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, the United States, refused to contribute to its 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. (22:39–22:51)
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Asserts that the United States has stopped contributing to the UN's regular and peacekeeping budgets.
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