{"id":202972,"date":"2011-11-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T18:28:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=202972"},"modified":"2019-03-12T18:28:40","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T18:28:40","slug":"auto-insert-202972","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-202972\/","title":{"rendered":"Palestine admission to UNESCO\/US contribution – SecGen media remarks (excerpts)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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REMARKS TO MEDIA ON SUSTAINABLE ENERGY FOR ALL<\/strong> 
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Q:  The US announced yesterday that it would stop a $60 million dollars payment to UNESCO.  Are you concerned about similar reverberations throughout the UN system, that the US might de-fund other UN agencies? <\/p>\n

SG:  Yesterday, I expressed my position.  As Secretary-General of the United Nations naturally you may understand that I am concerned about the viable financial situation of all the United Nations agencies and programmes, including UNESCO.  I expect that practical measures will be taken by Member States.  It is [up to] Member States to ensure that all the United Nations agencies receive political and financial support from the Member States.  I have been discussing this matter with the Director General of UNESCO and also other key Member States, [on] how the UN can ensure viable financial and political support from the Member States.  We will continue to discuss this matter. <\/p>\n

Q:  Will the United Nations itself compensate for the loss that is going to be suffered by the United States cutting off the funds?  Can the United Nations as a whole help UNESCO with this loss that it is going to incur with the United States stopping the funding? <\/p>\n

SG:  I do not have much to add to what I have said today and yesterday. Since it happened yesterday, even though we knew that it might happen that way, but still this is something which happened yesterday. I need to discuss this matter with the Member States. <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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