"The United States on Monday pledged $2bn in assistance to tens of millions of people facing hunger and disease in more than a dozen countries next year, part of what it said was a new mechanism for the delivery of life-saving assistance following major foreign aid cuts by the Trump administration. The US slashed its aid spending this year, and leading western donors such as Germany also pared back assistance as they pivoted to increased defense spending, triggering a severe funding crunch for the UN."
"The billions of dollars in assistance pledged by Washington on Monday will be overseen by the UN office for the coordination of humanitarian affairs, the state department said, under what it described as new model of assistance agreed with the UN that aims to make aid funding and delivery more efficient and increase accountability for the spending of funds. UN data shows total US humanitarian contributions to the UN fell to about $3.38bn in 2025, equating to about 14.8% of the global sum."
"But some areas that are priorities for the UN, including Yemen, Afghanistan and Gaza, will not be receiving US funding under the new mechanism, UN aid chief Tom Fletcher said, adding that the UN will seek support from other donors to find funding for those. Jeremy Lewin, state department under secretary of state for foreign assistance, humanitarian affairs and religious freedom, said further countries would be added as more money is contributed to the mechanism."
The United States pledged $2 billion in assistance to people facing hunger and disease in more than a dozen countries next year through a new UN-coordinated delivery mechanism. Funding will be overseen by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and aims to improve efficiency and accountability in aid funding and delivery. US and other Western aid cuts created a severe UN funding crunch. UN data shows US humanitarian contributions fell to about $3.38 billion in 2025, down from $14.1 billion the prior year and $17.2 billion in 2022. Seventeen memorandums of understanding will be signed with priority countries. Yemen, Afghanistan and Gaza will not receive US funding under the mechanism; the UN will seek support from other donors. Additional countries may be added as more contributions arrive.
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