The has allocated $110 million (€101.9 million) from its emergency fund to support international development projects, focusing on neglected crises across Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
A third of the funds will go to Sudan, where have caused mass displacement and a worsening hunger crisis.
The money comes from the UN’s Central Emergency Response Fund, aimed at filling funding gaps left by foreign aid cuts made mainly by the United States.
Rising foreign aid cuts
Last month, the administration grants worth $60 billion, slashing about 90% of the US Agency for International Development’s (USAID) global projects.
The cuts have already led to severe consequences. The International Rescue Committee’s program in South Sudan, which provided health care and nutrition services to over 115,000 people, was forced to shut down.
The also announced reductions, while facing growing pressure to boost defense spending.
“For countries battered by conflict, climate change, and economic turmoil, brutal funding cuts don’t mean that humanitarian needs disappear,” said Tom Fletcher, UN Under-Secretary for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator.
The UN is seeking $45 billion in 2025 to assist 185 million people facing conflict and starvation. So far, of the required funding has been received.
Edited by: Sean Sinico
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