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Gavin Blackburn

Almost 500 staff protest against UN budget cuts as US scales back humanitarian funds

Nearly 500 United Nations staff got together at a Labour Day rally in Geneva to protest against sweeping budget cuts prompted by President Donald Trump's decision to pull the US back from its position as the world’s largest aid donor.

"Reducing the number of UN staff means reducing the means of survival for the fight against famine, for education and for displaced families," said Ian Richards, the president of the UN Geneva staff union.

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