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Q3 Progress Report: Implementing the Colonna Report (July 2025 - September 2025)

UNRWA

5 Nov 2025

Quarterly Implementation Progress Overview

This Quarterly Colonna Progress Report provides a summary of major milestones and developments during the third quarter of 2025 in the Agency's implementation of the 50 recommendations of the Independent Review of Mechanisms and Procedures to Ensure Adherence by UNRWA to the Humanitarian Principle of Neutrality. 1 It also provides an updated overview of progress across thematic categories and funding requirements.

Following the completion of the first year of implementation in June 2025, UNRWA has maintained steady momentum in translating the Colonna Report's recommendations into institutional reform.2 As of the end of Q3 2025, 21 out of 50 recommendations have been completed, with formal acknowledgement of completion pending by the Advisory Commission (AdCom). The newly completed recommendation since Q2 pertains to strengthened oversight functions and enhanced governance mechanisms within the Agency (Recommendation 2).

Each completed recommendation undergoes a formal review and endorsement process through both the internal Neutrality Task Force and the AdCom Sub-Working Group on Neutrality and Integrity. The sustainability of completed recommendations is ensured through continuous monitoring, integration into policy and operational systems, and follow-up reviews. Progress remains a standing item for regular reporting to Member States through the Working Group, the full AdCom, and the biannual Integrity Briefings.

During Q3 2025, the Agency advanced important structural and procedural milestones. The Advisory Commission formally convened the Working Group on Neutrality and Integrity under Recommendation 2, marking a key step toward embedding neutrality oversight within an intergovernmental framework. The Working Group now serves as the main platform for structured dialogue, policy exchange, and oversight of implementation progress. Progress reporting will continue on a quarterly basis through meetings of the Working Group, covering both newly closed and ongoing recommendations.

Implementation of the remaining 29 recommendations continues on schedule, with targeted sequencing across all eight thematic categories: Engagement with Donors; Governance; Management and Internal Oversight; Neutrality of Staff; Neutrality of Installations; Education; Unions; and Cooperation with other UN Agencies. Based on current projections, an additional 10 recommendations are expected to reach completion by the end of 2025, with a total of 43 recommendations anticipated to be completed by the end of 2026. Adjustments to completion timelines will be communicated in subsequent reporting, reflecting operational developments, interdependencies, and resource availability.