According to the statement on the Agency’s website, exceptions will be made for appointed staff responsible for critical functions, key management and specially specific programs.
USAID’s website has been excluded on Saturday, and its official X and Instagram accounts have been removed.
Basic staff for which it is expected to continue working by the management of the Agency until Thursday, 6. February at 15 pm local time, according to the Agency in a statement on the website, which has returned to function.
For USAID staff, which is currently engaged outside the US, the Agency, in coordination with missions and the State Department, prepares a plan for organizing and financing return trips in the US within 30 days. In addition, contracts for contractors (PSCs) and institutional support contractors (ISC) which are not considered necessary will be terminated, added.
USAID said that the case exceptions to the case and returning returns can be granted on the basis of personal or family difficulties, concerns for mobility or safety or other reasons, including the time of dependent persons, medical needs and pregnancy.
Approximately two-thirds of 10,000 employees in USAID were stationed abroad in more than 60 countries and regional missions, according to the report of the Congress Research Service from January 2025.
The announcement comes in the midst of broader efforts of Trump’s administration to dissolve USAID, including freezing most foreign help and talks on the integration of the Agency in the State Department. Changes have caused concern among humanitarian organizations regarding the future of American global assistance programs.
The latest Actions against USAID followed the executive order that last month was issued by the President Donald Trump, which is suspended by all foreign assistance to 90 days.
Trump criticized USAID, calling his staff with “radical left-wing lunatics.”
In fiscal 2023. years, USAID has managed with more than $ 40 billion – less than one percent of the total federal budget – financing projects in about 130 countries, including Ukraine, Ethiopia, Jordan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Somalia, Southern Sudan and Syria.
(Vijesti.ba)
