North India Statesman
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US President Donald Trump has ordered to stop funding associated with all foreign help for the next 90 days, causing a stir globally. This decision has the most serious impact on the United Nations agencies, providing humanitarian aid worldwide.
UN agencies start processing process
According to The Guardian report, UN agencies have started cutting their expenses and humanitarian aid work following Trump’s new order. The United Nations refugee agency, NHCR head Philipo Grandy has instructed employees to immediately stop all kinds of expenses by sending emails at night.
Email states that all new supply orders except emergency situations will be delayed, recruitment and contract and all international air travel. Grandy said that NHCR is currently providing life saving assistance to 12.2 crore people in 136 countries.
Other agencies are also affected
Grandy reported that apart from NHCR, most United Nations agencies and other international institutions have also been affected by Trump’s decision, which has hindered humanitarian aid work. Many institutions have also been forced to evacuate their employees.
He said that only emergency food programs and associate countries such as Israel and Egypt have been exempted from this ban.
Ban on federal grants and loans
The Trump administration has started overall ideological review of expenditure along with banning federal grants and loans. This decision may affect trillion dollars transactions, which may obstruct healthcare research, education programs and other initiatives. Even the grants that have already been issued, but they have not been spent can also be stopped.
