nikolExclusive: Cash-strapped UN refugee agency to cut more jobs, even as crises mount | Reuters
The agency said in a statement the imbalance in staffing had come after it reduced international staff positions by 33% last year.
“We fully recognize the anxiety this situation creates and are doing everything possible to mitigate its impact,” it added.
“ We remain deeply concerned by the widening gap between needs and resources and the severe impact this will have on millions of people displaced by war and persecution,” it said.
The UNHCR High Commissioner called on donor countries to provide more flexible funding, saying in the letter the crisis has been compounded by a growing share of tightly earmarked donations.
Such funding rose from 24% of income in 2024 to 44% in 2025 and is expected to exceed 50% in 2026, Salih said.
The World Health Organization has also said its workforce will shrink by nearly a quarter - or more than 2,000 jobs - by the middle of this year after its top donor, the United States, left.
#WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has since said the financial situation has stabilised, telling members on Monday that 90% of its budget for the next two years had been funded.