So Gutierrez sent a missive out to all 193 member states, outlining his fears and pleading that they had to honor their mandatory payments or overhaul the organization's financial rules to avoid collapse. It comes after the UN's largest contributor to The United States refused to contribute to [the UN's] regular and peacekeeping budgets and withdrew from several agencies. it called a, quote, waste of taxpayer dollars. These include the UN's population agency and the UN treaty that establishes international climate negotiations. And I gotta say, reading this, it reminds me of. (03:11–03:17)
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