China’s delayed payments fuel UN funding crisisUN faces $500m budget cut and 20% job losses after big drop in US fundingUN cuts for 2026 mostly spare its elite, draft budget showsUN Budget Restraint Requires Reducing UN Salaries | American Enterprise Institute - AEIUN's Funding Crisis Predates ItselfUN faces dwindling clout and financial uncertainty after Trump cuts | AP NewsPause in US foreign aid has UN in panic over funding cuts, Trump says world body 'not being well run' | FOXNewsUS Funding recission of money for International Organization affairs budget / White House documentWhy Does the United Nations Face a Funding Crisis? / Al JazeeraUNAIDS to slash workforce by more than half as funding by US and other big donors disappears / APTo cut costs, UN urges Geneva, NY offices to move staff to cheaper cities | DevexU.N. Orders Agencies to Find Budget Cuts, Including via Staff Moves From N.Y. - The New York TimesUN Staff told to decamp for cheaper cities / LinkedInUN appeals fall flat in face of Trump's budget steamroller / DEVEXThe UN Office for Project Services is relocating from Denmark to Kenya | Business Insider AfricaTrump Cuts to International Aid Agencies Rattle Geneva - BloombergUS funding of the UN: UN Chief expresses concern | United NationsNext, Defund the United Nations / Wall Street JournalUN Secretary-General warns about resource drops from US | YouTube videoUnited Nations Organizations Assessment Project - Cost Savings Charts / American Enterprise InstituteWhat FCDO will spend its money on this year | DevexCongress approved spending cuts to UN / Ian RichardsPublic commentary on the United Nations in financial crisis / Fundraiser by Ronny PatzFiddling while the UN runs out of cash - Eugene Chen at NYUFinancial Statistics / United Nations - CEBProgramme Budget Results Dashboard / United NationsUnited Nations Organizations Assessment Project / American Enterprise InstituteMultilateralism in the redUN’s Cost-Cutting Mergers Come Under Scrutiny While Search for Locations Worldwide ContinuesRevised estimates relating to the proposed programme budget for 2026 and the support account for peacekeeping operations for the 2025/26 periodUN faces ‘race to bankruptcy’ as Guterres unveils sharply reduced 2026 budgetSecretary-General's remarks to the Fifth Committee of the General Assembly on the Proposed Programme Budget for 2026UN80: The Secretary-General’s Revised Budget Will Do More Harm Than GoodAEI’s United Nations Organizations Assessment Project: Updated to Include 2024 FundingRonny Patz’s PostUN’s Cost-Cutting Mergers Come Under Scrutiny While Search for Locations Worldwide Continues

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The UN at 80: Broke, blocked and still indispensable | Lowy InstituteU.N. Gathers Amid Its 80th Anniversary and a ‘Free Fall’It's been 80 years since the United Nations was formed | WUNC‘No ordinary session’: Baerbock opens UN General Assembly with call for courage and reform | UN NewsAt 80, the U.N. Doesn’t Need a Celebration — It Needs an Intervention - Modern DiplomacyThe United Nations at Eighty: Reform for a Shared Future in a New Geopolitical Era | Council of CouncilsUNDP Evaluation Policy for 2025–2030The United Nations Turns Eighty: The Thirty-Sixth Newsletter (2025)The United Nations at Eighty: Reform for a New Geopolitical EraThe UN at Eighty:Multilateralism in Crisis - Lowy InstituteUN at 80: Still Vital Amid U.S. Friction and China’s Push for Reform, Says Expert | APTThe United Nations in Hindsight: The Security Council and the UN80 Initiative – What Lies Ahead?UN80: From “Less-with-Less” to “More-with-Less”UN80 and the incredible shrinking United Nations | DevexUN chief calls for major reforms to cut costs and improve efficiency | UN NewsAlert: UN80 Initiative: What it is – and why it matters to the world / UNThe World Is Changing Fast: It Is Now Crucial to Restructure the UN - PassBlueRegulations and Rules Governing Programme Planning, the Programme Aspects of the Budget, the Monitoring of Implementation and the Methods of Evaluation / UN DocumentPress Release of “UN80 Initiative: Workstream 2“ / United NationsUN80 Initiative: Workstream 2 / United NationsUN80: Transformative Reform or Veiled Continuity? Analysis of the Mandate Implementation Review Document / /Global RadarAntónio Guterres (UN Secretary-General) at an informal meeting of the General Assembly on the UN80 Initiative | UN Web TVUnderstanding UN 80 / Global RadarThe World Is Changing Rapidly: Can the United Nations Restructure to Stay Relevant? - IPI Global ObservatoryIt’s Time for the UN to Move Beyond the Language of Crisis / IPI Global ObservatoryUN80: Seizing the Opportunity for a More Inclusive United Nations / IPI Global ObservatoryUN at 80 Needs a New Approach to Reforming the UN Development System / IPI Global ObservatoryUN80 initiative should be ‘inclusive and transparent’, recognises General Assembly | UN NewsUN Mandates Registry / United NationsI’ve seen the UN at its best. As it turns 80, with a world in crisis, it must recover its courageIt’s Not Too Late to Fix the U.N.UN at 80: toothless, ignored, and irrelevantIn Hindsight: The Security Council and the UN80 Initiative—What Lies Ahead?From all over the planet, they came to the UN with a message: Fix things, particularly yourselfMultilateralism Minus the People: 80 Years of the UN’s Broken Promise — Global IssuesThe UN at 80: Reform, multilateralism & the Global South’s voiceGuterres highlights ‘maximum impact’ reform agendaUN80 Initiative: New report charts proposals for change across UN structures and programmesRemarks for UN Secretary-General’s Briefing on UN80 Workstream 3The UN Needs a Major Reset. A Charter Review Could Make It Happen.The UN must take the need for reform seriouslyUN chief outlines ‘painful’ survival plan for world bodyThe UN80 Development Proposals: Incremental Efficiency Gains or Opportunity for Transformation?How a Special Envoy for Future Generations Could Help Rescue UN80 from ItselfOne Compact Too Far: UN80 and the Humanitarian Reform MalaiseThe UN’s Coherence Paradox: Why the UN80 Reforms Are Not EnoughThe UN at 80: An Unhappy AnniversaryAt 80, the UN struggles onThe UN at 80: The Superpowers Have No ClothesFor Its 80th Birthday, the U.N. Needs More Than a ResetThe Outlook for UN Reform

The Golden Age of Multilateralism Is OverThree crises and an opportunity: Europe’s stake in multilateralism | ECFRMexico and Norway Promote Coalition to Defend Multilateral CooperationMultilateralism: No Longer a Crisis but Sadly, ‘Just Kinda Fading Away’Is the End of Multilateralism Near?Participation in the Multilateral System Has Held Steady over the Past Decade, but the Future Is UncertainThe UN must get back in the ring and fightI Know the UN Inside and Out, and the World Still Needs It - PassBlueUNGA 2025: The Golden Age of Multilateralism Is OverTen Challenges for the UN in 2025-2026 | International Crisis GroupLeague of Nations Redux? Multilateralism in the Post-American World | Carnegie Endowment for International PeaceWhat Future Is There for Davos if It Doesn't Grasp What's Truly Good and Just?Crash-landing into the post-US world | The StrategistMultilateralism under duresslink.foreignpolicy.com/view/644279c11a7f1f1e29ddafefoqmvy.ney/089a9cb9International Cooperation: Forum attendees commits to upholding true multilateralismMultilateralism is an imperative of our timeReclaiming multilateralism for a shared futureThe End of the U.N.Multilateral world orderMultilateralism: Its current challenges and way forwardMultilateralism Can Survive the Loss of ConsensusCIRSD President Vuk Jeremić to SINA Finance: Multilateralism Will Evolve, Not DisappearThe UN Between Decline and Renewal | LawfareThe World Has Changed, but Can the U.N.? Don’t Hold Your Breath.The UN saved my family, now we must find the courage to save itThe New Ethical Multilateralism / The Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences (Vatican)Liberalism Doomed the Liberal International Order: A Less Legalistic System Would Help Protect Democracies / Foreign AffairsThe Twilight of International Peacemaking Institutions? | International Crisis GroupReimagining multilateralism:From cost-cutting to collective leapfroggingTo Survive, the United Nations Must Leave AmericaIs Multilateralism Dead?The World of Yesterday by Joschka Fischer - Project SyndicateA New Cold War in an Age of Doubt | Hudson InstituteGet It Right Or Get It OutDebatable: The value of multilateral organizationsA compass in the storm: multilateralism, human rights, and overcoming global dysphoriaFor the good of humanity: The United Nations as a global problem solverThe UN Can Survive Without the USThe United Nations: Looking into the FutureMonday Commentary: Multilateralism is still the only way forward, and the EU can, and should leadStabilizing a Post-Unipolar WorldMultilateralism prevails despite headwinds: ExpertsRestoring Multilateralism: Can Regional Cooperation Arrangements Fill the Void?Ram Madhav writes: The UN is dead. Long live multilateralismMultilateralism can survive the loss of consensus

How China Stands to Gain as the U.S. Steps Away From the U.N.Global Governance Initiative: a new era for multilateralism and the Global SouthFCDO cuts “a gift to China and Russia" at the UNAfrica, the United Nations shifting geopolitical order | Daily NationThe UN and the multilateral system are in crisis – what the Global South must doGlobal Governance Initiative: addressing governance deficits and demonstrating China's sense of responsibility - People's Daily OnlineWorking together for a more just and equitable global governance system - People's Daily OnlineBRICS reiterates its resolve to fight for multilateralism and democratic global trade : Peoples DispatchUN expert urges structural reforms to bridge North–South divide and strengthen multilateralism | OHCHRSCO: multilateralism minus the West?New Multilateralism And Minilateralism Era: Shangrila-La Dialogue 2025 And What it Means To ASEAN In A New Strategic Political Gambit – AnalysisEurasia Review New Multilateralism And Minilateralism Era: Shangrila-La Dialogue 2025 And What it Means To ASEAN In A New Strategic Political Gambit – Analysis.Iranian President: Shanghai Summit Aims to Strengthen Multilateral CooperationChina tries to use Trump turmoil to unite leaders against U.S.-led orderResolution 2719 on Hold: Implications for the AU-UN Partnership - IPI Global ObservatoryNew Multilateralism And Minilateralism Era: Shangrila-La Dialogue 2025 And What it Means To Asean In A New Strategic Political Gambit- AnalysisWAPE 2025: geopolitics, economic models and multi-polarityIn UN speech, Beijing makes clear its intent to remold global norms, seizing on Trump’s retreatFiji deputy PM urges UN to deliver “multilateralism with edge and purpose” for Pacific nationsNon-Aligned Movement ministers renew call for multilateralism at Uganda meetingBandung at 70: A Global South Vision for Multilateralism that Delivers | GC NOW Impact Sessions 2025Qatar Reiterates Commitment to Enhance Multilateral Cooperation to Implement Sustainable Development GoalsDefence Minister calls for reformed multilateralism, upholding rules-based global orderReclaiming Development: Africa’s Voice at the UN’s 80th AnniversaryIn a Changing Global Order, Africa Is Embracing Its AgencyIs the United Nations Going South?UN official on China's role in reshaping multilateral orderUN official on China's role in reshaping multilateral orderOpinion | China is supporting multilateralism one institution at a timeUN has stopped working, says Brazil’s presidentIt Turns Out Like This! Examples Of Multilateral Cooperation That Benefit IndonesiaCGTN: How China champions openness and multilateralism to build Asia-Pacific communityThe New “New Multilateralism”: Minilateral Cooperation, but at What Cost?

Pope Leo: The UN has lost its ability to deal with world crisesIn interview with Crux correspondent, Pope talks Ukraine, synodality, polarization, World CupAt the Coming U.N. Leaders Meetings: Existential Questions on the U.S. Role, Israel-Palestine, and the U.N. ItselfThe World Sees Hope for a Two-State Solution. Israelis and Palestinians See None.Allied Nations Gather to Discuss Future of Multilateral Defence Security Financing | Business WireUN Security Council Faces Dysfunction Amid Global Conflicts | Sweden HeraldHow to overcome the crisis of peacebuilding and humanitarian assistance?Time to Shut Down the Failed U.N. Lebanon Mission - WSJAccountability for the U.N. - Sanctions Albanese / WSJ‘House of diplomacy and dialogue’: UN wraps up high-level week with calls for peace, climate action and reform | UN NewsThe U.N. Security Council is Struggling. We Still Need ItPursuing Peace on a Shoestring: Conflict Management in an Increasingly Complex WorldThe UN80 Proposals on Peace and Security: Not the Overhaul We NeedUN to slash a quarter of peacekeepers globally over lack of fundsUN to slash peacekeeping force after major US funding cutsGuterres calls for urgent reform of the Security CouncilDealmakers as Peacemakers? The Promises and Perils of a Business-Based Approach to Peace MediationThe UN80 Proposals on Peace and Security: Not the Overhaul We NeedAs Trump admin pushes Gaza peace plan, history shows UN peacekeeping’s mixed record

Is the EU forgoing multilateralism by striking a non-MFN deal with the U.S.?World Trade Online But the U.S., other former trade negotiators contend, is a special case because it already has abandoned the multilateral system it was fundamentalClarion call for safeguarding multilateral trade system for the common good of world: China Daily editorialChina Daily - Global Edition In their first-ever statement supporting the multilateral trading system with the WTO at its center, the leaders of the Shanghai CooperationKPMG International Synthesised text of the Multilateral Instrument and UK-Hong Kong, UK-China, UK-Latvia Double Taxation Convention published · New Exchequer Secretary to S.Korea seeks to join Japan-led CPTPP economic alliance amid Trump-era tariff risksKED Global South Korea is seeking to join a 12-member multilateral economic and trade alliance led by Japan to hedge against intensifying US-China rivalryFrom Addis to Belém: Is multilateralism back on track? - EnviroNews NigeriaEnviroNews Nigeria ... multilateralism as aptly captured by the Mutirão vision. Noura Hamladji. Deputy Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Philippines Presses for Transparency, Accountability, and Support for Middle-Income Countries at 53rd UNIDO Industrial Development BoardTop UN court says treaties compel wealthy nations to curb global warmingU.N. to Vote on First-Ever Global Tax Trade Punishing Shipping EmissionsThe U.N. Blinks on Its Carbon TaxChina calls on US to respect facts and multilateral trade rulesUpdated Multilateral Lending Institutions Ratings Methodology PublishedReimagining Climate Diplomacy: How the Lines of Power and Multilateralism Are Being RedrawnSoaring Global Military Spending Is Sidelining the SDGsBeyond 2025: A New Climate Multilateralism?

Building a multilateral coalition for global tech regulationGoverning AI Agents Globally: The Role of International Law, Norms and Accountability MechanismsPublic AI is the new multilateralismWhite House Pursues Multilateral Approach to AI Leadership Amid Trade Negotiations and Commerce Department’s AI Exports Program — AI: The Washington Report

Richard Gowan (Crisis Group): “Morale at the UN is below zero”UN chief António Guterres refuses to comment on editorial telling him to 'cut the crap' on PNG Takeaways: The Failure of Multilateral Institutions to Protect WomenIndependent Women's Forum Sexual Violence and Exploitation by UN Peacekeepers Exposes Injustices. A 2024 report attributes over 100 allegations of sexual exploitation to UN ...enior U.N. Officials Helped Taliban Extort Aid from U.S.-Backed NGOs, Government Watchdog FindsWhy The United Nations Is Bad For The WorldNations Must Make UN, IAEA Accountable / NewsmaxCritics say UN’s global comms office promotes anti-Israel bias | Fox NewsUN Management Needs Reform | NHK TV (Tokyo)UN Staff Urge SG Guterres to Resign & Fire USGs Amid His Failures on Ukraine and Gaza / Inner-City PressGeneva: WHO crisis electrifies succession race | Tribune de Genève The UN is Costly and Corrupt: Should the US Pull Back? / The Daily EconomyUN report finds UN reports are not widely read / ReutersUpdate on UN 80 and its impact on staff | Update on the UN80 initiative and its impact on staff | UNO The UN Mirage: A Staff Member’s Guide to Watching Rome Burn While Management Rearranges the Deck Chairs / LinkedIn authorhinese, Russian, Islamist, Iranian and Palestinian staff controlling millions in UN project funds / Compass (UNIDO) UN aid workers raped 60,000 people as it's claimed organisation employs 3,300 The UN is having a Marie Antoinette moment / Ian Richard on LinkedInUN Transparency Portal / United Nations UN 80 survey reveals staff concerns and low confidence in leadershipThe UN’s impossible job: Who would want to be the next Secretary-General?The New Face of Global LeadershipHigh-Level Side Event: A New Vision for Global Leadership: Selecting the Next UN Secretary-GeneralThe UN and democracy – how do they interact?UN picks former Belgian prime minister to lead UNDPThe United Nations Has Become the Dictators' Club: Chooses Tyrants Over the Oppressed

The Reading List: The elephant in the room at UNGAUNGA80: Trump Returns to the UN, Rattling a Multilateral Order in DeclineBig foundations and nonprofits still flood to the sidelines of a diminished United NationsRafael Mariano Grossi’s PostUnited Nations seen favorably by many across 25 countries | Pew Research CenterYoung UN trailblazers carving nation's path in world affairsPostcard Sent From the U.N. Is Returned to Sender After 72 Years - The New York TimesThe big picture benefits of a UN headquarters in New York | Lowy InstituteOther news in briefUN Global Risk ReportUNGA80 Is Around the Corner: Here's the Lineup So Far - PassBlueUNGA80 reporters' notebook: Day 1Special edition: The many questions that remain after UNGA80UNGA80 reporters' notebook: Day 2UNGA80 reporters' notebook: Day 3UNGA80 reporters' notebook: Day 4Deciphering the Decipheress: UNGA, U.S. Global Health, and the Seismic ShiftJoin us tomorrow, Nov. 5, for the launch of The Aid Report