Finland will resume funding to the UN Palestinian refugee agency, its foreign trade and development minister says.
Several countries, including the United States and Britain and Australia, paused their funding to United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) after accusations by Israel that a dozen of the agency's 13,000 staff in Gaza took part in the October 7 Hamas attack in Israel.
"UNRWA improving its risk management, meaning preventing and initiating close monitoring for misconduct, provides sufficient guarantees for us at this point to continue our support," Foreign Trade and Development Minister Ville Tavio said on Friday.
He told a media conference some of the Finnish money would be earmarked for risk management.
Countries including Canada, Australia and Sweden have also restored funding to UNRWA, while several Gulf countries such as Saudi Arabia have increased funding.
Australian Associated Press
