150 UN UNRWA staff have been killed, their families and children as well, over the past several months of this conflict. The UN is in the middle, sandwiched in the conflict, trying to do its best to save lives. Donor governments like Australia need to bear this in mind that, if funding ceases, there is nowhere else to turn to. People will simply collapse and die.
It is imperative the Australian government considers the allegations against a small number of the agency’s 13,000 employees in the context of the catastrophic consequences of withholding life saving aid to Palestinian civilians, including children.
Continue reading…Albanese government urges UN body not to place system on the at-risk list. Follow the day’s news liveGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAid head says ‘not tenable’ to cease funding to the UNRWA in PalestineThe CEO of the Australian Council For International Development, Marc Purcell, was just speaking to ABC News Breakfast about the open letter (see previous post).Australia has a very important role to play as a signatory to the ICJ, a signatory to the genocide convention, to ensure the protection of Palestinian civilians and ensure that the investigations that are occurring with UNRWA … don’t inhibit funding and delivery of services that are going to basically save lives in coming days and weeks and months.UNRWA has done the right thing in standing down the staff, sacking them. They have got an independent investigation occurring. 150 UN UNRWA staff have been killed, their families and children as well, over the past several months of this conflict. The UN is in the middle, sandwiched in the conflict, trying to do its best to save lives. Donor governments like Australia need to bear this in mind that, if funding ceases, there is nowhere else to turn to. People will simply collapse and die.It is imperative the Australian government considers the allegations against a small number of the agency’s 13,000 employees in the context of the catastrophic consequences of withholding life saving aid to Palestinian civilians, including children. Continue reading…