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Minister Anand highlights assistance to respond to urgent needs stemming from crisis in Gaza and West Bank

Global Affairs Canada

News release

July 29, 2025 - Ottawa, Ontario - Global Affairs Canada

The Honourable Anita Anand, Minister of Foreign Affairs, concluded her participation in the "United Nations High-Level International Conference for the Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine and the Implementation of the Two-State Solution." The conference is being co-chaired by France and Saudi Arabia from July 28 to 30, 2025.

At the conference, Minister Anand announced that Canada will provide new funding of $30 million to help address the humanitarian needs of Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank. She also announced an additional $10 million to support the Palestinian Authority's role in stabilizing and governing the West Bank.

Minister Anand thanked France and Saudi Arabia for hosting the conference and for reinvigorating international efforts toward a two-state solution. She highlighted Canada's long-standing support for the two-state solution, including the creation of an independent, democratic, viable and sovereign Palestinian state that excludes Hamas from governance. The Minister underscored the need for an immediate ceasefire and the unconditional release of all hostages and the need for the Israeli government to allow the sustained and large-scale delivery of humanitarian aid—and to make this humanitarian access permanent.

The Minister further emphasized that Canada is ready to support early recovery efforts, when conditions allow, through $20 million in funding to the World Health Organization, UNICEF and the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) to help resume basic health services, as previously announced in March 2025.

While in New York City, the Minister also held bilateral meetings with her counterparts and international partners, including those from Norway, France, Brazil, Chile, Egypt and the Palestinian Authority.

Quick facts

• The $30 million in humanitarian assistance will be focused on

  • Support to logistical operations along the Jordanian Corridor;
  • Support to experienced UN and Red Cross partners to scale up the delivery of assistance into Gaza; and
  • Input Canadian-funded humanitarian supplies into the pipelines into Gaza, including support to the Government of Jordan's efforts.

• With the additional resources announced today, Canada has committed more than $355 million in international assistance to respond to the humanitarian and resilience needs of Palestinian civilians since October 7, 2023. This includes an announcement of more than $99 million by Canada in March 2025 to support the UN, World Bank, Red Cross and NGO partners in delivering international assistance to Gaza and the West Bank, as well as $50 million announced in November 2024 to address the acute needs of Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank.

• Canada's humanitarian assistance funding is largely flexible and unearmarked. It covers a range of sectors, with an emphasis on helping deliver emergency health care, food, shelter and clean water to vulnerable populations. Canada is also supporting protection work, including emergency rehabilitation for people disabled by the conflict, psychosocial support and gender-based violence prevention.