US Pledges More Than $1 Billion to United Nations After Funding Cuts

Most of the money is going to the U.N. World Food Programme.

A woman walks past a sign at the entrance of the U.N. World Food Programme in Rome on Oct. 9, 2020. AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia

The United States is giving the United Nations more than $1 billion for responding to humanitarian problems and disasters, officials announced on June 16.

The State Department said in a statement it is awarding more than $218 million to the U.N. Children’s Fund and more than $800 million to the U.N. World Food Programme.