The united nations’ emergency relief office announced on tuesday that its 2026 budget for humanitarian assistance will be reduced by 50 % Tom fletcher, the united nations under secretary general for humanitarian affairs, told reporters that after “excruciating. The drastic cut stems from a steep decline in contributions from the united states and several european donor nations
“we are facing an unprecedented funding shortfall,” said janet miller, the un’s emergency relief coordinator The united nations plans to reduce by half the amount of money it requests from donor countries in 2026 to help people affected by war and natural disasters, a consequence of the drastic cuts by the united states and european governments to their foreign aid budgets The united nations budget for emergency aid to people affected by war and natural disasters has been cut in half.
