UNwelcome It’s not just countries that will be hurt by the aid freeze — the United Nations <https://t.devex.com/Njg1LUtCTC03NjUAAAGYt-wknMr2hqSl2eZDGLVkwQdy39aLUn6OAGge6L0TfBxaNIlDrb6fXAhCIMJtucJIujjE1xc=> could be left out in the cold as well.
A U.N. survey, seen by Devex, found that Trump’s stop-work order had already started to affect major U.N. agencies including the World Food Programme <https://t.devex.com/Njg1LUtCTC03NjUAAAGYt-wknJjWfk8wvehBl0cRETl8NY9-Kq7VuY0AlQtHZOUOmfRidDPC7OfBE9ThfAafIDoDTwc=> , UNICEF <https://t.devex.com/Njg1LUtCTC03NjUAAAGYt-wkmwfIeC8DiWldZlMMZTLe74Xcy3RsBoiTh8Md3Nrsqqwm_jIpeSWm-WsPaTGKzLj_oMQ=>, and WHO. The survey identified *a wide range of potential impacts*, from staffing <https://t.devex.com/dc/kyXVoDpAY__Vu56MNr4POiKRGbNY2OKC42jxnUn9zvotXnqnOyP01r74Lug6QkTj5-htDT9S-liDpYTAs-4Kojn5KCPjk9H3usIJJ3TtptZU_5mh38Bl56kW72GDWQIqdPBgfPEmVqVGWS2HFFBNIH4t8F56nLPkt9lUkvUnYE9Z5YFVAZae08lvYtsSBoWBhMZ3pUAyGTNqj0vOijXgf9oKzEU_j7zN22K1e9ZBVB_vwvEcr3ilBzOAnevFfHxrg0b2h67QKu_-I3BwtLuHsw==/Njg1LUtCTC03NjUAAAGYt-wkm3WjgiOb7tQEBmbp2D_IZJyVuDqXsfhnUwn45b4aS6pT5vrDD3FF1MJU-XpGbtDZgac=> to interruptions to critical programs <https://t.devex.com/dc/kyXVoDpAY__Vu56MNr4POiKRGbNY2OKC42jxnUn9zvqFAuBSCQOTnIEzD0_AEoclhuqtsfa2JraEePfhIXEVR_9m-76MhZldeFwlu8jGUWzWkEd698iddsnJYNQ9n2TNkGDKy12LVqppVvEzv8jMDLavfN_PhBsEkq5s4kO0IOOf0-8oHHiE4TnL5GcYY_bwRxQfzkmiBFGqapa0nf3A2Wy92ETCxHH_xXUO5CjjljjsI3b12_bnz-UDieliV9U-FzzRMN71gPhP84Ckxz5GuQ==/Njg1LUtCTC03NjUAAAGYt-wkm3WjgiOb7tQEBmbp2D_IZJyVuDqXsfhnUwn45b4aS6pT5vrDD3FF1MJU-XpGbtDZgac=>. As of now, agencies are scrambling to mitigate the fallout — suspending projects, looking for other sources of funds for staff members, and tracking the financial implications. My colleagues Colum Lynch and David Ainsworth break down the data to show which agencies are most affected <https://t.devex.com/dc/kyXVoDpAY__Vu56MNr4POmdrd4JNKKKuzJIBxP6dplR6gkyv225jjLxEaWf9sPODs-ArBn2ktA40zCnbcAZrdZQDiXSaJrUo1mBgMXfBhKXRzcSGNtiVGANJK0Z76U_qom9d5NgWSI395w9bFc88nRe-Rt2bw7tQLdf7zzVu017SQFCQtMl0eLQXGxgGlydNhKagnSHIk1Krs-FNinZIQlkdUgxsWpz9JhugKKCUgMGp4LnA1A0dI8_9PB2HgIVHikbse3d502B6yD-lJj7Tgg==/Njg1LUtCTC03NjUAAAGYt-wkm3WjgiOb7tQEBmbp2D_IZJyVuDqXsfhnUwn45b4aS6pT5vrDD3FF1MJU-XpGbtDZgac=> — and what they expect the consequences to be. *Read:* The US aid freeze in data — how will UN agencies be affected? <https://t.devex.com/dc/kyXVoDpAY__Vu56MNr4POmdrd4JNKKKuzJIBxP6dplR6gkyv225jjLxEaWf9sPODs-ArBn2ktA40zCnbcAZrdZQDiXSaJrUo1mBgMXfBhKXRzcSGNtiVGANJK0Z76U_qom9d5NgWSI395w9bFc88nRe-Rt2bw7tQLdf7zzVu017SQFCQtMl0eLQXGxgGlydNhKagnSHIk1Krs-FNinZIQlkdUgxsWpz9JhugKKCUgMHtPyTPlU12F5d2ucjGNrkzQmoIlhBvgUHd7Cpm2qikuQ==/Njg1LUtCTC03NjUAAAGYt-wkm3WjgiOb7tQEBmbp2D_IZJyVuDqXsfhnUwn45b4aS6pT5vrDD3FF1MJU-XpGbtDZgac=>
