Trump Team Readies Vote Against UN's Budget as One More Protest
Source: Bloomberg
(Bloomberg) -- The Trump administration is making what may be its final stand against the status quo at the United Nations, preparing to vote against the world body’s annual budget over disagreements on a conference that it considers anti-Israel and over Iran sanctions.
The U.S. decision on the $3.2 billion budget for 2021 was announced late Wednesday at a budget committee meeting. A vote officially approving the budget and other amendments will be held in the UN General Assembly on Thursday, when U.S. Ambassador Kelly Craft, a top Republican campaign donor, is expected to speak.
The budget is traditionally approved by consensus. Over the past three years, the U.S. supported the annual funding even as President Donald Trump complained that other nations weren’t contributing enough and his administration withdrew from UN bodies it considered anti-American or anti-Israel.
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The U.S. and Israel were the only no votes in the budget committee Wednesday night as 151 other nations voted yes.
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