Secretary General Antonio Guterres warned on Tuesday that the UN is facing its "worst cash crisis" in nearly a decade because 64 of its 193 members have not paid their annual dues — including the US, its largest contributor.
By the end of September, Dujarric said, member states had paid only 70 percent of the total assessment for the regular budget, compared with 78 percent at the same time last year. The US is also in arrears in payments for the separate budget for the UN's far-flung peacekeeping operations. Since the UN Secretariat could face default on salaries and payments by the end of November, Dujarric said the secretary general has requested immediate steps including further reductions in official travel and postponing spending for goods and services.
The world is bigger than 5. And UN serves only 5. So let it sink in to the deepest part of the ocean.