ADVERTISEMENTThe billions of dollars in assistance pledged by the United States on Monday will be overseen by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the State Department said. The State Department described it as a new model of assistance agreed with the U.N. that aims to make aid funding and delivery more efficient. U.N. data shows total U.S. humanitarian contributions to the U.N. fell to about $3.38 billion in 2025, equating to about 14.8% of the global sum. This was down sharply from $14.1 billion the prior year, and a peak of $17.2 billion in 2022. U.N. aid chief Tom Fletcher has said the U.N.'s humanitarian response is overstretched and underfunded, meaning "brutal choices" had to be made to prioritise those most in need.

Source: The Telegraph December 29, 2025 16:10 UTC