Secretary-General Proposes Budget Cuts
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Facing strong U.S. pressure to slash costs, Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali proposed a new two-year budget that would cut 500 jobs and trim expenses by about 7%. The United States welcomed the proposal. Washington is withholding about $1.5 billion from the world body, partly to press it to cut costs and increase efficiency. Boutros-Ghali’s budget outline proposes a $2.4-billion budget for 1998 and 1999, a reduction of 6.9% from the 1996-97 budget.
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