GENEVA: The UN refugee agency said Monday it will cut 3,500 staff jobs — slashing nearly a third of its workforce costs — due to a funding shortfall, and reduce the scale of its help worldwide. UNHCR carried out a review of its activities, expenditure, staffing and structures following a plunge in humanitarian funding. The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has been among a host of UN and private aid agencies badly hit by funding cuts by the United States.

'Brutal funding cuts leave brutal choices,' says aid chief, as humanitarian appeal slashes and priorities refocused.

GENEVA: The UN refugee agency said Monday it will cut 3,500 staff jobs — slashing nearly a third of its workforce costs — due to a funding shortfall, and reduce the scale of its…