UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Several U.N. agencies that provide aid to children, refugees and other vulnerable people around the world are slashing jobs or cutting costs in other ways, with officials pointing to funding reductions mainly from the United States and warning that vital relief programs will be severely affected as a result. “The UN80 Initiative aims to strengthen our programmes and operations, charting a path towards a sustainable United Nations for the future,” U.N. Undersecretary-General for Policy Guy Ryder said in the memo obtained by The AP. Asked about the planned cuts, the organization said in a statement that “in this challenging donor environment, WFP will prioritize its limited resources on vital programs that bring urgently needed food assistance to the 343 million people struggling with hunger and increasingly facing starvation.”
Author: Samy Magdy, Associated Press, Farnoush Amiri, Associated Press
Published at: 2025-04-29 22:14:06
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