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Yemen aid response buckling under funding cuts as needs keep rising

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According to the December humanitarian update from aid coordination office, OCHA, Yemen’s 2025 Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan is just 25 per cent funded, forcing agencies to scale back life-saving services across all sectors, despite worsening needs.  Health and protection services have been particularly hard hit, exposing vulnerable communities to growing...
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Health advances marked 2025 as wars and funding cuts strained systems

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Even as funding cuts, conflict and climate shocks strained health systems worldwide – disrupting essential services in many countries – governments and partners still recorded notable gains in disease control, prevention and preparedness. The UN health agency says the mixed picture of progress and pressure in 2025 underscores both what...
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Somalia: Funding cuts impact assistance to millions affected by drought

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More than 4.6 million people across the country, roughly a quarter of the population, are impacted, according to local authorities.  “Partners indicate that at least 120,000 people were displaced between September and December, as water prices soar, food becomes increasingly scarce, livestock die and livelihoods collapse,” OCHA said in an update.  Additionally, more than 75,000 students nationwide have been forced to...
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UN chief warns unpaid dues near $1.6 billion, as budget cuts deepen

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António Guterres told the Fifth Committee the UN is facing its most fragile cash position in years, despite sharp reductions already built into next year’s budget plans. “Liquidity remains fragile, and this challenge will persist regardless of the final budget approved,” he said, pointing to the “unacceptable volume of arrears”...
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Funding crisis forces deep cuts to UN peacekeeping missions

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The crisis, which UN peacekeeping chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix described as “more daunting than ever,” follows the partial non-payment of assessed contributions – the mandatory dues Member States pay to finance UN operations in some of the world’s most volatile regions – operating at a level well below the approved 2025-26...
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Humanitarian funding cuts pushing millions into hunger: WFP

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Programmes in Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Haiti, Somalia, South Sudan and Sudan are already facing major disruptions, which will only get worse. “Every ration cut means a child goes to bed hungry, a mother skips a meal, or a family loses the support they need to...
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World News in Brief: Pakistan floods, countries lag on climate reporting, concern over attack on peacekeepers in south Lebanon, cuts hit human rights investigations

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In a statement released by his Spokesperson, the UN chief noted that the disaster driven by severe monsoon conditions had been exacerbated by climate change, impacting around 1.5 million people. Hundreds of thousands of people need humanitarian aid while more than 3,000 homes, over 400 schools and some 40 health...
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