Overview
- The Geneva-based organization set a 2026 budget of 1.8 billion Swiss francs, down from this year by 17 percent.
- About 2,900 positions will be eliminated, equal to roughly 15 percent of the workforce, with around one-third achieved through voluntary exits and unfilled vacancies.
- ICRC will concentrate resources on priority conflict zones including Sudan, Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories, Ukraine and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
- Leaders cite a severe funding shortfall as governments redirect spending toward defense, with reporting noting U.S. foreign aid overhauls under President Donald Trump.
- ICRC warns needs already exceed resources, pointing to more than 130 active armed conflicts and stressing its neutral role from frontline relief to prisoner and hostage transfers.