In an unprecedented step, a court in the US might rule that UN diplomatic immunity does not extend to its financial obligations and that it has to pay its debts.Seems the UN Development Program (UNDP) is notorious for not paying their bills. A company under contract for the UNDP to remove several ships from an Iraqi harbor and open it for business discovered this the hard way as they have never been paid for their work in Iraq. The UN even made an agreement that should have settled the issue but then reneged on the deal when it turned out the UNDP would actually have to use their own money to pay the debt.
That begs the question: Just what, exactly, is the UN doing with all that money we are sending them if they aren't paying the contracts they are letting?
It seems to be common practice with the UNDP to simply refuse paying until the claimant goes away out of frustration. As they could not be taken to court, there is really nothing anyone could do. This might change.