U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday announced the “UN80 Initiative,” a streamlining program named after the upcoming 80th anniversary of the world body. Skeptics suggested the program will be a largely theatrical attempt to ward off U.S. spending cuts by vaguely imitating America’s new fat-trimming Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
“These efforts are not ends in themselves. They are about better serving people whose very lives depend on us. They are about hardworking taxpayers around the world who underwrite everything we do,” Guterres told reporters on Wednesday.
“It is essential that an organizational system as complex and crucial as the United Nations subjects itself to rigorous and regular scrutiny to assess its fitness for purpose in carrying out its goals efficiently,” he said.
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