He explained that the basic services of the headquarters were not affected, and that if some entrances were disabled after a certain hour, this was due to the decrease in traffic during the afternoon.
but Sources from the delegations that work daily at the headquarters confirmed to the Spanish news agency EFE that there are instructions to shorten meetings during the afternoon, to save energy bills.
“It's not so much a budget problem as it is a liquidity problem, which is about when countries pay off their debts […]. “We are not getting revenue as early as we would like,” Dujarric said. Which did not mention any non-compliant countries.
On January 25, Guterres sent a letter to all member states, highlighting concerns that the lack of liquidity could affect some of the organization's functions.
“I am forced to implement aggressive measures […] To avoid non-payment of our obligations in August.”
Guterres stressed that 142 countries paid their quotas in full in 2023, resulting in late payments worth $859 million (794 million euros), the highest amount in their history.
Guterres' speech did stipulate some reductions, such as postponing payments for goods and services, reducing contracts with consultants and experts, suspending construction and maintenance work and implementing energy saving.
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