China is delaying the settlement of annual dues it owes to the UN later and later each year, exacerbating a funding crisis at the global body.
China’s late settlement of its mandatory dues for the UN regular budget has crept from two months overdue in 2021 to 10 months overdue in 2024, according to a Financial Times analysis of publicly available data.
Last year, China settled the final instalment of its $480mn contribution on December 27. Only North Korea paid the last of its roughly $157,000 in dues later, on December 30.
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