US EditionUN Seeks $23 Billion Following 2025 Funding Shortfall
The UN seeks $23 billion to aid 87 million people amid 2025 funding dropping to $12 billion, the lowest in a decade, forcing life-and-death prioritization.
- The UN launched its 2026 appeal seeking $23 billion to support 87 million people, aiming for $33 billion to reach 135 million, on Monday, according to OCHA.
- After 2025 funding plunged to $23 billion, OCHA said the aid cuts by the United States and other Western donors, including Germany, forced the UN to pare requests.
- Tom Fletcher warned `This is a time of brutality, impunity and indifference` as more than 320 aid workers were killed and humanitarian partners reached 25 million fewer people this year, slashing programmes to protect women and girls.
- If funding falls short, OCHA warns the $23 billion appeal will shut out tens of millions, and the UN will seek Member States' backing over the next 87 days.
- Fletcher framed the appeal as asking just over 1% of global defense spending and earmarked $4.1 billion for the occupied Palestinian territory, $2.9 billion for Sudan, and $2.8 billion for Syria.
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UN Warns Of ‘Life And Death’ Choices After Historic Aid Shortfall
The United Nations sharply reduced its 2026 humanitarian aid appeal after global funding collapsed to its lowest level in a decade. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is now seeking $23 billion, less than half of last year’s $47 billion request, which brought in only $12 billion. UN Humanitarian Chief Tom Fletcher said the cut reflects “excruciating life and death choices” as aid budgets shrink worldwide, driven in…
"It's an era of brutality, impunity and indifference," the head of humanitarian operations at the UN took away.
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Tom Fletcher, Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations for Humanitarian Affairs, launched the UN Humanitarian Appeal 2026 on Monday, 8 December, in particular by denouncing the "apathy" and "indifference" of our times in the face of the decline in aid.
Since US President Trump's launch of foreign aid, the United Nations has been struggling with a drastic decline in humanitarian aid. The UN is complaining about the lack of willingness to help the international community - and must adapt its strategy.
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