US EditionUN cuts global aid plan as funding plummets
- On June 16, 2025, the United Nations disclosed major reductions to its worldwide humanitarian aid initiatives from New York, attributing the decision to unprecedented cuts in funding.
- These cuts followed steep declines in funding by key donors, especially the Trump administration’s sharp reductions to U.S. foreign aid starting February 2025.
- The UN's humanitarian coordination body has revised its funding request down to $29 billion from $44 billion in December, focusing resources on assisting more than 100 million individuals experiencing severe humanitarian crises.
- OCHA chief Tom Fletcher emphasized that severe reductions in funding have forced difficult decisions, compelling the agency to prioritize aid exclusively for the most critical emergencies.
- The cuts risk leaving too many without support and endanger millions of lives, prompting a call for one percent of last year’s global war spending to alleviate human suffering.
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UNHCR will cut staff, streamline and focus on areas of greatest importance to refugees.
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Ekstra BladetThe UN refugee agency, UNHCR, is laying off around 3,500 staff due to a lack of funding. In addition, hundreds of temporary employees will not have their contracts extended. They...
The UN Refugee Agency wants to delete some 3,500 posts.
Restructuring has already involved the closure or reduction of UNHCR offices worldwide and the elimination of almost 50% of the executive duties at the Agency's headquarters in Geneva.
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