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Three Things You Need to Know About the UN Scales of Assessment Negotiations Underway in New York

Every three years, the member states of the United Nations must agree on how much they will contribute as dues payments to fund the UN and UN peacekeeping operations around the world. This is known as the “scale of assessment.” All...

The UN is Running Low on Cash

The Secretary General warned yesterday that the UN’s cash flow was running low — to the point where the basic operations of the UN could be impacted. At issue is the fact that countries have been slow to pay their...

The White House Budget Contains Gratuitous Cuts to Humanitarian Relief, Global Health and the United Nations

The White House budget released today contains massive cuts to the foreign affairs budget. Overall, the proposed FY18 budget is a 32 percent cut over FY 17 levels, from $59.1 billion in FY’17 to $40.1 billion in FY’18, per figures...

UNESCO Gets Some Love from the White House Budget

The FY 2013 Budget has plenty for UN observers to be happy about including an increase to peacekeepers and new hope for a restoration of UNESCO funding.

UN Funds on the Congressional Chopping Block This Week

The U.S. House of Representatives today is voting on a series of amendments to the continuing budget resolution. Several of these amendments take pot shots at the United Nations and other international institutions.

Three Things You Need to Know About the UN Scales of Assessment Negotiations Underway in New York

The UN is Running Low on Cash

The White House Budget Contains Gratuitous Cuts to Humanitarian Relief, Global Health and the United Nations

UNESCO Gets Some Love from the White House Budget

UN Funds on the Congressional Chopping Block This Week

UNAIDS and the Millennium Villages

Embedded With Afghan Civil Society – Part 5 – Bathing in Yakawlang

Embedded With Afghan Civil Society – Part 6 – The Legacy of War Crimes

The Obama Agenda at the United Nations