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UNGA president warns cuts to humanitarian budgets are 'a disaster' and urges platform regulation to curb gendered abuse
Summary
Annalena Baerbock told Awake at Night that recent cuts to UN humanitarian budgets are translating into lost services—'we are literally speaking about lives'—and urged both tech platforms and governments to act on digital abuse that disproportionately targets women and children.
Annalena Baerbock, president of the UN General Assembly, described sharp humanitarian budget cuts to UN agencies as ‘‘a disaster,’’ saying the reductions translate into fewer services on the ground and immediate harms for vulnerable people. "If we are cutting on the humanitarian field, then we are literally speaking about lives," she said.
Baerbock cited specific operational impacts: she said the World Food Programme and UNICEF "are not delivering baby food packages anymore as they did," and warned cuts to peacebuilding diminish…
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