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Their office in Mexico, which deals among other things with the flow of fentanyl, may have to close,
Dujarric said of UNODC
This is a serious development which impacts the entire HIV response, including in the continuity of lifesaving HIV services for people living with and affected by HIV, civil society and our partners,
UNAIDS said in a statement
Our absolute priority remains clear,
Guterres saidIn the meantime, every United Nations agency stands ready to provide the necessary information and justification for its projects,
Guterres addedUSAID evaluated 6,200 multiyear awards with $58.2 billion in value remaining,
the spokesperson addedBut I can’t say we’ve detected much interest in engaging on this issue,
he saidIn Afghanistan, more than 9 million people will miss out on health and protection services, with hundreds of mobile health teams and other services suspended,
he saidIt’s going to be really hard to drive this truck in reverse, because they’ve washed out the road behind us,
a humanitarian official said
The U.S. funding cuts are dismantling the system,
International AIDS Society President Beatriz Grinsztejn said in a statement to NBC NewsThere seems to be no pattern to it
one humanitarian official saidWe prefinance all that work, then we invoice the government for reimbursement; without that reimbursement, we can’t pay our staff, our partners, our vendors, our creditors,
he saidI can only hope that these decisions can be reversed based on more careful reviews, and the same applies to other countries that have recently announced reductions in humanitarian and development aid,
Guterres said
Going through with these cuts will make the world less healthy, less safe and less prosperous. The reduction of America’s humanitarian role and influence will run counter to American interests globally,
Guterres said in a statement to reporters at the UNWithout access to education, children are more vulnerable to exploitation and recruitment by armed groups. Education is one of the most effective tools we have to break this cycle,
Narayan added
The United States has been a major supporter of UNICEF's work in Haiti,
the agency's representative for Haiti, Geetanjali Narayan, told reporters in GenevaWe've been able to resume our regular operations under all the existing USAID grants that we have,
WFP Sudan spokeswoman Leni Kinzli told the briefing via video from Nairobi
We have received termination notices for UNICEF grants, and they include humanitarian as well as development programming,
the agency's spokesman James Elder said at a press conference in GenevaThe current situation is having a devastating impact on thousands of children at the moment in Haiti. We are seeing services are being cut, reduced,
she saidWithout urgent action, without funding, more children are going to suffer malnutrition. Fewer will have access to education, and preventable illnesses will claim more lives,
he saidThese activities will no longer be able to continue,
she said