UN faces insolvency as US reconsiders contributions
The United Nations may run out of cash by September, according to The Economist.
The UN is expecting to incur a $1.1 billion deficit for 2025, compared to its $200 million deficit last year. This may leave the globalist organization without enough cash to pay its staff and militia of “peacekeepers” as soon as September. The UN is already planning a hiring freeze and has informed member states that its $3.7 billion budget has been slashed by 17%.
According to UN Secretary-General António Guterres, the primary reason for the shortfall is member states paying their contributions late or defaulting altogether. Forty-one countries, including the United States, Argentina, Venezuela, and Mexico, did not pay their mandatory annual dues in 2024, though they might have done so since December.
The US is distancing itself from the UN
Meanwhile, a Trump administration memo leaked last month proposed nixing America’s mandatory contributions to the UN altogether. If the US withdraws its annual dues, the UN will lose 20% of its funding. The US could still remain a member state, but would lose its vote in the General Assembly if it defaults on its contributions for two years in a row.
The Trump administration in February cut funding to the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), which has been operating as a vehicle for Islamic terror in Israel. In August, the UN acknowledged the participation of at least nine UNRWA personnel in the October 7th massacre, and in December, the New York Times reported that at least 24 senior UNRWA staff were recently discovered to be members of Hamas or Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) while acting as educators in UNRWA schools in Gaza. Approximately 10% of UNRWA’s 13,000 Gazan employees are known to have ties to Hamas or Palestinian Islamic Jihad, with nearly half having relatives in the terror groups. Former UNRWA union chief Suhail al-Hindi occupies a senior leadership role in Hamas. UNRWA is now facing a $1.1 billion lawsuit from victims of the October 7th attack.
President Trump is also withdrawing the US from the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), whose members include some of the world’s most prolific human rights abusers. Cuba, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, China, and Qatar all serve on the UNHRC, which frequently accuses the United States and Israel of human rights violations. According to UN Watch, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has condemned the US more than he has condemned North Korea, China, Qatar, and Cuba combined. The UNHRC also famously condemns Israel more than any other country.
Immediately after his inauguration in January, President Trump ordered America’s withdrawal from the World Health Organization, the UN’s public health arm.
