UN peacekeepers (UNIFIL) patrol the border with Israel near the village of Kfar Kila, Lebanon December 4, 2018. REUTERS/Ali Hashisho/File
Reuters: U.N. members owe $2 billion in debt to peacekeeping, U.S. owes a third
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. member states owe nearly $2 billion in peacekeeping funds,
United Nations chief Antonio Guterres has warned, with the United States responsible for more than a third of that.
“Active peacekeeping missions are soon expected to face liquidity gaps due to late payments and increasing arrears,” Guterres wrote in a Jan. 11 letter to the 193 member states. “Arrears are nearing $2 billion and are likely to keep growing.”
Guterres also said that while 152 members had paid in full what they owed for a separate U.N. regular budget in 2018 - a record - more than $528 million was still outstanding.
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WNU Editor: The U.S. debt to the UN is broken down like this .... The United States owed $381 million to the regular budget as of Jan. 1 and some $776 million to the peacekeeping budget, U.N. officials said, figures the U.S. mission to the U.N. confirmed.
“Active peacekeeping missions are soon expected to face liquidity gaps due to late payments and increasing arrears,” Guterres wrote in a Jan. 11 letter to the 193 member states. “Arrears are nearing $2 billion and are likely to keep growing.”
Guterres also said that while 152 members had paid in full what they owed for a separate U.N. regular budget in 2018 - a record - more than $528 million was still outstanding.
Read more ....
WNU Editor: The U.S. debt to the UN is broken down like this .... The United States owed $381 million to the regular budget as of Jan. 1 and some $776 million to the peacekeeping budget, U.N. officials said, figures the U.S. mission to the U.N. confirmed.
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