< IMG SRC = "https://img.tsn.ua/cached/266/tsn-2e5933e84c84c8f120777c30b7610e CADCD/Thumbs/1036x648/A4/38/E382E226B13591D47EBEE5123D8D38A4.JPEG " />~ 60 >< strong > programs to counteract drugs and safety received billions of dollars, while at the same time many humanitarian programs were left without support. < strong >< 60 ~ ~< ~~ 60 /p >< p > administration US President Donald Trump defrosted $ 5.3 billion to support the security and combating programs of drugs.
< p > this is reported by reuters.< p > President Donald Trump ordered a 90-day pause in the provision of foreign assistance, which suspended funding for anti-hunger, fatal diseases and providing asylum to millions of displaced persons around the world.
62 ~ < p data-end = "606" Data-START = "456" > Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued exceptions for military assistance to Israel and Egypt, as well as rescue humanitarian aid, including food. However, according to current and former American officials and humanitarian organizations, only a few exceptions for humanitarian assistance were accepted.
< p data-end = "885" Data-START = "763" > the agency received a list of 243 additional exceptions approved as of February 13, for a total of 5.3 billion dollars.
< p DATA-END = "1121" DATA-START = "887" > This list is the complete accounting of the seized funds from the moment Trump ordered to freeze help and demonstrates the desire of the White House to reduce financing programs that are not considered critically important for US national security.
< p data-end = "1235" Data-START = "1123" > The list indicates the programs that will receive financing and the relevant government institutions of the United States, controlled by them.
< p data-end = "1485" Data-START = "1237" >The vast majority of the released funds-more than 4.1 billion dollars-was aimed at the programs of the Bureau for Military-Political Issues of the State Department of the United States that supervise the sale of weapons and providing military assistance to other countries and groups. ~ 60 > < p DATA-END = "1676" DATA-START = "1487" > Other exceptions were related to Trump's immigration reform and efforts aimed at stopping the flow of illegal drugs in the United States, in particular, the deadly hazardous opioid of fentany.< p DATA-END = "1949" DATA-START = "1678" > According to the document, more than half of the programs that are allowed to continue work, implement the US State Department for Law enforcement agencies (INL), and they are aimed at combating with illegal drug trafficking and illegal migration in the United States.
< p data-end = "2115" Data-START = "1951" >These exceptions cost $ 293 million and included funds in the database to track migrants, identify possible terrorists and exchange biometric information.
< p data-end = "2222" Data-START = "2117" > at the same time, Reuters could not find out if any exceptions were provided, but they were not on the list. < /p > < p data-end = "2364" Data-START = "2224" > programs of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) have received much less funding compared to security programs.
< p data-end = "2550" Data-START = "2366" > The total exceptions for USAID amounted to less than $ 100 million, while earlier the agency annually administered about $ 40 billion until the means of freezing. < /p > < p data-end = "2696" Data-START = "2552" >In particular, $ 78 million was aimed at non-food humanitarian aid for the gas sector, which suffered significant destruction due to the war.
< p data-end = "2841" Data-START = "2698" > Separately $ 56 million was allocated by the International Red Cross Committee in connection with an agreement on the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.< p DATA-END = "3051" DATA-START = "2843" > at the same time, the list did not have mentioned exceptions for a number of humanitarian crises in the world, in particular Sudan, Syria, Ukraine, Myanmar and Afghanistan which probably means continuing to block funding for these countries.
< p DATA-END = "3327" DATA-START = "3053" > exceptions related to safety included $ 870 million for programs in Taiwan, $ 336 million to modernize the Philippine security forces and more than 21.5 million dollars for body armor and armored vehicles for the Ukrainian National Police and border guards.
< p data-end = "3606" Data-START = "3329" > the greatest exceptions to not related to safety was funding in the amount of $ 500 million for the PEPFAR program, the main initiative of the USA to combat HIV/AIDS, which mainly finances medical services in Africa and is considered to have saved millions of human lives.
< p data-end = "3764" Data-START = "3608" > for comparing its annual budget for 2024 is $ 6.5 billion. The program is administered by the Global Health Bureau of the US State Department.
< p data-end = "3764" Data-START = "3608" > Recall that we previously wrote that the United States has suspended almost all international assistance, including Ukraine.< h4 > similar topics:
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