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U.N. says recent U.S. funding cuts have terminated dozens of projects; secretary-general urges reversal
Summary
U.N. spokesperson says multiple agencies have received termination letters after recent funding cuts by the United States, affecting programs from anti-narcotics work to humanitarian projects in DRC and Haiti; U.N. seeks clarification and alternative funding while urging the cuts be reversed.
Steph, United Nations spokesperson, told reporters that in the past 48 hours U.N. agencies received information about “severe cuts in funding by the United States,” and that the secretary-general has expressed “deep concern” about the impact on vulnerable people worldwide.
The spokesperson said some agencies have already received formal termination letters. “For example… our colleagues at UN drugs and crime program have had about 50 projects terminated,” Steph said, adding that the office in Mexico that deals with fentanyl-related flows may have to close. IOM’s programs in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have “basically shut down,” and IOM programs in Haiti are at risk, she said. The Food and Agriculture Organization received 27 termination letters, Steph…
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