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The United Nations has a 148 departments with an annual budget of around $68 billion. Although diplomatic and somewhat unifying, it is also known for being financially wasteful.

Which is why in 2025 amid growing dissatisfaction among member states (especially the United States), the UN agreed to reduce costs. But it’s still full of a lot of bloat. Off with its head then?

Not exactly. After spending way too much time prompting and asking ChatGPT to cross reference UN financials with public audits and alternative resources, I think we should first try to reduce UN to a central core instead of outright abolishing it.

Basically consolidate all UN offices into its New York headquarters and keep the Security Council, General Assembly, peacekeeping, humanitarian, refugee, and international law functions. Everything else would then be handled more efficiently and cost effectively by already existing global (i.e. World Health Organization) and regional organizations (i.e. Red Cross).

After crunching the numbers, AI predicts member states could collectively save between $10-14 billion per year, or 15-20% annually.

How ya like dem apples?