Wong signals Labor wants to resume UN agency funding to ensure ‘fewer children are starving’ in Gaza
by Daniel Hurst Foreign affairs and defence correspon from World news | The Guardian on (#6J9S3)
Australian foreign minister says UNRWA is only organisation that can provide substantive support to occupied Palestinian territories
The foreign minister, Penny Wong, has signalled that resuming Australia's funding to a key UN agency delivering aid to Gaza is the only realistic route if we are serious about trying to ensure that fewer children are starving".
Wong has directed Australia's humanitarian coordinator, Beth Delaney, to lead urgent work coordinating with like-minded partners as well as UNRWA" to work out the next steps, after more than 10 countries suspended funding to the agency.
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