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[–] 0 points 7 months ago (5 children)

For a "place to gather and talk" they sure do use a lot of money and resources. Maybe they should switch to remote work lol

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  • [–] 26 points 7 months ago* (4 children)

    The UN budget for 2025 was $3.7 billion

    https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/12/1158531

    For comparison, global chewing gum sales in 2025 were $48.68 billion

    https://www.statista.com/topics/1841/chewing-gum/

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  • [–] -1 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    10 million per day still seems like a lot, though we don't know how much the sitting around and talking part actually uses since the article mentions this:

    The regular budget funds UN programmes across key areas, including political affairs, international justice and law, regional cooperation for development, human rights and humanitarian affairs, and public information.

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