The Year Ahead in US-UN Relations

Date: Thursday January 12, 2006

Time: 1:00-2:30 PM

Location: Church Center of the UN
777 UN Plaza, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10017

RSVP: Full contact information to:
Jessica Hartl, UNA-USA
202-462-3446
jhartl@unausa.org

Featured Speaker

Steven A. Dimoff
Vice President, Washington Office
United Nations Association of the USA

Background

With the United States refusing to join the consensus to pass the UN's $3.89 billion biennial budget if more progress is not made on management reform, US-UN relations have reached a critical juncture. What will this budget crisis mean for future US-UN relations? Will this financial pressure move the organization towards speedier adoption of reforms, as some predict in Congress? With the Senate Foreign Relations Committee set to visit New York in early February, does this signal improving Congressional-UN relations? Mr. Dimoff will offer a detailed account of current U.S. budgetary issues - including the result of appropriations for the UN in 2005, the status of US payments to the UN, and expectations for the 2007 budget. He will address the implications for Washington of what has happened in New York - e.g. the UN reform progress and the fallout from the Oil for Food scandal. And he will provide a wrap-up of Congressional action in 2005, with a preview of important topics in Congress for 2006.