[Sad news] United Nations, end.

UN deficit of 25 billion yen, fear of near cash out Secretary-General warns [AFP = current affair] Antonio Guterres, Secretary General of the United Nations (UN), has a deficit of 230 million dollars (about 25 billion yen) on the 7th, and there is a risk that cash will run out at the end of this month I complained that there was. AFP has received a letter from Mr. Guteres addressing 37,000 UN Secretariat employees. In that, he mentions the possibility of taking "additional provisional measures" to ensure salaries and benefits. However, the specific contents of the measures are not mentioned. “There are only 70% of the total amount required for activities based on the regular budget in 2019, and the United Nations has suffered a cash shortage of $ 230 million at the end of September, If this is the case, the liquidity reserve may be used up by the end of this month. " In order to reduce costs, he proposed postponing meetings and conferences, reducing services, and at the same time minimizing business trips and implementing energy conservation measures. An official said anonymously that this year, Mr. Guteres called on member countries to add a share to deal with the UN cash shortage issue, but was unable to get approval. The UN budget for FY2018-19 is $ 5.4 billion (about 580 billion yen) excluding the budget for peacekeeping operations, of which 22% is covered by the United States. * Some excerpts from the link below. Continue with the source https://news.livedoor.com/article/detail/17201913/ document.write(” + ”); Related article document.write(” + ”);