The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) said Wednesday that it had yet to receive official notice from the US about prospective cuts to funding following threats to do so by the Trump administration.
“We have had no information from the US administration about any changes to US contributions to UNRWA” UNRWA Spokesman Sami Mushasha said in a statement.
President Donald Trump said in tweets on Tuesday that the United States may withhold future aid payments to Palestinians accusing them of being “no longer willing to talk peace” with Israel.
Mushasha said that the biggest ten donor states provide UNRWA with over 80% of its income. He expressed gratitude to the donor countries and affirmed that UNRWA will work with all partners to cover all its financial needs in 2018.
The statement listed the names of the biggest 10 donor countries who grant the UN organization with a total of 874177965 million American dollars. The United States came in the first place (364 million dollars) followed by the European Union (143 million dollars) followed by Germany (76 million dollars).
