US to make at least $285m cut to UN budget

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In a statement released over the holiday, the US Mission to the United Nations said next year’s budget would be slashed by over $285m and unspecified reductions would also be made to the UN’s management and support functions.

The announcement didn’t make clear the entire amount of the budget or specify what effect the cut would have on the US contribution.

“We will no longer let the generosity of the American people be taken advantage of,” US ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley said in a statement. Haley added that the “inefficiency and overspending” of the organization is well-known.

Under the UN charter, the US is responsible for 22% of the the body’s annual operating budget, or around $1.2bn in 2017-2018, and 28.5% of the cost of peacekeeping operations, estimated at $6.8bn over the same period. 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/26/us-to-make-at-least-285m-cut-to-un-budget-after-vote-on-jerusalem

 

Let the thumbs up role in.

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

24 minutes ago, Boiler said:

In a statement released over the holiday, the US Mission to the United Nations said next year’s budget would be slashed by over $285m and unspecified reductions would also be made to the UN’s management and support functions.

The announcement didn’t make clear the entire amount of the budget or specify what effect the cut would have on the US contribution.

“We will no longer let the generosity of the American people be taken advantage of,” US ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley said in a statement. Haley added that the “inefficiency and overspending” of the organization is well-known.

Under the UN charter, the US is responsible for 22% of the the body’s annual operating budget, or around $1.2bn in 2017-2018, and 28.5% of the cost of peacekeeping operations, estimated at $6.8bn over the same period. 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/dec/26/us-to-make-at-least-285m-cut-to-un-budget-after-vote-on-jerusalem

 

Let the thumbs up role in.

Merry Christmas 

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Happy New Year

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

Well, that will ease only a tiny amount from the tax cuts.  Where will the belt get tightened next?

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2 hours ago, IDWAF said:

Well, that will ease only a tiny amount from the tax cuts.  Where will the belt get tightened next?

Hopefully, welfare reform.

[Cyberfx1024 7,980]

Merry Christmas and a happy New Year. #MAGA.

 

 

But seriously this always amazed me how we pay about 1/4 of the general fund operating budget of the UN all the while they demean us at every chance they can. 

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23 minutes ago, cyberfx1024 said:

Merry Christmas and a happy New Year. #MAGA.

 

 

But seriously this always amazed me how we pay about 1/4 of the general fund operating budget of the UN all the while they demean us at every chance they can. 

Because there were no adults around.

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

1 hour ago, Boiler said:

Because there were no adults around.

MAGA

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1 hour ago, cyberfx1024 said:

Merry Christmas and a happy New Year. #MAGA.

 

 

But seriously this always amazed me how we pay about 1/4 of the general fund operating budget of the UN all the while they demean us at every chance they can. 

How about that Nikki Haley?  She is laying the smack down to these globalist freeloaders. The dawn of a new day…new year…new decade.  Hopefully when Trump and Haley are through trashing the UN…the UN just closes shop.  No freebies…they just quit.

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Despite my overall disagreements with this geopolitical strategy, I have to at least give the administration credit for "putting their money where their mouth is", so to speak.