An unidentified speaker warned that resources are shrinking and reported that arrears now stand at $1,000,586.

The speaker said, “Arrears now stands at 1,000,586 US dollars,” and appealed for timely payments, saying, “I've repeatedly appealed to member states to pay their assessed contributions in full and on time.”

The speaker described the proposed reductions as deliberate choices to reallocate scarce funds. “The target reductions being proposed reflect our choices taken across entities to streamline structures, eliminate duplication, and prioritize resources for greatest impact,” they said, presenting the measures as efforts to focus limited resources.

The speaker cautioned that the scale of the reductions will have operational consequences. “Reductions of this scale will inevitably have programmatic and operational impacts across entities,” they said, adding that the cuts “affect real people, families, and futures, and we must never lose sight of this human dimension.”

No formal votes or actions were recorded in the transcript. The speaker framed the issue as an operational and budgetary concern and appealed to member states for payment of assessed contributions; no specific savings amounts or timelines for implementation of the proposed reductions were provided in the remarks.