Reminder: the @UNPeacekeeping budgets are some $3.16 billion in arrears. Have you anything to say about the large US slice of that @USAmbUN? https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2020/04/02/world/ap-virus-outbreak-un-cash-crisis.html?searchResultPosition=8

“There is not room for payments to [ #peacekeeping] troop and police contributing countries for the March and June quarterly cycles, which will require nearly $1.1 billion.” By @PamelaFalk https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/u-n-official-warns-of-dire-financial-crisis-due-to-coronavirus-in-leaked-documents/?__twitter_impression=true#

The UN financial crisis is political & the Trump Administration has been responsible for the largest arrears for months & months. What say you @USAmbUN @NikkiHaley? Here’s the background details https://twitter.com/pdwilliamsgwu/status/1118162144355397632?s=21 https://twitter.com/pdwilliamsgwu/status/1118162144355397632

It’s particularly galling that these arrears are hitting @UNPeacekeeping when @USAmbUN @USUN are trying to make themselves look better than @Chinamission2un by parading their $$ spent on humanitarian assistance https://twitter.com/usambun/status/1245153159955300352?s=21 https://twitter.com/usambun/status/1245153159955300352

Maybe @Chinamission2un @zlj517 should run a similar PR campaign contrasting the Trump Administration’s arrears for UN #PeaceOperations to #China? Remember UN SPMs and #peacebuilding missions are financed by the UN regular budget.

Here’s the top 12 contributors of uniformed UN #peacekeepers as of 31/01/2020 that would be most affected by lack of reimbursement for personnel