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UN warns cash-flow limits could force activity withholding; reporters press on unpaid assessments and UNIFIL future
Summary
Reporters asked whether arrears and a reported 1% spending cut will affect UN operations; the spokesperson warned cash-flow constraints "will limit our ability" to spend and confirmed troop reductions and planning are underway for peacekeeping presences such as UNIFIL.
During the briefing's question-and-answer period, journalists pressed the UN spokesperson on the secretary-general's comments about spending and a potential 1% reduction tied to arrears. Asked whether the 1% cuts were different from previously forecast measures and whether any member states had paid arrears, the spokesperson said, "the cash the issue of cash flow will limit, our ability, obviously, to spend money, which will require some, some…
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