00:02After eight cuts, the UN Food Agency said it has received a 690 million euros grant by the United States.
00:11The UN World Food Programme said this funding will support its operations to assist more than 38 million of people
00:18in 37 countries,
00:20such as displaced families by the war in Lebanon or Ebola-hit regions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
00:26Its operations include pre-positioning food supplies, delivering aid and responding to natural disasters.
00:34The number of people facing hunger is expected to rise to record levels this year, the WFP warned.
00:40The US is the agency's biggest donor, but its contributions have more than halved from 2024 to 1.7 billion
00:48euros in 2025.
00:49Last year, the UN WFP had warned US cuts to emergency food programmes would amount to, quote,
00:56a death sentence for millions of starving people across the globe.
01:00In 2025, US humanitarian funding to the UN was divided by four to reach less than 3 billion euros.
01:08COVID-19 news.
Comments