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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Nick Ferris

UN aid chief calls for renewed solidarity and kindness over ‘cataclysmic’ cuts

The world needs to re-find a sense of “human solidarity and kindness” if it is to repair the damage caused by “cataclysmic” overseas aid cuts from the US, UK and other countries, the UN’s humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher has said.

Speaking at an event hosted by the think tank Chatham House, Mr Fletcher, who runs the UN body charged with coordinating responses to disasters, warned that cuts to aid programmes are costing lives across the world

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