UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. © Getty Images / Anadolu / Co-worker
The United Nations is threatened by a deficiency of financial resources, as unpaid contributions and shortages of associate States' funds endanger to disrupt key operations, warned Secretary General Antonio Guterres.
Guterres issued a informing in a letter to all 193 associate States this week, cited by many media.
He called for mandatory payments or for a thorough improvement of the organisation's financial rules to avoid "inevitable financial collapse". The Secretary-General stated that the UN is facing a worsening financial crisis threatening the implementation of the programmes, and that financial resources may run out by July.
The letter describes a "double blow" caused by a provision that forces the UN to return funds not spent on circumstantial programmes to associate States, even if contributions have never been paid, which brings the organization into a trap that Guterres called ‘kafkovsky cycle’.
The outstanding contributions reached a evidence level of $1.568 billion at the end of 2025, and the proceeds covered only 76.7% of the premiums charged, which puts the organization at risk.
Guterres said if the influences don't fall "dramatic improvement"The UN will not be able to full implement the budget for 2026.
These warnings appear erstwhile the United States, the largest contributor to UN contributions in the world, reduced voluntary backing for many UN programmes and reduced aid spending in 2025.
President Donald Trump said that the decision was meant to "to complete backing from US taxpayers' money and to engage in entities that advance globalistic goals beyond US priorities".
Last week, the United States officially withdrew from the UN planet wellness Organization.
At the end of December, the United States undertook to allocate $2 billion to UN humanitarian programmes, informing that an global organization must “adjust or die”.
U.N. statistic show that the U.S.'s combined humanitarian contribution fell to $3.38 billion last year, representing about 14.8% of the global total, which represents a sharp drop from $14.1 billion in 2024 and a highest of $17.2 billion in 2022.
another leading Western donors, including Germany and the United Kingdom, besides reduced aid by transferring funds to military spending, leading to a serious financial crisis.
Trump was besides accused of seeking to replace any of the UN functions with his own Peace Council, which would oversee the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip.
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source:https://www.rt.com/news/631792-un-financial-crisis-funding/
