The warning comes as the world body ended 2025 with record levels of unpaid dues and dwindling cash reserves.In a letter dated January 28 to ambassadors from all 193 member states, Guterres highlighted that the UN could run out of regular budget funds by July 2026 if current trends continue.

U.N. faces potential cash crisis by July as unpaid dues hit record $1.568 billion. Secretary-General António Guterres warns of liquidity problems amid funding cuts.

“If we want a world in which peace can be sustained…and in which - in the end - our values will prevail, we need to support multipolarity,” Guterres said.

António Guterres says Washington's "clear conviction" is that multilateral solutions are irrelevant.

We must have a ceasefire in Gaza, and we must move with the second stage fully,' Antonio Guterres tells - Anadolu Ajansı