US Aims at Heavy Staff & Budgetary Cuts, Seeks to Launch Cost-Saving Artificial Intelligence at UN meetings UNITED NATIONS, April 6 (IPS) - The US has spelled out in detail its own concept of what a restructured United Nations should look like: after drastic reductions in staff, cutting down its budget, avoiding duplication in mandates, slashing peacekeeping operations worldwide and deploying artificial intelligence (AI) for translations and interpretations in six languages.

US pressuring UN to slash staff and budgets while withholding its own dues (which it has for years on end), using financial leverage to reshape the institution toward narrower strategic interests rather than multilateral consensus. DOGEing the UN...

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Is it the Budgetary Crisis – Or Leadership Crisis – Facing the United Nations – Or Both? NEW YORK, February 3 (IPS) - In the month of February 2025, one year ago, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres commenced his briefing of the media by announcing that “I want to start by expressing my deep concern about information received in the last 48 hours by UN agencies — as well as many humanitarian and development NGOs — regarding severe cuts in funding by the United States.” He went on to warn that “The consequences will be especially devastating for vulnerable people around the world.”

Is it the Budgetary Crisis – Or Leadership Crisis – Facing the United Nations – Or Both?

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UN’s ‘responsibility to deliver’ will not waver, after US announces withdrawal from dozens of international organizations Secretary-General António Guterres has expressed regret over the decision by the United States to withdraw from a number of UN entities, while underscoring that the system will continue to deliver on all its mandates.

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U.S. Withdrawal From Organizations Triggers Global Alarm President Donald Trump’s executive order to stop U.S. support for 66 international organizations, including 31 United Nations (UN) groups, has faced strong opposition from these organizations, the global community, humanitarian experts, and climate advocates, who are concerned about the negative effects on global cooperation, sustainable development, and international peace and security.

U.S. Withdrawal From Organizations Triggers Global Alarm

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UN Restructuring May Result in Over 2,600 Staff Reductions in the Secretariat and 15 Percent in Budgetary Cuts UNITED NATIONS, December 23 (IPS) - The UN Staff Union is on edge — hoping for the best and expecting the worse — as the General Assembly will vote on a proposed programme budget for 2026 by December 31.

UN Restructuring May Result in Over 2,600 Staff Reductions in the Secretariat and 15 Percent in Budgetary Cuts

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UN’s Cost-Cutting Mergers Come Under Scrutiny While Search for Locations Worldwide Continues UNITED NATIONS, October 10 (IPS) - Faced with a severe liquidity crisis and a hostile Trump administration, the UN continues to merge some of its multiple agencies, and move them out of New York, relocating to Europe, Africa, Asia and the Middle East. Perhaps the first two agencies to be merged will be UN Women (created in 2010) and the UN Population Fund (created in 1967), with some staffers moved to Bonn and others to Nairobi.

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UN’s humanitarian work is ‘underfunded, overstretched, and under attack’ “Underfunded, overstretched and under attack” is how the United Nation’s top aid official has referred to the UN and the support it is providing to the humanitarian sector.

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United Nations revises 2026 regular budget proposal, pairing cost reductions with initial reform measures The United Nations has finalised the revised estimates for its 2026 proposed programme budget, outlining more than $500 million in reductions, while also introducing the first measures of the UN80 Initiative - a wider effort to make the Organisation more effective and resilient as it marks its 80th anniversary.

United Nations revises 2026 regular budget proposal, pairing cost reductions with initial reform measures

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A Crisis-Stricken UN’s Frantic Hunt for Low-Cost Locations—away from New York & Geneva UNITED NATIONS, Jun 27 (IPS) - In the US, the success of a business enterprise or the value of real estate is reflected in a repetitive and alliterative phrase: “LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION”. As the UN continues its plans for system-wide restructuring-- amidst a growing liquidity crisis-- one of the key issues on the negotiating table is the re-location of UN agencies: a choice between high-cost and low-cost duty stations.

A Crisis-Stricken UN’s Frantic Hunt for Low-Cost Locations—away from New York & Geneva

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