Trump's move to end funding for UN to impact girls globally: UN Chief

The cut marks Trump's first move to curtail funding for the United Nations and its agencies

Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres. Photo: Reuters

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned that a decision by the United States to withdraw all funding to the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) could have "devastating effects" on vulnerable women and girls around the world, a spokesman said.

The State Department said it was dropping the funding because the UN Population Fund "supports, or participates in the management of, a program of coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization."

UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said on Tuesday that Guterres "believes that the decision is