The United Nations announced, in a statement today, Thursday, that it has allocated $110 million from its emergency fund to compensate for the "hasty cuts" in the amounts allocated for humanitarian aid around the world, especially by the United States.

The statement explained that these funds will "strengthen vital assistance in 10 of the least funded and most neglected global crises, in Africa, Asia and Latin America."

A third of the total will go to Sudan, which is currently suffering the world's worst humanitarian crisis, as well as to neighbouring Chad, which is hosting countless refugees fleeing fighting in neighbouring Sudan.

“For countries already strained by conflict, climate change and economic turmoil, severe budget cuts do not mean humanitarian needs disappear,” said Tom Fletcher, UN Humanitarian Coordinator.

The statement said that the funds allocated on Thursday "will also enhance the humanitarian response in Afghanistan, the Central African Republic, Honduras, Mauritania, Niger, Somalia, Venezuela and Zambia," without providing further details.

The funds are also supposed to be used to protect populations most vulnerable to climate shocks.

In 2025, there will be more than 300 million people dependent on humanitarian aid, “but funding is declining every year,” and “is expected to reach a historic low this year.”

In general, the budgets of major UN humanitarian agencies and NGOs have been significantly reduced.

But the decision by the United States, which had been the largest provider of humanitarian aid, to freeze foreign aid almost completely and then cancel much of it, has caused an unprecedented crisis for relief organizations in many sectors and countries.

The United Nations stated in its statement that it estimated humanitarian needs at $45 billion to help 185 million people who are considered the most vulnerable in the face of crises across the world.

"So far, only 5% of this funding has been collected, leaving a shortfall of more than $42 billion," the statement said, as the first quarter of the year ends soon.