Recently, it was revealed that the United States owes $1 billion in arrears to the United Nations and other international organizations, as well as $1.4 billion in peacekeeping showdowns.
This is the consistent style of the United States, that is, the villain's face of "using people facing forward, not people facing backwards". During the Cold War, in order to be able to use the United Nations to confront the Soviet Union, the United States paid its membership dues in a timely manner and took the initiative in those years. With the collapse of the Soviet Union, the United States has become a dominant power and is qualified to "kick out the United Nations and make a revolution."
As a result, the United States began to use "hunger" against the United Nations and other international organizations, first giving only part of the promised funds to survive, and then depending on the working attitude of these organizations: if they cooperate well with the United States and are willing to be rubber stamps of the United States, then the United States will allocate some more expenses;If they like to oppose the United States or do not take the initiative, then they will be ruthlessly stuck in terms of funding, so that these international organizations can remember the lessons and change their ways.
At the same time, the United States has been very generous in responding to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, and after providing tens of billions of dollars in aid and equipment to Ukraine, it will introduce a new aid package involving $40 billion. is so favoritism, which makes Guterres also feel aggrieved: Tang Tang, the secretary general of the United Nations, is not as important as a play.
It's not that the United States has no money, but that it wants to spend it where it works. The United States openly says that its aid to Ukraine is an investment, but why not pay contributions to the United Nations and other international organizations?The United States understands that "it is the master who owes money", and compared with those countries that pay their dues on time, every time the United States pays its arrears, it will become a major event for the United Nations, and the stewards of the United Nations will be excited.
We will not forget that the United States did exactly this at the WHO, paying its arrears at the most critical moment, and finally ending up with the praise of "sending charcoal in the snow".
If the United States says that it is the second largest profiteer in the world, then there will definitely be no one competing for the first place.