For 2026 .. Guterres proposes a 15% reduction in the United Nations budget
The Secretary -General suggested To the United Nations Antonio Guterres Member States must reduce the regular budget of the organization for the year 2026 by 15%, especially by canceling more than 2,500 jobs, in a move aimed at facing chronic financial hardship, finally exacerbated by the policies of US President Donald Trump.
and Guterres in the spring of member states presented a budget project in 2026, which amounted to about 3.7 billion dollars, that is, the same value of the 2025 budget, but he announced at the time that he would seek to reduce it within the framework of his initiative "United Nations 80" Continued to improve the effectiveness of the organization. "More than 15% of the regular budget"That is, about 500 million dollars, and the abolition of about 19% of the jobs funded by this part of the budget. For the United Nations (peace and security, human rights, and sustainable development), but it will not affect certain sectors, especially programs to help the most poor countries.
The Secretary -General explained that it is "For some colleagues, these changes may mean their transfer and their families to another place"For others, it may mean a change in the job, and"Others" Their layoffs from work. A chronic liquidity crisis caused by the failure of some member states to pay all their compulsory contributions to the regular budget, and the failure of other countries to pay the amounts of time on time. No amount has absolutely expired according to its official data. Foreign American aid.
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