United Nations, United States, March 12, 2025 (AFP) - 'Many will die' due to US aid cuts, UN warns

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2025-03-12

Cuts to US foreign aid under President Donald Trump have caused a "seismic shock" to global humanitarian work, a UN agency head said Wednesday, warning that "many will die" as a result. Tom Fletcher, head of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), estimated that 300 million or more people are in need of humanitarian support worldwide, and that "the pace and the scale of the funding cuts that we've faced are, of course,......

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