{"id":33452,"date":"2026-05-01T07:46:34","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T05:46:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=33452"},"modified":"2026-05-01T07:47:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T05:47:07","slug":"n-chief-insists-us-funding-obligations-are-non-negotiable","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/n-chief-insists-us-funding-obligations-are-non-negotiable\/","title":{"rendered":"UN Chief insists US funding obligations are non-negotiable"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">United Nations (UN) Secretary General Antonio Guterres, says the billions of dollars the United States (US) owes to the world body is non-negotiable.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">This comes after reports that Washington had placed conditions on releasing the funds. US media reported this week that two- diplomatic notes circulated by the US called for nine- quick hit reforms, as a condition for releasing more funds- including further cost cutting, and moves to counter China&#8217;s influence at the world body.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">Guterres said that assessed contributions are an obligation of member states.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">\u201cAssessed contributions are an obligation of member states. They are non-negotiable. Obviously, we will do our best to pursue our reforms, unity and to make sure that we make this organisation as effective and as cost-effective as possible and as able to deliver for the people we care for. But these are two separate things,\u201d said Guterres.<\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"x_elementToProof\">&#8211;Reuters&#8211;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":23381,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-33452","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Guterres said that assessed contributions are an obligation of member states.","published_date":"","news_description":"Guterres said that assessed contributions are an obligation of member states.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/33452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/33452\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33454,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/33452\/revisions\/33454"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=33452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}