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UN facing ‘worst cash crisis’ in nearly a decade.Warns staff could go unpaid.
NYTIMES ^ | 10/12 | Sam Merideth

Posted on 10/12/2019 12:00:57 AM PDT by DeathBeforeDishonor1

The United Nations (UN) is facing its “worst cash crisis” in nearly a decade because almost one-third of its member states have not paid their annual dues, according to Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.

Speaking in front of the UN’s budget-setting Fifth Committee on Tuesday, Guterres said the situation was so desperate that last month’s General Assembly in New York was only possible because of emergency spending cuts made earlier in the year.

“The organization is facing a severe financial crisis,” Guterres said.

“To be more specific, a severe liquidity crisis. The equation is simple: without cash, the budget cannot be properly implemented.”

UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said in a statement published Tuesday that, by the end of September, member states had paid only 70% of the total assessment for the regular budget.

“Vacant posts cannot be filled, travel will be limited to essential travel only, meetings may have to be canceled or deferred.”

Guterres also warned that the situation would not only impact operations in the main hubs of New York, Geneva, Vienna and Nairobi, but also regional commissions.

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To: DeathBeforeDishonor1

DEFUND UNaccountable bureaucrats (socialists), foreign and domestic.


61 posted on 10/12/2019 6:31:29 AM PDT by PGalt
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To: Nothingburger

Rehab it into a Homeless shelter for Veterans NY has tons of them. Complete with a working Minor Med, Kitchen, and visiting nurse and aids programs.


62 posted on 10/12/2019 6:41:48 AM PDT by GailA (Intractable Pain, a Subset of Chronic pain Last a Life TIME at Level 10.)
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To: DeathBeforeDishonor1

Guterres said he was Shocked that Turkey invaded Syria and then went to Lunch


63 posted on 10/12/2019 7:04:28 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: DeathBeforeDishonor1

“MORE WINNING!”

Couldn’t have said it better.


64 posted on 10/12/2019 7:16:54 AM PDT by simpson96
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To: DeathBeforeDishonor1

Folks,

Anyone can be a manager when money is unlimited. You can make a lot of poor decisions. When money gets tight you are force to make decisions. Tight money does not necessarily mean you make better decisions but it might.

The UN might be useful under better management. Can one imagine Trump managing the UN in future years?


65 posted on 10/12/2019 7:22:14 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: PeterPrinciple

No I can picture the UN going away though....


66 posted on 10/12/2019 7:22:57 AM PDT by Chickensoup (Voter ID for 2020!! Leftists totalitarian fascists appear to be planning to eradicate conservatives)
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To: DeathBeforeDishonor1

Good. Maybe they’ll hurt so bad they close down the UN building. Give it to homeless vets.

;o]

‘Face


67 posted on 10/12/2019 7:37:39 AM PDT by Monkey Face (I don't always go the extra mile but when I do it's because I missed my exit. ~~ NK on FB ~~)
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To: DeathBeforeDishonor1

Yeah, when the USA does not fill up their pockets, they go unpaid. We are always the one that pays the bills. We are the world’s policemen. We are the Red Cross for all the world’s ills. The big tsunamis, earthquakes, etc., we are the ones who run over and give first aid, supply food, supply water, build back the countries. Yup, without all those USA tax payer dollars, the world would starve or die off from the ills of nature, etc. Yup, the US Dollar cover the world.


68 posted on 10/12/2019 7:54:07 AM PDT by RetiredArmy (We are living in the Last Days. The Bible says so, and I believe it!! Know Him now!!)
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To: Savage Beast

Ted is nearly bankrupt. He does not have all those billions he once had.


69 posted on 10/12/2019 7:56:53 AM PDT by RetiredArmy (We are living in the Last Days. The Bible says so, and I believe it!! Know Him now!!)
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To: Savage Beast

Double checked. The site I found said he is worth $2.19 billion today. His ex, Jane the leftist Fonda is worth $200 million.


70 posted on 10/12/2019 8:00:49 AM PDT by RetiredArmy (We are living in the Last Days. The Bible says so, and I believe it!! Know Him now!!)
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To: DeathBeforeDishonor1
heh heh heh heh... leeches, kinda like NATO
71 posted on 10/12/2019 8:11:25 AM PDT by Chode (Send bachelors, and come heavily armed!)
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To: DeathBeforeDishonor1

Europeans should pick up the slack.


72 posted on 10/12/2019 8:13:37 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: DeathBeforeDishonor1

IIRC, the UN decides what funding it wants, and then demands member states pay X% of that number.


73 posted on 10/12/2019 8:18:42 AM PDT by Ouderkirk (Life is about ass, you're either covering, hauling, laughing, kicking, kissing, or behaving like one)
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To: DeathBeforeDishonor1

“That’s a shame.”


74 posted on 10/12/2019 8:19:31 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (We come from the earth, we return to the earth, and in between we garden.~Alfred Austin)
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To: DeathBeforeDishonor1

Boo hoo, boo hoo. I am so very sad. NOT.


75 posted on 10/12/2019 8:26:49 AM PDT by Wuli
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To: DeathBeforeDishonor1
Warns staff could go unpaid.

Nice to see the UN salaries finally becoming commensurate with the work.

76 posted on 10/12/2019 8:27:18 AM PDT by Ezekiel (The pun is mightier than the s-word. Goy to the World!)
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To: DeathBeforeDishonor1

Tragical........


77 posted on 10/12/2019 8:28:27 AM PDT by clintonh8r (Truth is hate speech to those who hate the truth.)
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To: DeathBeforeDishonor1

Have the Muslims, Communist China and India pay for it. That’s all the UN supports.


78 posted on 10/12/2019 8:41:04 AM PDT by Starcitizen (American. No hypenation necessary. Send the H1B and H4EAD slime home. American jobs for Americans)
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To: dp0622
How are they going to afford to send troops to war torn lands to watch rapes and massacres..

Don't you mean "to rape" since that seems to be the general case wherever UN troops go?

79 posted on 10/12/2019 8:41:47 AM PDT by voicereason (The RNC is like the "one-night stand" you wish you could forget.)
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To: Ouderkirk

A little investigation reveals that the USA pays 22% of the UN budget.

Under the 2015 “assessment” that is $654,778,938.00 thee largest “payer” other than the USA is Japan at $293,960,45400.

For reference China the #2 economy pays $139,694,305.00 roughly 1/5 of what the US pays, 1/2 of what Japan pays with an economy that it 3X Japan’s.

The United States should not be paying one thin dime to the UN.


80 posted on 10/12/2019 8:43:14 AM PDT by Ouderkirk (Life is about ass, you're either covering, hauling, laughing, kicking, kissing, or behaving like one)
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