UN Secretary General Spokesman Dijalik confirmed in response to questions from reporters on December 22, local time, that the US has still not paid its arrears in UN dues, and using “very difficult” to describe the UN's current plight is an understatement. UN Secretary General Guterres explained at the beginning of this month that the total arrears of member states last year and this year had reached 1,586 billion US dollars. The US, on the other hand, has the biggest arrears. In response to reporters' questions at the beginning of the month, Dijalik confirmed that the US had not paid its dues in arrears recently. Now that three more weeks have passed, America is still “not paying a single penny.” According to previous statistics, as of the end of September this year, the US had arrears of about 1.5 billion US dollars in membership fees.

UN Secretary General Spokesman Dijalik confirmed in response to questions from reporters on December 22, local time, that the US has still not paid its arrears in UN dues, and using “very difficult” to describe the UN's current plight is an understatement. UN Secretary General Guterres explained at the beginning of this month that the total arrears of member states last year and this year had reached 1,586 billion US dollars. The US, on the other hand, has the biggest arrears. In response to reporters' questions at the beginning of the month, Dijalik confirmed that the US had not paid its dues in arrears recently. Now that three more weeks have passed, America is still “not paying a single penny.” According to previous statistics, as of the end of September this year, the US had arrears of about 1.5 billion US dollars in membership fees.