U.S. pledges $1.8B more for U.N. aid in push for humanitarian overhaul

The Trump administration pledged an additional $1.8 billion in humanitarian funding to the United Nations, while using the announcement to press for a broader restructuring of how multilateral aid is financed and delivered.

The funding, announced at U.N. headquarters on Thursday by U.S. ambassador Mike Waltz alongside U.N. humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher and U.S. State Department undersecretary Jeremy Lewin, brings total U.S. support for a new pooled-fund mechanism to $3.8 billion after a previous $2 billion allocation announced in December.

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