The agency said in a statement on its website that thousands of employees of the United States Agency for International Development (US Agency for Development) will be placed on a vacation from Friday night.
In this announcement, the United States Agency for International Development said that all “direct rental employees” will be placed on a leave this week except for those in “important important jobs, basic leadership and specially specific programs.”
This step is the latest in a series of discounts by President Donald Trump for the government -funded programs since its return to office last month.
Many have argued that the option to close it can have a profound impact on humanitarian programs around the world.
The United States Agency for International Development said it will work with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to arrange and pay the price of travel to many of its employees published outside the United States during the month.
These employees who make up part of the exceptions will be informed by 15:00 USA (20:00 GMT) on Thursday.
A statement The publication on the American International Development Agency website ends with the message: “Thank you for your service.”
The agency, which provides humanitarian aid to more than 100 countries, employees of 10,000 people all over the world and two -thirds of these people work abroad, according to Congress Research Service.
On Tuesday, many US Agency for International Development Agency received an email to notify them that they had been placed on paid administrative leave.
The BBC News has told the employees that they should remain “available” over the phone and email during working hours, but it is not allowed to enter the US Agency for International Development.
Since his return to the White House last month, Trump and his allies have given priority to reducing government financing.
As part of this step, The Trump administration has turned its focus on the US Agency for International Development.
Earlier this week, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, head of the Acting US Agency for International Development, became a government agency to another.
Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, who was appointed to the management of a new agency to determine spending discounts in the United States government, said that the US Agency for International Development should be closed because it “cannot be reformed.”
Many have warned that closing the US International Development Agency doors will have devastating effects on the weak population around the world.
The activities of the American Agency for International Development range from providing artificial parties to the injured soldiers in Ukraine, to removing landmines and reaching the spread of Ebola in Africa.
Democrats in Washington, DC, were particularly critical of this step.
Senator Andy Kim in New Jersey wrote on social media: “(The United States Agency for International Development) is a tool of foreign policy with the origins of the two parties that are decisive in this dangerous global environment.” “It means that we complain about our ability to compete and preserve America is safe.”
The agency, founded in 1961, has bases in 60 countries and works in dozens of others.
The US Agency for International Development managed more than 40 billion dollars (32.25 billion pounds) in the fiscal year 2023, according to Congress Research Service.
