New Zealand has announced that it will make its annual payment of $1 million to UNRWA “in the coming days”, Al Jazeera reports.

“This follows careful consideration of the UN’s response — including through external & internal investigations — to serious allegations against certain UNRWA staff being involved in the October 7 terrorist attacks on Israel,” Winston Peters, New Zealand’s foreign minister, said on X.

“It also reflects assurances received from the UN secretary general about remedial work underway to enhance UNRWA’s neutrality.”

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