Pity.



UNITED NATIONS – United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says the U.N. is running out of money and is urging members to pay up amid a looming financial crisis for the international body.
In a letter to staff this week, seen by Fox News, Guterres says he has warned member states of a “troubling financial situation facing the United Nations," which he says is caused by late payments to the U.N. by member states.
“Our cash flow has never been this low so early in the calendar year, and the broader trend is also concerning; we are running out of cash sooner and staying in the red longer,” he says.
'Our cash flow has never been this low so early in the calendar year.'

- U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres
Guterres went on to say that the organization will be taking measures to look at reducing costs, in a way that won’t affect their mission. He said he also will be proposing to states various steps to strengthen financial stability at the U.N.

Trump administration threats to cut funding do not appear to be directly linked to the cash crunch.

While the administration has been eyeing carefully its payments to various U.N. funds and agencies, the U.S. has not yet reduced or delayed its payments to the budget, though due to the fall start of the U.S. fiscal year, payments usually come later in the year.
Secretary-General spokesman Stephane Dujarric told reporters Thursday that the issue is “late payments and payments not yet received to the regular budget.”
“Late payment has an impact obviously on our cash flow. It may have an impact on our ability to deliver mandates,” he said.
However, Hugh Dugan, a former U.S. diplomat at the U.N., said that other countries could be mimicking what is perceived as the U.S. backing away from its commitments at the body of diplomacy and international relations.
U.S. ambassador to the United Nations blasts the Council for its 'politicized scapegoating of countries with positive human rights records.'
“A look at the record shows that Trump has continued to fund it at historic levels, chose it to sanction North Korea, and uses it as a platform to defend Israel. However, there is a wide misperception fed by Trump detractors and a combative media that his Administration has walked away from the U.N.,” Dugan, who is also a professor at Seton Hall University’s School of Diplomacy and International Relations, said.

“Other countries mimic the U.S., and what they hear has led them to go slow on support and check writing,” he said.

Earlier this year, the U.S. withheld funding to the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA).


Guterres’ call for members to cough up the cash, meanwhile, mimics the pressure the Trump administration has been putting on countries at both the U.N. and at NATO to fulfill their commitments.
On Tuesday, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley urged Arab states to provide more funding for Palestinians.
"Americans are very generous people. We are humanitarian oriented. And we continue to seek out ways to help the Palestinian people, whose plight is of genuine concern to us," she said.

“But we are not fools. If we extend a hand in friendship and generosity, we do not expect our hand to be bitten. And as we extend our hand, we also expect others to extend theirs as well.”



http://www.foxnews.com/politic...peal-to-members.html

They need to apply to President Trump for a TSMF Card.

Maybe the UN can appeal to Israel for financial assistance.

Maybe they can talk to PBS and do a telethon.

Oh, I can see it now- 25 burka-covered women sitting at phones, waiting for calls, and passing the time by doing that 'trilling' thing.

"Call now! Suicide bombers are standing by!!"

Fuck those blue headed dodo's. It's high time they joined extinction.

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TSMF Card

I'm a little slow today. What's a TSMF card?

A google search brings back "Two Shoes Mambo Factory".

This just about says it all:





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They should have enough guts to name the countries not paying and see what happens then.

Let it run out of cash - zero fucks given.

Sell the New York real estate and move somewhere else...

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Originally posted by Patrick-SP2022:

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TSMF Card

I'm a little slow today. What's a TSMF card?

A google search brings back "Two Shoes Mambo Factory".

Guessing 'Tough Shit Mother Fucker', but I could be wrong.

Less money for the UN & peacekeeping means less kids/women & men get exploited by the blue helmets.

Trump would be a fantastic president if he did nothing more than stop all the world class free loading.

Thanks. Don't think I ever heard that one before.

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Originally posted by Jim Shugart:

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Originally posted by Patrick-SP2022:

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TSMF Card

I'm a little slow today. What's a TSMF card?

A google search brings back "Two Shoes Mambo Factory".

Guessing 'Tough Shit Mother Fucker', but I could be wrong.

Fuck em, throw them out, and let Trump build a hotel there. I would even go to NY, just to stay there.

Maybe the could do like Elon Musk and ask everyone they've paid to give back some of the money

Relocate UN Headquarters to a shithole country where overhead will be lower.

Looks like those “socialist” countries cant afford to pay the bills anymore, what a surprise.

The UN should just ask Paulie for help.


Now the guy's got Paulie as a partner. Any problems, he goes to Paulie. Trouble with the bill? He can go to Paulie. Trouble with the cops, deliveries, Tommy, he can call Paulie. But now the guy's gotta come up with Paulie's money every week, no matter what. Business bad? "Fuck you, pay me." Oh, you had a fire? "Fuck you, pay me." Place got hit by lightning, huh? "Fuck you, pay me."

It suffers from a bloated philosophy, a bloated mission and a lack of gratitude.

It is a bureaucracy that never found more bureaucracy it didn't like.

Huum. The Paris climate agreement is having a funding problem, too. What could such things have in common?

It was not ever intended to be the seat of a one world government.

At the world level it's also true: We are and of right ought to be free and independent states.

It was never designed for self funding. It has value and purpose as it would serve the interests of the member states with special emphasis on powers like the United States.

It was a place to talk and coordinate but it has grown to see itself as entitled.