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US slashes UN humanitarian aid to $2bn
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|December 30, 2025
The United States has said it will contribute only $2bn in United Nations humanitarian assistance - a small fraction of its traditional funding scope - as President Donald Trump's administration continues to heavily downsize its role in foreign aid, Al Jazeera and other news agencies have reported.
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The reduced commitment, released on Monday, is a sharp contrast to the assistance of up to $17bn the US has provided as the UN's leading funder in recent years, about $8-$ 10bn of which were voluntary contributions, US officials say.
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