The unraveling of the UN

The UN enters its 81st year expecting to be viewed as a beacon of global governance — but is more like a patient in intensive care. The prognosis, derived from internal assessments and financial autopsies, is dire. A 30 percent reduction in system-wide funding, forced by the withdrawal of its largest donor, has triggered a cascade of institutional failure. The Secretariat is on the brink of insolvency, with simulations indicating an inability to meet payroll by the end of this year. What is dismissed as mere budget shortfalls is in fact systemic cardiac arrest.

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