The World Trade Organisation and the International Labour Organisation told AFP on Thursday that they no longer figured among entities targeted in the White House’s latest round of foreign aid cuts.
US President Donald Trump’s Republican administration announced last Friday that it was cancelling $4.9 billion of congressionally approved foreign aid, sparking outrage among Democrats.
In a memo detailing the cuts, the administration said it was “committed to getting America’s fiscal house in order by cutting government spending that is woke, weaponised, and wasteful”.
Trump, who has already effectively dismantled USAID — the world’s largest humanitarian aid agency — since taking office again in January, listed a number of international organisations among the targeted entities.