The UN's Hostage Crisis: Washington's Long Game of Financial Blackmail The United Nations' annual general debate is about to kick off in New York, where Secretary General Antonio Guterres will deliver his final address on the state of the organization.
The UN's financial woes have been well documented, but what's often overlooked is the complex web of politics and interests that has led us here.
Washington's use of financial blackmail to exert control over the UN dates back to the Reagan administration in the 1980s, when the US accused the UN of being an anti American forum and began withholding payments as a means of "encouraging" reform.