The United Nations is facing a growing financial crisis that could leave the organization unable to pay staff, suppliers, and peacekeeping forces by late 2025, according to multiple reports.
The situation follows a ballooning budget shortfall and a leaked proposal from the Trump administration to end U.S. contributions to the international body.
The UN is projected to face a $1.1 billion deficit by the end of 2025, according to a report from The Economist.
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The organization is already contending with a $200 million deficit in 2024 and has reportedly notified its member states that its $3.7 billion operating budget has been reduced by 17%.
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The cuts are expected to result in a pause on new hiring, and the UN may be unable to meet salary and supplier payments by September 2025.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres reportedly warned in February that peacekeepers may go unpaid by mid-2025 if the financial trajectory is not reversed.
The funding crisis is being exacerbated by a proposal reportedly circulating within the Trump administration that would end U.S. funding for the United Nations, including its peacekeeping operations.
The leaked memo, dated April 2025, outlines a plan to halt U.S. contributions to the UN, NATO, and approximately 20 other international organizations.
It also proposes slashing U.S. humanitarian aid by 54% and global health funding by 55%, according to The Washington Post.
The proposal would require congressional approval, but President Donald Trump has already signed an executive order, issued on February 4, directing a withdrawal from UN membership and initiating a review of U.S. involvement in international institutions.
Under the UN’s structure, mandatory contributions from member states are assessed based on the relative size of their economies.
These contributions fund the organization’s core operations, including the General Assembly, human rights monitoring, and peacekeeping missions.
Delayed payments and noncompliance by member states have significantly contributed to the financial shortfall.
As of early May, only 49 of the UN’s 193 member countries had paid their dues in full for 2025.
The United States and China—currently the two largest global economies—are also the largest financial contributors to the UN.
Each is responsible for roughly 20% of the organization’s budget. However, China has reportedly begun falling behind on its payments as well.
If the U.S. ends its funding commitments as outlined in the leaked proposal, it would create a significant financial vacuum for the organization.
Without those funds, experts warn, the UN could face operational paralysis by the end of 2025.
The UN has not publicly commented on the internal U.S. discussions or the leaked memo but is expected to update its member states further on its financial outlook and potential contingency plans.
Meanwhile, the Trump administration has continued its broader reassessment of international agreements and institutions, part of a wider effort to reprioritize U.S. resources toward domestic and strategic national interests.
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Good riddance to the UN. And now, if we can get them out of New York!
Since its Founding, the UN has NEVER been our friend. In Fact, they have worked against us in every one of their Votes. Like Climate, Wars, etc. They need to “Find a new home”. Maybe China, as they usually side with them anyway. We also need to Devest ourselves of them as well. BTW, every war they Sanctioned has ended up being a Failure or Half a Failure. Korean, Middle East, Balkens, etc. And when they bring their “Peace Keepers” in, all we see in Crime and Corruption Centered around said Forces.
The UN should be shut down and kicked of US soil and everything they have control of here retaken from them they should not be allowed to be on US soil at all
It would seem evident that the United Nations isn’t and has not been a friend of the United States for many years now. Actually, supporting leftist agenda’s more normal than actually putting forward a positive Democratic agenda. If I had the ability to put my vote in, I also would stop all funding to them, but I would go one step further, tell them to find someplace else where they can meet other than New York city, like Afghanistan or the middle east. Why allow the world aggressors to come to the United States, live lavishly during their time at the UN, then seeking to stop America’s positive agenda to help the world in times of need. The United Nations has demonstrated such anti-American positions and then wants us to pay them for that priviledge. Let’s make an example of common sense and put an end to the UN taking advantage of us once and for all.
The sooner this Socialist/Communist-led organisation is destroyed, the better. Voting on most issues have been anti-west: over 30% of member countries have Islamic “governments”. Add to this the number of socialist/communist countries and left-leaning Western democracies, a person can easily see how the centre-right leaning democracies might be outvoted in this organisation. AND the organisation is leading the “charge” to a one-world government. As I said “The sooner this Socialist/Communist-led organisation is destroyed, the better” – for Western Christian, Jewish and secular democracies!
Not only should Trump stop paying anything to the UN, he should kick them out of America and let them set up shop someplace else. They are openly anti-American and serve no advantage to U.S. interests by having them on our soil. Trump could buy the UN complex and turn it into Trump Towers II.