Who proposes to reduce jobs after losing one -fifth of its financing | Society
The World Health Organization (WHO) intends to reduce the number of employees and the level of their work, its budget has only decreased fifth Due to the effect of US financing cuts, According to the internal memorandum that has access to the Reuters Agency.
From whom the US administration retired When President Donald Trump was hit by last JanuaryThe Global Health Agency argued that the Kovid -19 epidemic and other international health crises were lost. The US, the great financial assistance of the UN Health Agency, has provided 18 % of the total financing.
“The announcement of the United States, in conjunction with the official development of some countries to finance the cost of higher defense cost, has made our situation worse,” was confirmed in the WHO Memorand of March 28 and was signed by WHO General Director Tedros
Developing the costs of member states has intensified the US withdrawal financing crisis. The memorandum said that those who had proposed to reduce its budget by 21 %by 21 %from $ 5.3 billion to $ 4.2 billion before the $ 600 million deficit this year, by 2026-27.
In February, the WHO Executive Council reduced the budget to $ 5.3 billion by 2026-27 to $ 4.9 billion. “In spite of our great efforts, we have reached our way to our work and the level of our workforce,” said the memorandum.
Who reduces jobs at high leadership level at Geneva’s headquarters in Switzerland, affecting all levels and regions, but the memorandum adds. The company decides how to prioritize its work and resources at the end of April.
WHO documents show that the UN Agency in Geneva has more than one -fourth of its 9,473 employees. The internal memorandum of March 10, which contains access to Reuters, who started to determine the preferences and that it is one of the staff contracts -indicating that it is a year -long limit. It also points out that staff are working hard to ensure additional financing from countries, private donors and alignment.
