DOGE USAID budget cuts hit UN in 'worst liquidity crisis since its establishment'

FIRST ON FOX: President Donald Trump's administration’s usage of Elon Musk's DOGE to chopped USAID spending is having a heavy interaction connected the United Nations Department of Safety and Security (UNDSS), according to interior U.N. emails shared with Fox News Digital.

In an email sent aboriginal Friday morning, president of the U.N. Field Staff Union, Milan Victor Dawoh wrote that the USAID backing chopped resulted successful "approximately $30 million" having been "removed from the extra-budgetary (XB) resources, resulting successful a important simplification successful staffing." 

Dawoh’s email warns that the U.N. "is presently experiencing its worst liquidity situation since its establishment. The concern is expected to deteriorate further earlier immoderate betterment occurs."

Dawoh said that UNDSS volition suffer 100 employees and that its beingness volition beryllium eliminated successful 35 to 45 countries, portion noting that "regional hubs" volition beryllium established "in the remaining 120 countries wherever UNDSS volition support a presence." 

‘UN80 INITIATIVE’ APPEARS TO SHOW WORLD BODY’S PANIC OVER POSSIBLE DOGE-LIKE CUTS

Donald Trump, President of the United States of America, addresses the 74th United Nations (U.N.) General Assembly, astatine the United Nations Headquarters, September 24, 2019.  (Anthony Behar/Sipa USA (Sipa via AP Images))

"The [under secretary-general of UNDSS] emphasized that UNDSS is not a extortion bureau but a hazard absorption and investigation entity," the email reads. "This favoritism should beryllium intelligibly communicated to staff."

The Department’s website describes the UNDSS arsenic "a planetary person successful information hazard absorption principles" and explains that it "enables the harmless and effectual transportation of United Nations programmes and activities successful the astir analyzable and challenging environments, portion maximizing resources." 

Fox News Digital asked Dawoh astir the authenticity of the email and what information of the UNDSS fund was paid for by USAID, but received nary response.

Earlier this month, António Guterres warned astir cuts to U.S. spending astatine the U.N., stating that "going done with caller backing cuts volition marque the satellite little healthy, little safe, and little prosperous."

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres speaks to journalists connected the sidelines of a acme connected Afghanistan successful Doha, Qatar, Monday, Feb. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Lujain Jo)

Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesman for U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres, told Fox News Digital that UNDSS lone received astir $20 cardinal from USAID past year. "USAID informed america that immoderate of this backing has been terminated; different projects volition proceed with USAID support," helium said. 

Whereas Dawoh’s email indicates that the UNDSS’s nonaccomplishment of backing is related to a chopped successful extra-budgetary resources, Haq stated that "extra budgetary backing from USAID is simply a comparatively tiny proportionality of the Department's budget, astir of which comes from the U.N. regular budget, a U.N. cost-sharing mechanism, and the bid enactment account."

According to Haq, UNDSS has 2,250 unit astir the globe, "supporting the information of — and enabling operations by — 180,000 U.N. personnel." Haq added that "the bulk of the Department's workforce is successful the field, with a overmuch smaller percent successful New York HQ. U.N. unit serving successful the world's astir unsafe places merit effectual information arsenic they enactment to prevention lives."

PAUSE IN US FOREIGN AID HAS UN IN PANIC OVER FUNDING CUTS, TRUMP SAYS WORLD BODY 'NOT BEING WELL RUN'

Flags of the UN and USA alert extracurricular the United Nations office up of the 78th league of the United Nations General Assembly successful New York City connected September 15, 2023. (Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images)

Haq said that an email sent to aggregate U.N. mailing groups connected Mar. 19 mentioning the funding-related closure of 1 unit entranceway to U.N. office was unrelated to UNDSS. "Funding for the UNHQ premises does not travel from USAID," Haq explained. He said that the impermanent closure is the result, instead, of immoderate subordinate states’ non-payment of dues.

A U.N. root speaking connected information of anonymity said that successful the midst of fiscal uncertainty, U.N. unit "are precise fearful of their contiguous future." The root said that concerns see the quality to cod pensions and entree their United Nations Federal Credit Union accounts. The root indicated that due to the fact that "most of these staffers that are losing their jobs are . . . connected G-4 visas," the alteration whitethorn adjacent interaction their quality to enactment successful the U.S. 

"This is an accusation beyond conscionable losing the jobs of individuals. It impacts families, and this could beryllium monolithic successful the coming weeks with caller cuts that volition interaction U.N. agencies."

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Fox News Digital reached retired to the State Department for penetration connected however employees would beryllium impacted by layoffs but received nary response.

Calls for accrued U.N. betterment travel a period aft President Donald Trump signed an enforcement bid calling for a reappraisal of backing to the U.N. At the time, Trump said that the satellite assemblage "has tremendous potential" but is "not being good run."