BRUSSELS - European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell warned on Sunday that moves to suspend the funding of UN Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA were extremely ill-advised.
"Defunding UNRWA would be both disproportionate and dangerous," Borrell said of the agency which has lost funding from several governments including the US, over the alleged involvement of six employees in the October 7 attack by Hamas on Israel.
"While some important donors suspended funding, there is a wide recognition that UNRWA is central to providing vital aid to more than 1.1 million people in Gaza suffering from catastrophic hunger and the outbreak of diseases."
"Defunding the agency would put hundreds of thousands of lives at risk," said Borrell.
He added in a blog article that "the agency has taken immediate steps and launched an investigation," calling the allegations serious and which should not go unpunished if true.
