Trump administration freezes on US foreign aid have led many United Nations organisations to cut staff, budgets and services in places as diverse as Afghanistan, Sudan, Ukraine and far beyond.

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has lamented the “severe cuts” and cited some fallout last week: Over nine million people in Afghanistan will miss out on health and protection services; cash allocations that helped one million people in Ukraine last year have been suspended; funding for programmes for people fleeing Sudan have run out, among other things.