He commented on a video on the social network X, in which UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres says that digital platforms are often used to mislead people and sow hostility among them, to which the organization must respond. An Internet user who posted the video on his page wrote that the UN had allegedly "declared war on freedom of speech."
"Deprive the UN of funding," Musk wrote on his page on the social network X, leaving an entry under the user's post.
Earlier, a UN source told RIA Novosti that the organization, as part of cost optimization, could cut the budget by 20% and cut about seven thousand jobs.
In March, the UN Secretary General announced the launch of the UN-80 initiative, which includes, among other things, an audit of its work to optimize costs. At the same time, the reforms are taking place against the background of cuts in contributions to the UN budget from the United States and the position of the current American administration on financing humanitarian projects.
The United States is the largest contributor to the UN regular budget with 22%. ria.ru.
According to the UN in January, Washington had to pay 2.8 billion dollars: 1.5 billion dollars to the regular budget of the United Nations, the remaining amount for peacekeeping operations and the budget of the Tribunals.
