UNRWA funding remains hot topic in Swiss parliament

A Swiss parliamentary committee has postponed a decision on whether Switzerland should stop funding the United Nations Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The Senate Foreign Affairs Committee decided by 10 votes to 3 to wait until after next week's UN meetings on the subject, which are chaired by Switzerland, to decide on related parliamentary questions, it was reported on Friday. Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis had submitted a corresponding request. + Former top diplomats call on Switzerland to keep UNRWA funding According to the committee, the reason for the suspension on the decision regarding Swiss payments to UNRWA is that international talks in the coming weeks could bring new political and legal aspects to light. + Read more about the allegations against UNRWA in Gaza On November 21, the committee will decide on this question on the basis of the additional information, it said. In September, parliamentarians in the ...