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‘We’ve Prevented a Crash,’ Says UN Controller About the Organization’s Cash Woes

The United Nations General Assembly has overhauled a decades-old rule that has forced the world body to return cash it never actually collects to all member states in a practice that has worsened the organization’s current financial crisis. The adoption …

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