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U.S. pledges $2 billion to U.N. aid, reshaping humanitarian model

Investment brings reform and pooled funding even as deep aid cuts leave U.N. agencies struggling to meet record needs.

Senior U.S. and U.N. officials sign a $2 billion U.N. humanitarian aid agreement even as President Donald Trump's administration slashes U.S. foreign assistance.
Senior U.S. and U.N. officials sign a $2 billion U.N. humanitarian aid agreement even as President Donald Trump's administration slashes U.S. foreign assistance. (AN/U.N. Web TV)

The United States committed $2 billion to United Nations–managed humanitarian aid in what U.N. officials described as a landmark investment in life-saving humanitarian assistance.

The pledge announced at the U.S. Mission to the U.N. in Geneva on Monday, however, covers only a small share of the funding gap created by sharp U.S. and Western aid cuts that have already forced humanitarian agencies to scale back assistance for millions of people worldwide.

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