The General Assembly on
Friday agreed to a significant cut in the budget for the UN’s far-flung
peacekeeping missions, a reduction that the Trump administration fought
hard to achieve though it wanted an even larger decrease.
After
lengthy and heated negotiations, the assembly’s powerful budget
committee agreed to a $7.3 billion budget for 14 peacekeeping missions
for the year starting July 1, a $570 million cut from the current budget
of $7.87 billion.
The 193-member world body voted by consensus
to approve $6.8 billion. It also agreed to an additional $500 million
for two missions that are in the throes of downsizing — the joint
UN-African Union mission in Sudan’s troubled western Darfur region and
the UN peacekeeping mission in Haiti.
US Ambassador Nikki Haley said after the
budget committee’s agreement early Thursday: “Just five months into our
time here, we’ve already been able to cut over half a billion dollars
from the UN peacekeeping budget and we’re only getting started.”
More @ The Times of Israel
Needed a much bigger cut..
ReplyDeleteHe asked for it.
DeleteJust like NATO, but worse. Without the USA paying the bills, there are no peace keeping missions. The only reason the UN wants peacekeeping missions is to get paid. They couldn't care less about actually keeping peace anywhere.
ReplyDeleteThe only reason the UN wants peacekeeping missions is to get paid. They couldn't care less about actually keeping peace anywhere.
DeleteAgreed.