English transcript

Uh, the Secretary-General has, as you know,

repeatedly made clear the, the problem, uh,

both of non-payment of dues by Member States

and the, the related problem of the UN being

forced to repay Member States for budget expenses

that it does not, uh, that it, budget, budget

money that it does not spend. Uh, and, uh, so

those two factors have, have put us on an unsustainable

trajectory. Although, uh, one, more than 150

Member States paid their dues last year, we

ended 2025 with a record 1.5- 56 billion dollars

in outstanding dues, which is more than double

that of the previous year. So unless either

the payments come in, or we're not, uh, uh,

compelled to spend, uh, to return the money,

the monies that we are not able to spend because

we didn't receive, because we didn't receive

the budget, uh, unless one of those two things

happen, we face a real danger of running out

of money.