"United Nations chief Antonio Guterres has lashed out at world leaders he accused of turning their backs on international cooperation amid self-defeating geopolitical divides and brazen violations of international law. Addressing the UN General Assembly on Thursday, the UN secretary-general slammed wholesale cuts in development and humanitarian aid, warning that they were shaking the foundations of global cooperation and testing the resilience of multilateralism itself."
"While other countries have also cut funding, the US announced at the end of last year that it would be allocating only $2bn to United Nations humanitarian assistance, representing a small fraction of the leading funder's previous contributions of up to $17bn. Trump's administration has effectively dismantled its primary platform for foreign aid, the US Agency for International Development (USAID), calling on UN agencies to adapt, shrink or die."
World leaders are turning their backs on international cooperation amid self-defeating geopolitical divides and brazen violations of international law. Wholesale cuts in development and humanitarian aid are shaking the foundations of global cooperation and testing the resilience of multilateralism. The United States reduced its allocation to UN humanitarian assistance to $2bn from prior contributions of up to $17bn and has effectively dismantled USAID, prompting calls for UN agencies to adapt, shrink, or die. Humanitarian aid must be allowed to flow unimpeded into Gaza, efforts must continue to stop the Russia-Ukraine war, and talks should resume to secure a lasting ceasefire in Sudan.
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