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WASHINGTON — A day after his White House meeting with President Barack Obama, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki- Moon raised congressional hackles by calling the United States a “deadbeat” donor to the world body.
Ban’s criticism Wednesday of the U.N.’s single-biggest backer irked some members of the House Foreign Relations Committee. They were generally supportive of his leadership but voiced concern about U.N. efforts in areas from Sudan to Somalia.
Ban said he had wanted to highlight that the U.S. agrees to pay 22 percent of the U.N.’s $4.86 billion operating budget, but is perennially late with its dues — and is about $1 billion behind on its payments.
