Things are not looking good for the UN
Editor's note: The worst budget cash deficit in a decade has put the operations of the United Nations at risk. With only 129 out of the 193 member states having paid their annual dues, the UN called for others to pay "urgently and in full". What will follow the UN financial crisis? Will the UN reform help? Two experts shared their views with China Daily's Pan Yixuan. Excerpts follow:
US a pain for the UN
The once-in-a-decade budget crisis is a result of the UN's lack of binding obligations on member states, a long-standing problem. The worldwide unilateral tide has accelerated the UN's declining influence as the United States in particular, the biggest payer, has been delaying paying its annual dues to press the UN to pass the resolutions it wants.
