Parky60 Loc: People's Republic of Illinois

I say cut ‘em off completely – see below Parky60

U.N. Pleads for Money as Finances Poised to Run Dry by Month’s End
Simon Kent ~ October 8, 2019
The United Nations is running a deficit of $230 million, Secretary General Antonio Guterres warned on Monday, and may run out of money by the end of October unless world governments immediately meet their financial obligations.

U.S. taxpayers would most likely be hardest hit by any immediate cash injection into the global organization. The United States is by far the U.N.’s biggest financial contributor, providing 22 percent of its operating budget and funding 28 percent of peacekeeping missions, which currently cost $8 billion annually. The next two major contributors are Germany and the U.K.

In a letter intended for the 37,000 employees at the U.N. secretariat and obtained by AFP, Guterres said unspecified, “additional stop-gap measures” would have to be taken to ensure salaries and entitlements are met.

These might include holding fewer meetings and cutting back on travel and associated entitlements.

“Member States have paid only 70 per cent of the total amount needed for our regular budget operations in 2019. This translates into a cash shortage of $230 million at the end of September. We run the risk of depleting our backup liquidity reserves by the end of the month,” he wrote.

Donald Trump has long pushed for reform of the U.N. and just last week warned the “future does not belong to globalists” in a warning to the organization’s leaders.

In December 2017 Nikki Haley, the then United States Ambassador to the organization, announced the federal government had reduced its contribution to the U.N.’s annual budget by $285 million, as Breitbart News reported.

Haley’s statement came after the U.N. voted to condemn the United States for President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. The resolution, backed by nations with long records of extreme human rights abuses, passed 128-9. Haley immediately responded by threatening to reduce America’s U.N. funding. Haley told the assembly in New York City:

“The United States will remember this day in which it was singled out for attack in the General Assembly for the very act of exercising our right as a sovereign nation.

"We will remember it when we are called upon to once again make the world’s largest contribution to the United Nations and we will remember it when so many countries come calling on us, as they so often do, to pay even more and to use our influence for their benefit.”

Carol Kelly

EVICT THE UN NOW. Time is running out.

Lazzara

37000 employees ,are you kidding, what conflicts have they fought in? Any of them killed along with Americans that are sent to do their globalist BS???

CarryOn

Nikki Haley for President in 2024 … when Trump leaves office!!!

Radiance3

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Here are the figures as reported in the 2017 funding. I computed the individual countries who funded the most.
The United Nations is a vast, complex intergovernmental organization. This chart is a simplified representation of the UN system, including its largest and most influential bodies. The U.S. government contributed more than $13 billion plus to the United Nations in 2017, the most recent fiscal year with full data available.Apr 2, 2019

In 2017, the UN expended $50 billion, and $13,945 billion funded by the US, that is .2789% of the total UN funding.
. There are 192 UN member countries.
UN funding comes mostly from the 8 countries who contribute most.
• United States (27.89%) $13,945 billion
• China (15.21%) 7,605 billion
• Japan (8.56%) 4,280,billion
• Germany (6.09%) 3,045 billion
• United Kingdom (5.79%) 2,850 billion
• France (5.61%) 2,805 billion
Italy (3.30%) 1,650 billion
Russian Federation (3.04%) 1,520 billion
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• Total $ 37,700 billion funded by 8 countries.
And the annual UN budget is $50,000,000.
Balance $ 12,300 billion. Contributed by 184 countries.
There are 57 Muslim member countries in the UN. Because of their numbers, they run most of the decisions. The UN criticized/attacked the US for moving Israel’s capital to Jerusalem. This is because of the Muslim complaints. The UN does not support Israel. I don't appreciate US funding almost 28% of the total UN budget operation. UN is hostile to the US and Israel because of Muslims. But Muslims provide almost nil of the UN budget considering there are 57 members of Muslim countries.

I think I can balance their budget versus operating cost by reducing unnecessary cost. There are many of them.

Smedley_buzkill

If they need money, tell them to hit up the Saudis. Or the Iranians. I hear they came into a 150 billion dollar windfall about 5 years ago.

CarryOn

Radiance3

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I would not give any more of my dime to these UN traitors.
The Arabs lead by Saudi's must supplement if UN needs more funding.
But honestly, I want to review their operating costs and see what need to be reduced.

The Ayotollahs in Iran are loaded, but their people suffer. I can't figure out how to extract more from them. Most of their funding goes to nuclear enhancement.

Lonewolf

trump decision on this will be what helps Putin more

Tug484

They can go to you know where.
We give them money and they try to destroy us.

bggamers Loc: georgia

bggamers Loc: georgia

They also finance their radical friends who blow up things

eagleye13 Loc: Fl

Drop those Leftist parasites.

dennis puthuff

Kevyn will never break from his hatred of President Trump. His life must be a maze of disinformation and he appears to be a lost cause. There is no need whatsoever to be such a dunce and idiotic physio about today's happenings. I pity such a cluck and he will rue the day that something terrible happens to this great country of ours. Honest dialogue and trying to understand each side of an argument could and would go a long way in any discussion. Kev, why not give it a chance?

Wonttakeitanymore

They are demonic and totally unnecessary! Jewish people have money maybe they should have welcomed them!