Overview
- Washington will continue to withhold or reduce contributions until reforms occur, U.S. envoy Mike Woltz said in a Breitbart interview.
- He cited agreed targets of a 15% UN budget cut, an 18% overall staff reduction and a 25% drawdown of peacekeeping forces, asserting implementation has begun.
- Woltz argued long‑running peacekeeping missions have failed to meet objectives, noting some deployments have persisted for decades without clear results.
- He said U.S. engagement seeks to prevent China and Russia from setting global standards and to defend American commercial and policy interests.
- The plan includes consolidating agencies and trimming bureaucracy, according to Woltz, while the reported agreements and timelines have not been independently confirmed in UN budget decisions.