The US and the United Nations will signal 17 memorandums of understanding with particular person nations recognized by the US as precedence nations, officers from the State Division and the UN mentioned in Geneva.
However some areas which might be priorities for the UN, together with Yemen, Afghanistan and Gaza, is not going to be receiving US funding underneath the brand new mechanism, UN support chief Tom Fletcher mentioned, including that the UN will search assist from different donors to seek out funding for these.
Jeremy Lewin, State Division Beneath Secretary of State for International Help, Humanitarian Affairs and Spiritual Freedom, mentioned additional nations could be added as extra money is contributed to the mechanism.
“These are some nations the place I believe our pursuits overlap…However over time, we’ll thoughtfully add further nations,” Lewin mentioned.
