{"id":2526057,"date":"2025-12-29T10:14:01","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T15:14:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-pledges-2-billion-towards-un-humanitarian-aid\/"},"modified":"2025-12-29T10:19:40","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T15:19:40","slug":"us-pledges-2-billion-towards-un-humanitarian-aid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-pledges-2-billion-towards-un-humanitarian-aid\/","title":{"rendered":"US pledges $2 billion towards\u00a0UN\u00a0humanitarian aid"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fus-pledges-2-billion-towards-un-humanitarian-aid%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2526057&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The United States pledged $2 billion too United Nations humanitarian aid under a deal with the U.N. office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), creating an umbrella fund to be allocated by OCHA and its British head, Tom Fletcher.The payment comes after the administration earlier paused foreign funding, closed USAID, and encouraged U.N. agencies to &#8220;adapt, shrink or die&#8221; as part of an efficiency-driven approach that seeks more consolidated leadership and oversight of aid delivery. Officials including U.S. Ambassador Michael Waltz said the move aims to deliver more focused, results-driven assistance with fewer taxpayer dollars. the contribution is far below past U.S. aid peaks (as much as $17 billion in some years) but keeps the country among the world&#8217;s largest humanitarian donors. Initial funding will target 17 countries such as Ukraine, Syria, and Haiti; Afghanistan and Gaza are excluded, with officials saying Gaza will be covered by a separate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-urge-biden-to-keep-embassy-in-jerusalem\/\" title=\"House Republicans Urge Biden to Keep Embassy in Jerusalem\">peace plan<\/a>. Critics and aid groups warn that earlier cuts have already caused clinic closures and deaths, and the administration&#8217;s withholding of funds has faced legal and public backlash.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">US pledges $2 billion towards&nbsp;UN&nbsp;humanitarian aid<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2456039\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/united-states\/\">United States<\/a> pledged $2 billion Monday toward <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/united-nations\/\">United Nations<\/a> humanitarian aid.<\/p>\n<p>The move comes as the administration remains averse to foreign aid and has warned U.N. agencies to &ldquo;adapt, shrink or die&rdquo; in the wake of lost funding.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4363425\/iranian-media-rejects-claim-missile-testing-trump-netanyahu-meeting\/\">Iranian media walks back claim about missile testing ahead of Trump-Netanyahu meeting<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4356876\/netanyahu-mar-a-lago-meeting-trump-gaza-peace-deal-progress\/\">Netanyahu goes to Mar-a-Lago as Trump ups pressure for Gaza peace deal progress<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4363286\/trump-peace-deal-ukraine-very-close\/\">Trump lauds peace talks with Zelensky at Mar-a-Lago, deal is &#8216;very close&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>President Donald Trump&rsquo;s administration instituted a 90-day pause on foreign <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tuesday-october-26th-2021\/\" title=\"Tuesday | October 26th, 2021\">funding earlier<\/a> this year, eventually shuttering the U.S. Agency for International Development and provoking grant recipients. An appeals court upheld the administration&rsquo;s decision to cut billions in funding <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/politics\/appeals-court-lets-trump-administration-suspend-or-end-billions-in-foreign-aid-funding\">earlier this year.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The $2 billion comes as part of a deal with the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.<\/p>\n<p>The pledge will create an umbrella fund from which money will be distributed to different aid organizations by the OCHA and British head Tom Fletcher. While the money is far short of what the U.S. has offered the U.N. in the past &mdash; in some years it totaled $17 billion &mdash; it helps keep the nation in line as one of the largest humanitarian donors in the world.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;At a moment of immense global strain, the United States is demonstrating that it is a humanitarian superpower, offering hope to people who have lost everything,&rdquo; Fletcher said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The administration wants the OCHA to reflect its government efficiency model. The U.S. wants to see &ldquo;more consolidated leadership authority&rdquo; in U.N. aid delivery systems, a senior State Department official told the <em>Associated Press<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Fletcher and the OCHA &ldquo;are going to control the spigot&rdquo; on where and how much money is distributed.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Michael Waltz said he believes it will create &ldquo;more focused&rdquo; assistance.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This humanitarian reset at the United Nations should deliver more aid with <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >fewer tax dollars &#038;mdash<\/a>; providing more focused, results-driven assistance aligned with U.S foreign policy,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Other countries, such as Britain, France, Germany, and Japan, have cut their aid allotments as the U.S. seeks efficiency in foreign aid. Much of the initiative to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/2020-was-the-brian-stelter-of-years\/\" title=\"2020 Was the Brian Stelter of Years\">cut back<\/a> on foreign aid originated with the work of the Department of Government Efficiency, under Elon Musk at the time. Musk advised Trump to strip the federal government of nonessential parts earlier this year, including all of USAID.<\/p>\n<p>State Department personnel say the agreement balances the U.S. commitment to foreign aid with the administration&rsquo;s efficiency agenda.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The agreement requires the U.N. to consolidate humanitarian functions to reduce bureaucratic overhead, unnecessary duplication, and ideological creep,&rdquo; a State Department spokesperson said in a statement. &ldquo;Individual U.N. agencies will need to adapt, shrink, or die.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Nowhere is reform more important than the humanitarian agencies, which perform some of the U.N.&rsquo;s most critical work,&rdquo; the statement continues. &ldquo;Today&rsquo;s agreement is a critical step in those reform efforts, balancing President Trump&rsquo;s commitment to remaining the world&rsquo;s most generous nation, with the imperative to bring reform to the way we fund, oversee, and integrate with U.N. humanitarian efforts.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Seventeen countries, including Ukraine, Syria, and Haiti, will be targeted with funding initially. Afghanistan and Gaza are not included, as Trump officials say the latter area will be covered by Trump&rsquo;s peace plan.<\/p>\n<p>But it is not likely the new aid will quiet detractors, who have criticized the administration of lessening aid during times of famine, war, and need.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3900921\/south-africa-president-ramaphosa-accuses-trump-misinformation-and-distortion\/\">RAMAPHOSA ACCUSES TRUMP OF MAKING &lsquo;PUNITIVE&rsquo; DECISIONS ON &lsquo;MISINFORMATION&rsquo; AND DISTORTIONS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to withhold $4 billion in congressionally approved aid in September, despite protests from international aid groups. A plaintiff in the case, the AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition, said the administration&rsquo;s pause of foreign aid has resulted in thousands of deaths.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Since foreign aid was frozen on the first day of this Administration, we have seen thousands of clinics close, hundreds of thousands of communities lose access to essential services and medications, and thousands of lives lost,&rdquo; <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/avac.org\/blog\/us-supreme-court-gives-the-administration-a-free-pass-to-withhold-foreign-aid\/\">said<\/a> Mitchell Warren, executive director of AVAC.<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/avac.org\/blog\/us-supreme-court-gives-the-administration-a-free-pass-to-withhold-foreign-aid\/\"> <\/a>&ldquo;This ruling will translate into further devastation, put future global health responses at risk, and set a dangerous precedent that undermines Congress&rsquo; constitutional power of the purse.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. pledges $2B for U.N. humanitarian aid<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2526058,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/donald-trump-aid.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[50462,69637,65860,69636,51514],"class_list":["post-2526057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-foreign-policy-2","tag-humanitarian-funding","tag-international-aid","tag-un-humanitarian-aid","tag-us-aid"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/donald-trump-aid.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2526057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2526057"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2526057\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2526061,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2526057\/revisions\/2526061"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2526058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2526057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2526057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2526057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}