GENEVA: The World Health Organisation chief acknowledged on Tuesday that US funding cuts had left the UN agency with a huge budget gap, forcing it to slash operations and lay off staff.
“The sudden drop in income has left us with a large salary gap and no choice but to reduce the scale of our work and workforce,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told member states, according to a transcript of his opening remarks.
The United Nations health agency has been bracing for the planned full withdrawal of the United States -- traditionally its largest donor by far -- next January. US President Donald Trump´s administration has meanwhile also refused to pay agreed membership fees -- called assessed contributions -- for 2024 and 2025.
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