HI SCR22

Urges the President of the United States to reinstate funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).

Notes that the United States typically provides $300-400 million annually to UNRWA, representing approximately one-third of the agency's total budget.

Highlights that UNRWA employs 13,000 staff members in Gaza providing salaries, food assistance (350,000 families), water distribution (20 million liters), medications, and health care services.

References the January 2024 U.S. funding suspension based on allegations that 12 of 13,000 UNRWA employees in Gaza may have engaged in extremist activities, and notes the UN Secretary-General established an independent investigation panel in response.

Directs that certified copies be transmitted to the President, Secretary of State, Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development, and Hawaii's congressional delegation.