The U.S. government says it has negotiated a significant cut in the United Nations budget.
The U.S. Mission to the United Nations said on Sunday that the U.N.’s 2018-2019 budget would be slashed by over $285 million. The mission said reductions would also be made to the U.N.’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 U.S. contribution.
U.S. ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley said that the “inefficiency and overspending” of the organization is well-known, and she would not let “the generosity of the American people be taken advantage of.”
She also said that while the mission was pleased with the results of budget negotiations, it would continue to “look at ways to increase the U.N.’s efficiency while protecting our interests.”
WTH does this even mean? Are we ( as in just the US) auditing the UN and their budgets? Deciding who gets what? Who pays for what?
‘Oh see my brother’s clumsy colonel, and when he gets unhappy he breaks things. Like say, he don’t feel the army’s playing fair by him, he may start breaking things, colonel.’
@daveminnj An under-appreciated MP skit. I love the way they negotiate their protection fee down to a pittance at the end - and the Cockney accents.
Nice…who will ‘be with us’ when the whole world falls apart the NEXT time?
Whittling away the function and purpose of the United Nations, exactly as Vlad directed her to do. Well done, Comrade Haley.