'UN80 Initiative' appears to show world body's panic over possible DOGE-like cuts

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announced the "UN80 Initiative" connected Wednesday arsenic a task successful grant of the planetary body’s 80th anniversary. On paper, the inaugural aims to amended efficiency, reappraisal the implementation of mandates and restructure the system. However, respective U.N. critics assertion that this is the planetary body’s mode of bracing for imaginable U.S. spending cuts.

"This goes acold beyond the technical. Budgets astatine the United Nations are not conscionable numbers connected a equilibrium expanse — they are a substance of beingness and decease for millions astir the world," Secretary-General Guterres told reporters connected Wednesday.

He denied that the UN80 Initiative is simply a "version of DOGE" and said it was not a effect to imaginable U.S. cuts.

Head of the enactment DOGE-UN Hugh Dugan dismissed the UN80 Initiative arsenic an "effort to nonstop a large large Hallmark greeting paper to the world."

"He's had 8 to 10 years of accidental to commencement what he's calling for now, and determination is not capable clip successful his remaining 18 months oregon 19 months successful bureau that could supply immoderate crushed to deliberation that his squad is going to pivot and acceptable the satellite connected occurrence successful ways that would beryllium a footrace with immoderate Elon Musk is doing," Dugan told Fox News Digital.

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announced the "UN80 Initiative" connected Wednesday arsenic a task successful grant of the planetary body’s 80th anniversary. (Eduardo Munoz/Reuters)

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When pressed by Fox News Digital during the midday briefing if UN80 was meant arsenic a effect to U.S. cuts and if the secretary-general was disquieted astir Elon Musk, the Secretary-General spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric referred to the comments the secretary-general made earlier successful the day.

Anne Bayefsky, Director, Touro Institute connected Human Rights and the Holocaust and President, Human Rights Voices, responded to the secretary-general’s comments. She slammed the U.N. arsenic a "bloated, corrupt and profoundly anti-American and anti-Jewish institution."

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is expected to code the U.N.’s fiscal concern adjacent period successful a virtual municipality hall.  (Brendan McDermid/Reuters)

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"Every clip a U.S. authorities begins to effort to clasp it to relationship oregon usage the powerfulness of the purse to alteration this nonsensical equation, the U.N. trots retired a ‘reform’ fake retired and America rolls over. President Trump and DOGE tin alteration this perverse authorities of affairs," Bayefsky told Fox News Digital.

"Obviously, Guterres is moving frightened and profoundly acrophobic that his full nonsense astir being engaged successful ‘an ambitious betterment agenda’ volition beryllium called out," she added.

Internal U.N. documents connected its "liquidity crisis" precocious obtained by Fox News Digital appeared to amusement that the intuition was bracing itself for imaginable DOGE-related spending cuts. (Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

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Internal U.N. documents connected its "liquidity crisis" precocious obtained by Fox News Digital appeared to amusement that the intuition was bracing itself for imaginable DOGE-related spending cuts.

Despite the U.N. memo stating that cutting backmost to 80% of allocated funds would perchance harm entities, insiders told Dugan that they bash not spot immoderate "real cuts" successful it.

Guterres is expected to code the U.N.’s fiscal concern adjacent period successful a virtual municipality hall. While determination was nary taxable specified successful the invitation for the municipality hall, Dujarric confirmed that finances would beryllium discussed.