#un-budget-cuts

#un-budget-cuts

Former Iraqi President Barham Salih is on course to become the next head of the United Nations refugee agency after Secretary-General Antonio Guterres recommended him for the job. A signed letter from Guterres, dated Thursday and addressed to Atsuyuki Oike, Japan's top diplomat in Geneva and chair of UNHCR's executive committee, that was seen by news agencies, confirmed the appointment pending formal approval.

The UN will make up the shortfall by cutting 2,681 positions across multiple UN agencies, which he said, correspond to functions that, in our opinion, can be done better by others or can be reduced by efficiencies. Some 18 percent of UN posts are already vacant due to its ongoing liquidity crisis from unpaid member dues and other debts, the secretary-general said.