US EditionUN Chiefs Warns of 'Imminent Financial Collapse' by July
Record unpaid fees equal to 77% of total contributions threaten UN operations unless all 193 member states pay on time or financial rules are overhauled, Guterres said.
- UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned the United Nations faces `imminent financial collapse` unless all 193 member states honor mandatory payments or overhaul financial rules.
- A record shortfall left 77% of assessed contributions unpaid at the 2025 end-of-year assessments, while UN budget rules requiring return of unspent funds created a `double blow` by expecting cash that was never received.
- The United States, as the UN's largest contributor, refused some budget payments and pledged $2bn for humanitarian aid while warning the organisation must `adapt or die`.
- Guterres said the crisis is `categorically different` from past UN financial crises and previously warned of a `race to bankruptcy`, highlighting the urgency.
- Critics note that President Donald Trump has proposed replacing UN functions with the Board of Peace, which critics called a `waste of taxpayer dollars`, to oversee Gaza regeneration efforts.
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Many member states of the UN pay too late, some not at all. Above all, missing payments from the United States are increasingly bringing the United Nations into financial distress.
Guterres has raised the UN's financial problems before, but not as alarmingly as this one.
The Secretary General of the UN, António Guterres, warned on Friday of an “imminent financial collapse” of the organization, in a letter addressed to the member states consulted by the AFP.The UN holder asks that countries “comply fully and in time with their payment obligations” or that there be a “in-depth review of the financial rules” of the organization.The United States, hostile to the multilateralism defended by the UN, has reduced in rec…
According to Secretary-General Guterres, missing compulsory contributions from members could lead to a critical lack of money in the summer, especially the US.
This summer, UN Secretary-General António Guterres warns that the United Nations could run out of money. This is due to the lack of payments – especially the United States, which owes the organization several billions of dollars.
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