The US has pledged an initial $2 billion for the United Nations humanitarian aid in 2026, a significant reduction from the year before.⁣ ⁣ The country also warned the agency to ‘adapt, shrink or die’.⁣ ⁣ The pledge, which was announced in Geneva, said that the United States is pursuing a dramatic overhaul of how it funds UN humanitarian work.⁣ ⁣ Instead of handing funds to individual agencies, the United States will funnel its contributions through the UN aid agency OCHA.⁣ ⁣ The US funds will then be distributed to more than a dozen selected countries, including the Democratic Republic of Congo, Myanmar and Sudan.⁣ ⁣ #un #aid #unaid #us #unitedstates #geneva