Hadja Lahbib has said that Belgium was “correct in continuing our support for UNRWA” after a new UN report “positively assesse[d] the organisation’s neutrality.”

“The report states clearly: UNRWA is ‘irreplaceable and indispensable’ for the Palestinians,” the Belgian foreign minister said in a post on X.

Lahbib also called on other countries that have “suspended their contributions to resume them”.

Austria, Italy, the Netherlands, the UK and the US have yet to restore funding to UNRWA, while Germany has not restored funding for UNRWA’s work in Gaza specifically.