00:00The United States has paid about $160 million of the more than $4 billion it owes the United Nations.
00:07The shortfall comes as President Donald Trump's administration has questioned its commitment to the UN,
00:13cutting funding and withholding mandatory payments to regular and peacekeeping budgets.
00:22Despite that, Trump appeared to back UN funding during the inaugural meeting of his Board of Peace in Washington.
00:28We're going to be working with the United Nations very closely. We're going to bring them back.
00:32I think the United Nations has great potential, really great potential. It has not lived up to potential.
00:39The US, the largest contributor to the UN, owes about $2.2 billion to the regular budget, more than 95
00:47% of global areas.
00:49It also owes another $2.4 billion for peacekeeping and $43 million for UN tribunals.
00:57Unpaid dues have forced the UN to slash its spending and reduce its services.
01:03UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres warned last month that the body faces an imminent financial collapse
01:10unless member states pay their dues or financial rules are reformed.
01:14UN Secretary General new safeguaries today, we currently work with the UN to scheideth��
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