New Delhi, Oct. 9 -- The United Nations, in response to the United States' funding cuts to the world organisation, will begin to cut its peacekeeping force and operations over the next several months, a report has said. The move is expected to impact thousands of soldiers and police personnel in far-flung countries, who will be instructed to evacuate them, according to a senior UN official.

The unnamed official quoted by The Associated Press told reporters on Wednesday that the move has come as a result of its largest donor US implementing changes in line with President Donald Trump's America-first push.

The UN layoffs will impact around 25 per cent of its global workforce, the senior official said. This means that around 13,000 to 14,0...