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handle is hein.crs/goveofm0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Congressional ____ ~ Research Service The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA): Overview and the U.S. Funding Pause February 2, 2024 On January 26, 2024, the Biden Administration announced that it temporarily paused unobligated U.S. funding (later confirmed by the State Department to be $300,000) to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) citing allegations that 12 UNRWA employees were involved in the October 7, 2023, attacks led by Harnas (a U.S.-designated foreign terrorist organization) against Israel. The Administration stated that it was extremely troubled by the allegations and was reviewing the steps the United Nations is taking to address them. Some UNRWA donor countries have suspended funding, while others have stated they will continue their funding. In response to the allegations, UNRWA issued a public statement, stating that it would immediately terminate the contracts of these staff members and launch an investigation. U.N. Secretary-General Ant6nio Guterres declared that he was horrified by the allegations and activated an immediate U.N. Office of Internal Oversight Services investigation. He appealed to governments to guarantee the continuity of UNRWA's operations because it is providing critical aid to 2 million civilians in Gaza amid a major crisis. Some U.N. and other international aid agencies and nongovernmental organizations have also called on donor governments to restore their support. UNRWA: An Overview The U.N. General Assembly established UNRWA in 1949 with a temporary mandate to provide humanitarian assistance and protection to registered Palestinian refugees (5.9 million as of 2023) living in the West Bank, Gaza Strip, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria. UNRWA provides food and other essential supplies, health care, education, and other services directly to its beneficiaries, in coordination with public services provided by the host authorities. Some 1.4 to 1.7 million of Gaza's roughly 2.1 million residents are registered Palestinian refugees, and many have relied on humanitarian assistance for decades. With no political resolution on the refugees' status, the General Assembly has regularly extended UNRWA's Congressional Research Service https://crsreports.congress.gov IN12316 CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress

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