|
Post by avordvet on Jan 28, 2017 6:07:53 GMT -5
U.S. Funding for United Nations May Be Next on Trump's ListBy Patrick Goodenough, January 26, 2017 4:18 AM EST (CNSNews.com) – The United Nations and affiliated agencies, bankrolled by U.S. taxpayers to the tune of $7-$8 billion a year, looks set to be next in President Trump’s crosshairs, as he seeks to rein in an organization whose actions, his ambassador to the world body has charged, are “often at odds with American national interests.” Draft executive orders seen by the New York Times indicate that the administration could reduce funding for U.N. agencies that: --grant full membership to the Palestinian Authority or PLO; --fund abortion; --“is controlled or substantially influenced by any state that sponsors terrorism” or is blamed for persecuting marginalized groups or other systematic rights violations; --circumvent sanctions against Iran or North Korea. American taxpayers account for 22 percent of the regular budget of the U.N. – $610.8 million this year – plus almost 29 percent of the separate peacekeeping budget. The U.S. provides billions of dollars more each year in “voluntary contributions” to agencies across the U.N. system. www.cnsnews.com/news/article/patrick-goodenough/us-funding-united-nations-may-be-next-trumps-list
|
|