US EditionUN cuts global aid plan as funding plummets
- On June 16, 2025, the United Nations revealed a major reduction in its worldwide humanitarian aid programs, attributing the move to unprecedented cuts in funding that have forced a significant scaling back of its relief efforts.
- These cuts follow a sharp decline in donations, including US reductions under President Trump, and the UN originally sought $44 billion but now appeals for $29 billion.
- OCHA will prioritize aid to 114 million people with life-threatening needs by focusing on the most urgent crises in countries such as Sudan, Gaza, and the DRC amid drying donor funds.
- Tom Fletcher, UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, explained that due to severe funding cuts, difficult decisions about who can be helped must be made, and he urged that just 1% of last year’s military expenditures be redirected to alleviate human suffering.
- These funding shortages risk millions of deaths and fragmented aid, indicating a global crisis in humanitarian response requiring urgent global responsibility and solidarity.
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PM warned that attempts to prevent conflict will be harmed by cuts to overseas aid budget
A letter to Sir Keir Starmer describes aid budget cuts as a "false economy" as conflicts, left to escalate, would lead to "further insecurity, forced displacement and humanitarian crises".
UN slashes global aid plan over ’deepest funding cuts ever’
The United Nations said on Monday that it was drastically scaling back its global humanitarian aid plans due to the "deepest funding cuts ever" - leaving tens of millions of people facing dire straits. The UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said it was seeking $29 billion in funding for 2025 compared to the $44 billion originally requested in December, in a "hyper-prioritised" appeal. UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, sa…
The United Nations (UN) announced on Monday that it is drastically reducing the scale of humanitarian aid due to a lack of funds.
The UN Emergency Agency must cancel planned humanitarian aid for millions of people.
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