Listen up Congress. Let's join the UK on this. DEFUND the
Maybe there is still hope for the UK:
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U.K. Pulls Plug on United Nations Spending, in Move That is Bound to Hearten U.S. Critics
In a sweeping and hard-nosed reorganization of priorities for its $10.6 billion multilateral foreign aid program, the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government of Prime Minister David Cameron has pulled the financial plug entirely on four U.N. agencies at the end of next year, put three others judged merely “adequate” on notice that they could face the same fate unless they improve their performance “as a matter of absolute urgency;” and issued pointed criticisms of almost all the rest.
The major exception: UNICEF, the U.N. children’s aid agency, which got a strong endorsement and a funding increase.
For years I have subscribed to the bumper sticker, "Get the U.S. out of the U.N. and the U.N out of the U.S.". I never imagined the Brits would do a partial withdrawal from four U.N. agencies. Granted, the Brits don't come close to the financing level of the U.S.. Nonetheless, congratulations to PM Cameron for recognizing the obvious. The U.N. is no friend of western democracies and would collapse under its own corrupt weight without the U.S. financial support. Perhaps the U.S., in light of the action by the Brits, will be able to revisit this issue in January 2013 if not sooner.
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