The veiled threats have begun and it isn’t even a done deal! The United Nations Chief Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has taken an opportunity to further impugn the Trump administration for its proposals of steep budget cuts to the UN in response to the mandated 22% dues under which the United States is obligated. The U.S. is on the hook to the United Nations annually to the tune of more than $2B! That is contributed to the total budget of more than $8B by all nations. When broken down into separate percentages, the numbers are shocking.
Out of the 193 nations that contribute to the UN budget, the United States contribution is greater than the sum total of 85 nations combined! The United States is the single greatest contributor to the UN (28.57%). The second closest neighbor in regards to contribution amounts is China (10.29%). However, when you consider that China has over four times the population of the United States, you begin to see the great disparity. The other six nations bringing up the next highest levels of contribution are Japan (9.68%), Germany (6.39%), France (6.31%), United Kingdom (5.80%), Russian Federation (4.01%) and Italy (3.75%).
In dispute right now is the fact that the Trump administration has put forward an austerity budget that would essentially strip at least half of the contribution money to the UN, particularly in a few questionable or objectionable programs that have been flagged by the administration and the Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. All of the $326M set aside for the International Organizations and Programs budget is being completely 86’d. An addition $70M will be axed from the UN Development Programme. Also on tap to be cut was a 40% share of the budget at the State Department for the UN Peacekeeping Forces. There is the United Nations Population Fund that opponents say actually feeds into an opinion that fewer people is better and advocates on behalf of de-population of the 155 countries it services. In April this UNPF program was cut by $32.5M, but when listening to the spokesman for Guterres, you would think that every baby now born in the world might as well now be put to the sword because of the cutting of these funds. One thing to keep in mind is that these funds are only being pulled by the U.S. Other nations are continuing to fund the program. So the entire premise that all these women and children are now at risk is ludicrous, but serves the purpose of pulling on the heartstrings of Liberal politicians and Republicans who are too afraid of the media name-calling to protest. These and other programs being cut is the main complaint by the UN Chief and he is not shy about his threatening rhetoric.
Continue on the next page with Nikki Haley’s warning to the U.N.
Trump will tell them to “Pound Sand” and if they don’t like it to get the hell out of the USA. They’re mostly against us anyway and should be relocated to some 3rd World Country where they belong……
Tell the UN chief to go to hell
No vote no money!and the amount that’s being given is way to much! my opinion is we would be better of to get out of it.
Isn’t it strange that the UN has 16 Peacekeeping missions and you never hear about any of them. Why is it that the USA pays over half of the cost of the UN. The article says there are 193 member nations, but why are our cost so high? Then, to top it off, the UN wants to be in charge of the World (One World Government). What a joke! They’ve been in Haiti how many years and intend to stay longer. Just how bad can it be in that little bitty place? Seems like every one that has “tried to help” Haiti, raped them and didn’t bother kissing them. Red Cross and the Clintons stole from them, reports stated that the UN soldiers abused the young girls, and I read that their children disappeared all the time.
The UN is now a Muslim organization. It’s run by Muslims, has Muslims on the Human Rights committee and you never see the UN respond to any of the Muslim mass murderings. They are too busy attacking Israel. Last time I heard they had 27 complaints against them and only America and a few others defended them. If you want a Muslim dominated World, just support the UN and you’ll have it.
Let the UN get by with all the cry babies paying for it. That should work really well.
There was a plan to build a United Nations facility on an island in the middle of an Ocean initially. It should be reconsidered for security purposes, stop spying, stop potential spread of disease, and to stop the whining. Obviously,other countries would no longer depend on the US to pay all the expenses, and would have to pay their fair share. Attitudes change when there is a stake in the game.
The U.N. needs to go. They are an invader. The U.N. Building in N.Y.C. Should be used to help veterans. Overdue for cutting the line off with the U.N. They should never been let in the U.S.