{"id":4019,"date":"2025-12-02T09:43:29","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T09:43:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=4019"},"modified":"2025-12-02T09:43:29","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T09:43:29","slug":"un-will-cut-2026-budget-by-577m-by-slashing-workforce-united-nations-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=4019","title":{"rendered":"UN will cut 2026 budget by $577m by slashing workforce | United Nations News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>The UN plans to cut nearly a fifth of its positions as unpaid member dues climb to $1.59 trillion.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 2 Dec 2025<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">2 Dec 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share\" data-testid=\"rich-share\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__button-wrapper\"><button class=\"rich-share__button row\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/p>\n<p>Click here to share on social media<\/p>\n<p><svg class=\"icon icon--share2 icon--primary icon--16 \" viewbox=\"0 0 20 16\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><title>share2<\/title><path fill=\"#000\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M11.688 9.048c-.659 0-1.252.282-1.673.733l-4.92-2.45c.016-.115.028-.232.028-.352 0-.117-.011-.23-.027-.343l4.913-2.423a2.285 2.285 0 0 0 1.68.739C12.964 4.952 14 3.899 14 2.6 14 1.302 12.965.25 11.688.25S9.377 1.302 9.377 2.601c0 .117.01.23.027.343L4.49 5.367a2.285 2.285 0 0 0-1.68-.739C1.536 4.628.5 5.681.5 6.979c0 1.299 1.035 2.35 2.312 2.35.659 0 1.252-.281 1.673-.731l4.92 2.45a2.357 2.357 0 0 0-.029.351c0 1.299 1.035 2.351 2.312 2.351S14 12.698 14 11.399s-1.035-2.35-2.312-2.35Z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said the UN will cut its budget by 15.1 percent and reduce staff by 18.8 percent in 2026 as unpaid dues from member states climb to $1.59 trillion.<\/p>\n<p>The UN chief announced next year\u2019s budget on Monday, which he set at $3.24bn \u2013 a reduction of $577m from 2025.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 4 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>As of September, the shortfall came from unpaid dues from the United States, China, Russia and Mexico, according to a separate UN statement.<\/p>\n<p>Guterres said the budget for the UN agency for Palestinian refugees \u2013 the UNRWA \u2013 will remain intact due to the high level of demand in Palestine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI made the decision to exempt UNRWA from any reductions that would have dramatic consequences on the backbone of the entire humanitarian response in Gaza,\u201d Guterres said. The budget for the \u201cDevelopment Account and advocacy for Africa\u2019s development\u201d will also remain at 2025 levels, he said.<\/p>\n<p>The UN will make up the shortfall by cutting 2,681 positions across multiple UN agencies, which he said, \u201ccorrespond to functions that, in our opinion, can be done better by others or can be reduced by efficiencies\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Some 18 percent of UN posts are already vacant due to its ongoing liquidity crisis from unpaid member dues and other debts, the secretary-general said. They are not necessarily related to the positions that have been targeted for cuts, he added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose vacancies do not correspond to a political decision oriented by a strategic priority, but simply by the fact that people left, and we have not the money to pay for the replacement because of the liquidity crisis,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The budget for special political missions will also be cut to $543.6m in 2026, down $149.5m or 21.6 percent from a year earlier, he said.<\/p>\n<p>The cuts will be made by closing some missions and cutting down the operations of other ongoing ones.<\/p>\n<p>The UN has gradually reduced its presence in New York, the home of UN headquarters, also among the most expensive commercial real estate in the world.<\/p>\n<p>Guterres said the UN plans to terminate two leases in New York by late 2027, saving $24.5m annually from 2029. The UN has already saved $126m since 2017 by shuttering other New York offices, he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The UN plans to cut nearly a fifth of its positions as unpaid member dues climb to $1.59 trillion. 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