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The Budget Office of the White House has proposed to abolish the funds for the United Nations peace campaigns, citing failures by operations in the gardener, Lebanon and Democratic Republic of Congo, according to the internal planning documents viewed by Reuters.
Washington is the largest contributor of the United Nations – second with China – regularly for 22% of the UN’s 22% of the $ 3.7 billion and 27% of the $ 5.6 billion Peacekeeping Budget. These payments are mandatory.
The proposed pecipping cuts are included in a so -called “passback”, which is a response by management and budget (OMB) for the requests of funding of the state department for the upcoming financial year, which begins on October 1. The overall plan wants to reduce the budget of the State Department by about half.
The new budget should be approved by the Congress, and the MPs decided to restore some or all funding, in which the administration has proposed.
The state department was due to responding to the OMB proposal on Tuesday. During the first term of US President Donald Trump, he proposed to cut one -third of diplomacy and aid budget. But the Congress, which determines the budget of the federal government, pushed back on Trump’s proposal.
State Department spokesman Tammy Bruce asked reporters on Tuesday when asked about the OMB proposals, “There is no final plan, not the final budget.”
The OMB has proposed to abolish the contribution to international peace activities (CIPA).
“For example, the passback offers no funds for CIPA, which ends the contribution to international pecipling due to recent failures, such as Minasma, Unifiled and Monusco, and high levels of assessment with high levels of assessment,” according to a fraction of passback.
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The United Nations Shantipal budget consists of a nine missions in Mali, Lebanon, Democratic Republic of Congo, South Sudan, Western Sahara, Cyprus, Kosovo, an administrative area between Syria and Israel-Kabje Golan heights and AbiE, which is run by an administrative area which is jointly run by South Sudan and Sudan.
The OMB Passback also proposed to construct the first opportunity fund (A1OF) of $ 2.1 billion America, stating that it would be used to cover a limited set of foreign economic and development aid priorities.
“Whether the administration should pay any assessment for the United Nations regular budget or Peacekipping Assessment, we’ll see from A1OF to provide that money,” read the OMB passback.
United Nations spokesman Stephen Dujarik on Tuesday “refused to comment on a leaked memo that is part of an internal debate within the US government.
US outstanding – outstanding and current financial year for the year – regular United Nations budget for about $ 1.5 billion and about $ 1.2 billion for peace budget. 193-A country can be outstanding for two years before facing the possible consequences of losing its vote in the member General Assembly.
United Nations General Secretary Antonio Guterres said last month that he was seeking ways to improve efficiency and cut cost as this year amid a cash crisis to the world body to 80.
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