The Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, on Monday expressed worries after the United States, the world’s biggest foreign aid donor, froze virtually all assistance under President Donald Trump’s new administration.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued a waiver on Tuesday for life-saving humanitarian assistance during a 90-day pause in foreign aid while Washington undertakes a review, according to a State Department memo seen by Reuters.
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday called for the United States to consider additional exemptions to a 90-day pause on its foreign assistance to "ensure continued delivery of critical development and humanitarian activities.
UN chief Antonio Guterres on Monday expressed concern after the United States, the world’s biggest foreign aid donor, froze virtually all assistance under President Donald Trump’s new administration
Antonio Guterres calls on Rwandan forces to withdraw from Democratic Republic of the Congo and halt support for fighters advancing on the key Congolese city of Goma
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday spoke separately with the presidents of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda about the escalating conflict in eastern Congo, U.N. spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said.
The move, detailed in emails obtained by The Post, comes as the Trump administration seeks to radically reorient the U.S. relationship with foreign assistance.
Iran must make a first step towards improving relations with countries in the region and the United States by making it clear it does not aim to develop nuclear weapons, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday.
The UN Secretary-General on Monday called on the US Government to consider "additional exemptions" to a directive which pauses nearly all foreign aid for 90 days.President Trump's executive order a week ago called for all foreign aid to be re-evaluated to ensure that it complies which his new foreign policy priorities.
Implementation of a ban on the U.N. Palestinian relief agency UNRWA in Israel - due to start on Thursday - will be disastrous, the UNRWA chief told the Security Council on Tuesday, as the United States accused it of being "irresponsible and dangerous.
Gang violence, hunger, and political instability threaten Haiti's survival as a state as the UN calls for urgent international security and peacekeeping interventions.
U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres ratcheted up his warning about climate change and said the world’s thirst for fossil fuels is a “Frankenstein monster” that spares no one, while calling for greater attention to risks posed by artificial intelligence if its ascent goes ungoverned — even as some leaders played up its