UN human rights office received five U.S. termination notices, including for Ukraine

GENEVA, March 11 (Reuters) - The U.N. human rights office said on Tuesday it has received termination notices from the U.S. government for five of its projects, including its work in Iraq and Ukraine.

Ravina Shamdasani, UN human rights spokesperson, said the notices were for projects in Equatorial Guinea, Iraq, Ukraine and Colombia and also for a fund for indigenous people.

U.S. President Donald Trump is cutting billions of dollars in foreign aid programmes globally as part of a major spending overhaul by the world's biggest aid donor.