UN humanitarian agency will lay off hundreds of staff due to funding crisis

UN's humanitarian body to lay off hundreds of employees due to low funds

The UN's humanitarian agency will suspend or cut back operations in countries like Cameroon, Colombia, Eritrea, Iraq, Libya, Nigeria, Pakistan, Turkey, and Zimbabwe to "prioritise dynamic and full responses” in the remaining countries

The city of Tallinn began layoffs last year, which will be completed in June and will result in the loss of over 200 jobs. According to Mayor Jevgeni Ossinovski, most of the cuts have been made through internal reforms, but the layoffs also include employees whose functions were questionable.

OCHA to cut staff in Pakistan, other countries

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs will cut 20% of its staff as it faces a shortfall of $58 million, UN aid chief Tom Fletcher has told staff after OCHA's largest donor — the United States — cut funding. "OCHA currently has a workforce of around 2,600 staff in over 60 countries. The funding shortfall means we are looking to regroup to an organization of around 2,100 staff in fewer locations," Fletcher wrote in…

U.N. humanitarian agency to cut staff by 20% due to ’brutal cuts’ in funding

U.N. humanitarian chief addresses funding crisis, announces staff cuts and reorganisation to address $60 million shortfall.

UN humanitarian agency to cut staff by 20% due to ‘brutal cuts’ in funding

The U.N. humanitarian agency said it is cutting its 2,600 staff who operate in more than 60 countries by 20% because of “brutal cuts” in funding that have left it with a nearly $60 million shortfall.U.N. humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher said in a letter obtained Friday by The Associated Press that “the humanitarian community was already underfunded, overstretched and literally, under attack” before the recent funding cuts.In the letter to staff a…

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has announced 20 percent staff cuts and a reduction in operations in up to nine countries due to a lack of funding, partly due to…