WASHINGTON: This is how he commented on the words of UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres that digital platforms are often used to mislead people and sow discord among them.
"Defund the UN," Musk wrote on his page on the social network X. American entrepreneur Elon Musk called for ending UN funding.
This is how he commented on a video on the social network X in which UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says that digital platforms are often used to mislead people and sow discord among them, to which the organization must respond. The Internet user who posted the video on his page wrote that the UN allegedly "announced
Earlier, a UN source told RIA Novosti that the organization could cut its budget by 20% and lay off about seven thousand jobs as part of cost optimization.
In March, the UN Secretary General announced the launch of the UN-80 initiative, which includes an audit of its work to optimize expenses. The reforms are taking place against the backdrop of cuts in contributions to the UN budget by the United States and the position of the current American administration on funding humanitarian projects.
The United States is the largest contributor to the UN regular budget with 22%. According to UN data as of January, Washington was supposed to pay $2.8 billion: $1.5 billion to the UN regular budget, the remaining amount for peacekeeping operations and the budget of the tribunals.
Earlier, the UN General Assembly (GA) elected the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Liberia, Bahrain, Colombia and Latvia non-permanent members of the Security Council of the organization for 2026-2027.
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