Imogen Folks

What I would say is that it's not really clear that $110 million will go very far when you think that the UN had appealed for $45 billion to fund its aid operations across the globe this year with more and more people in need. It's received of that 45 billion. OK, it's only March, but basically it's received about 3 billion.

What I would say is that it's not really clear that $110 million will go very far when you think that the UN had appealed for $45 billion to fund its aid operations across the globe this year with more and more people in need. It's received of that 45 billion. OK, it's only March, but basically it's received about 3 billion.

So I think it's very, very difficult times for the UN and its humanitarian work. 110 million will help, but I don't think it will go too far.

So I think it's very, very difficult times for the UN and its humanitarian work. 110 million will help, but I don't think it will go too far.

The list is incredibly long. The US was a very big funder of humanitarian aid, not by head of population the biggest. Some European countries send proportionately much more, but it was still, because the US is a big economy, a lot of money. We have a complete stop on funding for UNAIDS, which does AIDS prevention, including in children.

The list is incredibly long. The US was a very big funder of humanitarian aid, not by head of population the biggest. Some European countries send proportionately much more, but it was still, because the US is a big economy, a lot of money. We have a complete stop on funding for UNAIDS, which does AIDS prevention, including in children.

We have cuts in Ebola surveillance in the Democratic Republic of Congo. We have a stop on things like demining in Cambodia or Colombia. I had a statement this morning from the agency working on tuberculosis prevention, which also monitors, by the way, drug-resistant TB, which is a global health threat. That also is suffering cuts.

We have cuts in Ebola surveillance in the Democratic Republic of Congo. We have a stop on things like demining in Cambodia or Colombia. I had a statement this morning from the agency working on tuberculosis prevention, which also monitors, by the way, drug-resistant TB, which is a global health threat. That also is suffering cuts.

So basically, wherever you turn, wherever there is a humanitarian or global health challenge, money is being cut.

So basically, wherever you turn, wherever there is a humanitarian or global health challenge, money is being cut.

I've had response this morning from UN refugees and from the international campaign to ban landmines. That last one has already had to stop programs because of the US cuts. Now, landmines are are appealing to Britain's traditional generosity in terms of demining, pointing out that it's such a good investment in terms of returning a country to stability, allowing towns and communities

I've had response this morning from UN refugees and from the international campaign to ban landmines. That last one has already had to stop programs because of the US cuts. Now, landmines are are appealing to Britain's traditional generosity in terms of demining, pointing out that it's such a good investment in terms of returning a country to stability, allowing towns and communities

to live again without fear, children to go to school, farmers in particular to plant their crops, trying to remind donors that this kind of humanitarian project is a really good investment. UN refugees much more tight-lipped, but again pointing to Britain's traditional generosity and hoping that some of this will continue.

to live again without fear, children to go to school, farmers in particular to plant their crops, trying to remind donors that this kind of humanitarian project is a really good investment. UN refugees much more tight-lipped, but again pointing to Britain's traditional generosity and hoping that some of this will continue.

I mean, it's an incredibly long list. We have, for example, HIV prevention. Some of those programs, again, because of the U.S. cuts, have already been stopped. And one of the really worrying things for the aid agencies, if we just think about the context of the British cuts, is this freeze by the U.S.,

I mean, it's an incredibly long list. We have, for example, HIV prevention. Some of those programs, again, because of the U.S. cuts, have already been stopped. And one of the really worrying things for the aid agencies, if we just think about the context of the British cuts, is this freeze by the U.S.,

Things, for example, like maternal health clinics in Afghanistan, mine clearance in Colombia, all sorts of different things which are going to stop.

Things, for example, like maternal health clinics in Afghanistan, mine clearance in Colombia, all sorts of different things which are going to stop.

And these are, you know, they're not always the programmes which make the news headlines, but they are ones, aid agencies would say, which make a huge difference to people's lives and which also contribute to the security and stability, which, frankly, I think we're all longing for at the moment.

And these are, you know, they're not always the programmes which make the news headlines, but they are ones, aid agencies would say, which make a huge difference to people's lives and which also contribute to the security and stability, which, frankly, I think we're all longing for at the moment.