Looming financial crisis for key UN agencies

News June 02, 2011

UN agencies operate increasingly as agents of a handful of donors, carrying out missions based on earmarked financing. Core funding for UN agencies is dropping sharply across the board making them less independent.

This is the consistent message in documents from the key UN agencies ahead of their annual Executive Board sessions.

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