Overview

• The UN will eliminate 6,900 positions and cut its $3.7 billion budget by 20 percent effective January 1, 2026.
• An internal memo requires staff to submit detailed savings proposals by June 13 to meet cost-cutting targets.
• US President Donald Trump reduced the United States' contributions, creating a funding gap that once covered almost a quarter of the UN budget.
• Forty-one of 193 member states did not pay or only partially paid their mandatory contributions last year.
• Secretary-General António Guterres is exploring mergers of departments and relocating offices to lower-cost cities as part of a broader restructuring.