The United Nations Wednesday welcomed an exemption for its emergency AIDS relief programme from the United States' foreign aid funding freeze, saying it would "restore hope" to millions living with HIV.
On returning to office last week, US President Donald Trump signed an order temporarily suspending foreign aid programmes for 90 days pending reviews of their funding.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio then froze virtually all assistance funding, but on Tuesday widened exemptions, saying Washington would keep funding core life-saving medicine and medical services.
The latest waiver appeared to give the go-ahead for funding for medication under PEPFAR, a major US programme against HIV/AIDS.
