The move is linked to the Trump administration’s "America First" policy and a U.S. cap on peacekeeping payments.
The United Nations must make a 25% reduction in its global peacekeeping personnel, requiring 13,000 to 14,000 military and police personnel to be repatriated, amid a financial crisis driven by U.S. budget cuts.
Despite the U.N. General Assembly officially approving a $5.38 billion budget for the 2025-2026 fiscal year, a $210 million decrease from the previous cycle, the operational budget will be cut by a planned 15%, according to U.N. officials who briefed journalists on Wednesday.
The staggering reconstruction cost is compounded by an inability to deliver immediate, life-saving supplies.
The main outcome was the adoption of a declaration to uphold humanitarian norms and support humanitarian action.
WFP warned that global funding cuts could push 13.7 million food aid recipients from crisis to emergency levels of hunger.
ICRC teams received hostages in Gaza and transferred Palestinians from Israeli detention to Gaza and the West Bank.
Developing nations get 12 to 14 times less than what's needed to adapt infrastructure and prepare for climate impacts.
Ahead of the U.N. climate summit, the hugely influential philanthropist argues against taking a "doomsday outlook."
IFRC confirmed the killing of five Sudanese Red Crescent volunteers at a food mission and three others still missing.
A new analysis indicates nations must cut carbon emissions by a massive 43% globally by 2030 compared to 2019 levels.
