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Hamas: UNRWA

Lords · Question HL1200 · Tabled 7 Oct 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 21 Oct 2024

Question

Asked by Baroness Deech

To ask His Majesty's Government in the light of the Independent Review of Mechanisms and Procedures to Ensure Adherence by UNRWA to the Humanitarian Principle of Neutrality, published for the Secretary-General on 20 April, what assessment they have made o

Answer

Answered by Lord Collins of Highbury, 21 Oct 2024

We take these reports seriously and are following up with United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) to establish the facts. We expect UNRWA to meet the highest standards of neutrality as laid out in Catherine C...