Guterres: reforming United Nations requires ‘painful‘ changes

The process launched to make the United Nations more effective will require painful changes, the Secretary General has warned, insisting on the need for these reforms. Staff cuts will be inevitable. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox In March, António Guterres launched the "UN80" initiative aimed at improving the efficiency of the United Nations, which is facing chronic budgetary constraints reinforced by the policies of US President Donald Trump. "Our common goal has always been to make our organisation more efficient, to simplify procedures, to eliminate duplication and to strengthen transparency and accountability," he said on Monday as he presented the progress of this work to the member states. "The liquidity crisis we are facing is not new. But the current financial and political situation makes our efforts even more urgent," he said. "We know that some of these changes will be painful for our UN family." + Swiss budget cuts increase pressure on ...