Donors provided $2.65 billion, or 67% of last year's U.N. appeal for $3.9 billion to help people inside Ukraine.
The United Nations appealed for $4.2 billion in humanitarian aid to help people in Ukraine and refugees outside the war-ravaged country this year.
Three-quarters of the amount sought, or $3.1 billion, will help 8.5 million people inside Ukraine, the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs announced on Monday. The other $1.1 billion is intended to help refugees and their host communities outside Ukraine.
From migrants to refugees, millions of lives and the organizations that help them are at risk from U.S. aid cuts.
Scoop: The cuts result from Trump abolishing Biden-era efforts to save lives through legal U.S. immigration options.
Scoop: The budget freeze is part of almost $700 million the U.N. refugee agency already received from the United States.
Other U.N. agencies that have been cited as potential replacements for UNRWA all agree it is irreplaceable.
Experts agreed science and diplomacy need to evolve to build trust, solve problems, and promote national interests.
The spike in the world’s deadliest infectious disease comes as officials warn global aid cuts could lead to a resurgence.
More than 275,000 glaciers cover 700,000 square kilometers of the planet. Glaciers and ice sheets store 70% of all freshwater.
From migrants to refugees, millions of lives and the organizations that help them are at risk from U.S. aid cuts.
