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US to make at least $285m cut to UN budget after vote on Jerusalem
- simonh 9y agoBrit here. I think the UN should seriously consider relocating it's offices from New York. It's really not acceptable to have the organisation held to ransom like this. I'd support Berlin, Rome or Paris as good options if one of those nations was willing to take it on. With the new high speed rail links between London and Paris coming on line soon maybe we could split the burden. I can see some good coming of this, clearly the organisation and it's members can't take funding or independence for granted and need to take them seriously. Maybe we in Britain could contribute a bit more from the massive savings we're supposed to reap from Brexit - ho, ho.
- sharemywin 9y agoI'm sure Trump would vote for it to be moved to Moscow.
- tanto 9y agoTbh I wouldn't wonder if Trump is really a Russian asset. The damage he has done to the US reputation is irreparable. The US didn't have a good standing internationally before him but right now most people I do know consider the US as the most dangerous country to world peace. The whole refugees crisis in Europe started with the US destabilising the near East and now the president of the US considers all refugees gay or terrorist's or both and can't most probably show any near East country on a world map.
- mankash666 9y agoFunny how Saudi Arabia being head of women's rights doesn't cause a protest vote, or Syria becoming the human rights council head. But the US vote on Jerusalem is condemned?!! I'm not a Trump supporter, but I'm very much in support of exposing the hypocrisy of the UN.