UN eyes major overhaul amid funding crisis

The United Nations is considering a major structural overhaul aimed at improving efficiency and reducing costs, according to Reuters.

The proposals come amid significant funding cuts from the United States under President Donald Trump, which have strained key humanitarian programs.

The six-page document details ideas to divide the UN's various agencies into four main departments: peace and security, humanitarian affairs, sustainable development, and human rights. One plan would combine the World Food Programme, WHO, UNICEF, and the refugee agency into a single humanitarian organization. Other possibilities include incorporating UNAIDS into the WHO and reducing translation services at meetings, Reuters reported.

The document identifies long-standing organizational inefficiencies, such as overlapping mandates, unnecessary bureaucracy, and escalating expenses caused by mission expansion without defined exit strategy.