Strengthening the United Nations

greater weight was given to the positions of major contributors. The American complaint, shared by a number of other, principally Western, members, was that the organization had become over-burdened, inefficient, and dominated by a Third World majority which trampled over the values and views of those who carried the largest share of the budget. The American threat has subsided after a series of financial and management reforms. These include a reduction of high-level staff positions, greater controls on expenditures, and agreement to adopt consensus procedure in reviewing the programme and budget, thus retaining the principle of one state, one vote, but ensuring that the approved budget has the concurrence of major contributors. Still, the financial condition of the United Nations remains precarious as members continue to be deeply in arrears in their payments, especially the United States. Moreover, efforts to revise the organization's role

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