US payment plan for billions owed to UN Guterres/ 193-nation organization on verge of "imminent financial collapse"
United Nations within weeks, the US ambassador to the world body said, stressing the need for the UN to continue reform. Mike Waltz made the comments in a telephone interview two weeks after UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres sounded the alarm about the UN's finances and warned that the 193-nation body is at risk of "imminent financial collapse" due to unpaid dues, most of which are owed to Washington. "You will probably see an initial tranche of money very soon," Waltz said. "It will be a significant payment ... an advance on our annual dues ... I don't think the final figure has been set, but it will be within a few weeks."
UN officials say more than 95 percent of what is owed to the UN's regular budget is owed to the United States - $2.19 billion as of early February. The US also owes another $2.4 billion for current and past peacekeeping missions and $43.6 million for UN tribunals.
On December 30, the UN General Assembly approved $3.45 billion for the UN’s regular budget for 2026, after weeks of negotiations. This amount covers the costs of running UN offices around the world, including the headquarters in New York, staff salaries, meetings, and work on development and human rights.
The UN funding crisis comes at a time when the United States under President Donald Trump has retreated from multilateralism on many fronts. US debts to the UN have increased significantly during his presidency, even though America's history of defaulting on its UN payments goes back decades.
UN officials say the US did not pay into the regular budget last year and owes $827 million for that, as well as $767 million for 2026.
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