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Many people will die as a result of lowering American aid

The head of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs “OCHA” warned on Wednesday that many people will die because of the “earthquake” caused by reducing American international aid.
“In the world, there are more than 300 million people in need of humanitarian aid, and therefore the pace and scope of the financing discounts we face is a seismic shock,” said Tom Fletcher.

In this context, the UN official explained that “the United Nations family and its partners make difficult options every day, to set priorities and decide any souls that we will try to save.”

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Last December, the United Nations launched a humanitarian appeal to raise $ 47.4 billion in 2025, confirming that this amount will only help 190 million out of 300 million people in need.
The United Nations humanitarian teams are currently trying to set new priorities “to save 100 million lives and set costs next year.”

The United Nations: Many people will die as a result of lowering American aid

As Tom Fletcher, who acknowledged that even without US discounts, the United Nations certainly would not have been able to secure $ 47.4 billion, which she had hoped to collect in the context of chronic financing lack.
After suspending it, the Donald Trump administration announced last week that 83% of the American Agency for International Development, which represents a large part of global humanitarian aid, will be canceled.

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