{"id":1327,"date":"2026-02-11T20:31:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T20:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/1327\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T20:31:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T20:31:09","slug":"un-presses-for-clarity-on-nearly-4-billion-owed-by-us-as-financial-crisis-looms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/1327\/","title":{"rendered":"UN presses for clarity on nearly $4 billion owed by US as financial crisis looms"},"content":{"rendered":"

The United Nations<\/a> said on Monday it is waiting to find out how much of the nearly $4 billion the United States owes the world organisation the Trump administration intends to pay, and when the money will arrive.<\/p>\n

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres<\/a> warned last week that the world body faces an \u201cimminent financial collapse\u201d unless its financial rules are overhauled or all 193 member nations pay their dues, a message clearly directed at the United States<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The US owes $2.196 billion to the UN\u2019s regular operating budget, including $767 million for this year, according to a UN official. The US also owes $1.8 billion for the separate budget for the UN\u2019s far-flung peacekeeping operations, a figure that is also expected to rise.<\/p>\n

The US Mission to the United Nations confirmed that US Ambassador Mike Waltz said the Trump administration planned to make a significant down payment on its arrears within weeks, with the final amount still to be determined. His comments were first reported by Reuters.<\/p>\n

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UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric told reporters on Monday that Guterres has been in touch with Waltz \u201cfor quite some time\u201d, and that the UN\u2019s controller has also been in contact with US officials.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re waiting to see exactly when payments will be made and in what amount,\u201d Dujarric said.<\/p>\n

Guterres said in a letter to all member nations last week that cash for the UN\u2019s regular operating budget could run out by July, which could dramatically affect its operations.<\/p>\n

President Donald Trump<\/a> has said the United Nations has not lived up to its potential. His administration did not pay anything to the United Nations in 2025, and has withdrawn from UN organisations including the World Health Organization<\/a> and the cultural agency UNESCO<\/a>, while pulling funding from dozens of others.<\/p>\n

UN officials have said 95% of the arrears to the UN\u2019s regular budget are owed by the United States.<\/p>\n

The country second on the list for failing to pay its mandatory regular dues is Venezuela<\/a>, which owes $38 million, the UN official said. The South American nation, whose economy was struggling before a US military raid in January that deposed then president Nicol\u00e1s Maduro<\/a>, has lost its right to vote in the General Assembly for being two years in arrears.<\/p>\n

Nearly 60 countries paid their annual dues by the Feb 8 deadline.<\/p>\n

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