Former Trump official slams UN reform efforts as 'eight and a half years late'
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The United Nations’ UN80 Task Force is analyzing various proposed methods to restructure the organization, as indicated by a leaked confidential document shared with Fox News Digital. This six-page document points out multiple inefficiencies and areas where improvements are necessary to address “geopolitical shifts and significant reductions in foreign aid budgets,” which are “threatening the organization’s legitimacy and effectiveness.”

This initiative is “eight and a half years overdue,” according to Hugh Dugan, former National Security Council Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for International Organization Affairs, who told Fox News Digital: “If [Secretary-General António] Guterres truly understands that the system requires significant reform, he should step down and facilitate an early U.N. Secretary-General election.” Dugan believes “a person with a new mandate” should lead the U.N.’s overhaul.

Addressing Dugan’s concerns, Stéphane Dujarric, spokesperson for U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres, explained that the memo “is the result of an initiative to gather ideas and insights from senior officials on executing the Secretary-General’s vision” and is one “of the three work streams we are currently focusing on.”

Dujarric pointed to a speech Guterres delivered in March when introducing the UN80 Initiative, in which he called for an “ambitious reform agenda to strengthen how we work and deliver.” Guterres said this involves increasing transparency and accountability, being more effective and cutting costs, and decentralizing decisions to serve those who rely on the U.N.

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The symbol of the United Nations outside the Secretariat Building at United Nations Headquarters. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File) (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)

Dujarric also mentioned a speech Guterres gave eight years ago in September 2017, when he lamented the Byzantine bureaucracy that hampers progress at the U.N., and said that he was “pursuing sweeping management reform – to simplify procedures and decentralize decisions, with greater transparency, efficiency and accountability.”

For Dugan, Guterres’ failure to attempt those “sweeping” reforms prior to 2025 is an indication that regime change is needed. He reiterated that “the Secretary-General’s ‘Trust me’ window dressing is no longer convincing us to pay full retail.” 

U.S. contributions to the U.N. may also take a hit. In April, a White House Office of Management and Budget passback to the State Department indicated the desire to end funding for international organizations, including the U.N. 

Other countries are also falling short with contributions. In March, Guterres’ spokesperson Farhan Haq told Fox News Digital that member states’ non-payment of dues had forced the closure of one staff entrance to the U.N. headquarters in New York City at the time.

 

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