The United Nations is preparing a major reduction of its global peacekeeping operations, cutting between 13,000 and 14,000 troops and police officers across nine missions worldwide, following sharp funding cuts from the United States under President Donald Trump’s renewed “America First” policy.
A senior UN official confirmed that the organisation will reduce personnel by roughly 25 per cent and its peacekeeping budget by about 15 per cent, affecting missions in South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Lebanon, Kosovo, Cyprus, the Central African Republic, Western Sahara, the Golan Heights, and Abyei, a disputed area between Sudan and South Sudan.