{"id":18459,"date":"2026-02-07T07:51:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T07:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/?p=18459"},"modified":"2026-02-07T07:51:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T07:51:13","slug":"u-s-to-pay-billions-in-initial-installment-to-the-united-nations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/2026\/02\/07\/u-s-to-pay-billions-in-initial-installment-to-the-united-nations\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. to pay billions in initial installment to the United Nations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KABUL: U.S. Representative to the United Nations, Mike Waltz, announced that the United States plans to pay its remaining dues for the UN&#8217;s regular budget and peacekeeping missions in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Waltz emphasized that this payment is a significant first step towards reducing U.S. arrears and is viewed as a clear sign of support for UN reforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He stated, &#8220;You will soon see a substantial portion of our annual contribution. While this is the initial installment of our arrears, it sends a clear message that the U.S. supports UN reform.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He further noted that the U.S. desires the United Nations to operate as an efficient, organized, and focused body, with a reduction in redundant branches, concentrating on areas that guarantee peace, security, and the protection of human rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>UN officials indicated that approximately 95% of the organization&#8217;s regular budget arrears are owed by the U.S., and nearly $2.4 billion remains unpaid for peacekeeping missions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KABUL: U.S. Representative to the United Nations, Mike Waltz, announced that the United States plans to pay its remaining dues for the UN&#8217;s regular budget and peacekeeping missions in the coming weeks. Waltz emphasized that this payment is a significant first step towards reducing U.S. arrears and is viewed as a clear sign of support [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":18460,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[73],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18459"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18459"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18459\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18461,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18459\/revisions\/18461"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}