{"id":298950,"date":"2025-04-30T14:02:32","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T06:02:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=298950"},"modified":"2025-04-30T14:02:33","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T06:02:33","slug":"un-cuts-ukraine-humanitarian-aid-due-to-funding-shortages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=298950","title":{"rendered":"UN cuts Ukraine humanitarian aid due to funding shortages"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.bssnews.net\/assets\/news_photos\/2025\/04\/30\/image-268315-1745991290.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>UNITED NATIONS, April 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; Faced with a drastic drop in funding, the United Nations will scale back its humanitarian aid efforts in Ukraine, an official from the global body&#8217;s humanitarian affairs office said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In January, the UN appealed for $2.63 billion in funding to assist six million people who need aid in Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But due to a &#8220;sharp contraction&#8221; in humanitarian funding, &#8220;the UN and its partners&#8230; have further reprioritized&#8221; its operations in Ukraine to reach 4.8 million people with $1.75 billion, Joyce Msuya of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) told the UN Security Council.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The objective is to reach those most at risk and most in need, centering on four core response priorities: people near the front line, evacuations, emergency response after strikes, and aid to the most vulnerable among the internally displaced people,&#8221; she explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Without increased support, even the necessary life-saving efforts could be jeopardized,&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Overall, 12.7 million people are estimated to be in need of aid in Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The statement comes as UN agencies have been announcing reductions in their operations and staffing levels around the world following major drops in donor contributions, particularly from the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The administration of President Donald Trump has reduced funding of its humanitarian agency USAID by 83 percent. Until now, USAID alone ran an annual budget of $42.8 billion, or 42 percent of all humanitarian aid disbursed worldwide. &#8212; NNN-AGENCIES<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UNITED NATIONS, April 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; Faced with a drastic drop in funding, the United Nations will scale back its humanitarian aid efforts in Ukraine, an official from the global body&#8217;s humanitarian affairs office said. In January, the UN appealed for $2.63 billion in funding to assist six million people who need aid in Ukraine. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":298952,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[208,209],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298950"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=298950"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298950\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":298953,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298950\/revisions\/298953"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/298952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=298950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=298950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=298950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}