The United States has allocated $1.8 billion for UN humanitarian activities

U.S. Permanent Representative to the UN Michael Waltz officially announced the allocation of $1.8 billion for humanitarian needs. These funds are intended to assist victims of natural disasters, earthquakes, and famine around the world. The allocation of funding comes amid Washington’s tough stance on UN reform: the Trump administration insists on transparency in the use of funds and a return of the organization to its “core mission”—logistics and humanitarian support. 

The diplomat made this statement during a briefing in New York, according to Ukrinform.

Woltz emphasized that the U.S. has already achieved the first-ever reduction in the UN’s regular budget and a decrease in spending on ineffective peacekeeping missions. Key points of the statement:

• Accountability: American taxpayers’ funds must be used with maximum oversight.

• Prioritization: The UN is most effective when delivering aid to hard-to-reach areas, rather than engaging in political issues.

• Countering Narratives: The Permanent Representative refuted claims of U.S. “self-isolation,” calling them fake news, and reaffirmed the country’s status as the largest humanitarian donor.

The allocated funds are intended not only to save millions of lives but also to serve as a tool for further optimizing the UN’s administrative costs. Particular attention will be paid to regions suffering from acute food shortages due to blocked trade routes, particularly in the Strait of Hormuz. The U.S. plans to continue combining financial support with the active promotion of structural changes within the organization.

The United Nations is considering a large-scale reorganization that would involve merging dozens of agencies into several key departments, as well as reallocating resources in response to funding cuts.

Earlier, Zelenskyy called for immediate reform of the UN Security Council, arguing that the Security Council, chaired by the terrorist state of Russia, cannot exist in its current form.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan acknowledged the need for comprehensive reform of the United Nations (UN) Security Council, which, in his words, is an “urgent necessity.”