US EditionUN conference seeks foreign aid rally as Trump cuts bite
- Spain will host a UN conference next week to seek support for development aid due to cuts by US President Donald Trump and other global issues.
- Trump's cuts to USAID have severely impacted humanitarian efforts, creating significant funding gaps.
- UN Secretary-General António Guterres has stated that the annual funding gap for aid is estimated at $4 trillion.
- Concerns have been raised that rich countries have previously failed to fulfill their commitments, causing a loss of trust.
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Arab NewsUN bids to salvage global development summit after US boycott
By David Latona and Marc Jones
UN Conference Seeks Foreign Aid Rally as Trump Cuts Bite
Spain will host a UN conference next week seeking fresh backing for development aid as swingeing cuts led by US President Donald Trump and global turmoil hinder progress on fighting poverty, hunger and climate change. French President Emmanuel Macron, South Africa's Cyril Ramaphosa and Daniel Noboa of Ecuador will headline the around 70 heads of state and government in the southern city of Seville from June 30 to July 3.
For the first time since 2017, global Official Development Assistance (ODA) fell by 7.1% in 2024. If the announcement of cuts by several countries came true, with the exception of Spain, this aid could fall by 9 to 17% at the end of this 2025. The consequences, in a global context of serious and complex crises, would be dramatic for millions of people around the world: climate emergency, inequality, hunger, wars, human rights violations... with …
For decades, helping less fortunate countries develop has been considered beneficial to the international community as a whole, as well as a duty of the wealthiest countries. But recently, this aid has been cut by some of the richest countries, even to the point of […]
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