
The United States has announced more than $1 billion in humanitarian and disaster response assistance for UNICEF and the World Food Programme (WFP).
The funding is intended to support life-saving assistance in more than 40 countries, the US State Department said on Tuesday.
More than $800 million will go to the WFP, while the UN children's agency UNICEF will receive more than $218 million, according to the statement.
The announcement comes one month after the US said it would provide $1.8 billion to the United Nations. In December, the administration of President Donald Trump announced $2 billion in funding.
Before Trump took office, US financial contributions to the UN had at times been significantly higher.
The US also still owes billions of dollars in membership contributions to the UN, which is under severe financial pressure and has repeatedly been sharply criticized by Trump. The president questioned US humanitarian assistance at the start of his second term and had numerous programmes shut down.
Under Trump, the world's largest economy also withdrew from several UN organizations and pulled out of UN-backed agreements.





