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U.N. to Put Trump Appointee at Head of World Food Programme to Help Stave Off U.S. Cuts
"Donald Trump could be ready to order a strike against Iran, Australian Government figures say"
U.N. officials hope former South Carolina Governor David Beasley can persuade his D.C. friends to spare the food agency from the White House budget axe.
By Colum Lynch | March 24, 2017, 1:22 PM
Displaced Iraqis, who fled their homes following an offensive led by the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group, collect boxes of food donated by the World Food Program (WFP) in the southern city of Basra on October 2, 2014. United Nations agencies are running out of funding to help the 1.8 million people displaced by violence in Iraq, UN humanitarian chief Valerie Amos said. AFP PHOTO/HAIDAR MOHAMMED ALI (Photo credit should read HAIDAR MOHAMMED ALI/AFP/Getty Images)
Former South Carolina Gov. David Beasley will be sworn in next week as the executive director of the World Food Programme, placing the first Trump administration appointee at the helm of a major U.N. relief agency at a time when the president seeks deep cuts in funding for humanitarian causes, three senior U.N.-based diplomats told Foreign Policy.
U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres is gambling that the appointment of Beasley — who has no experience running a major international relief operation, or with the United Nations — will help dissuade the administration from cutting a large portion of the more than $2 billion it contributes each year on the agency to help fight hunger around the world.
More - https://foreignpolicy.com/2017/03/24/u-n-to-put-trump-appointee-at-head-of-world-food-program-to-help-stave-off-cuts/
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Trump administration pulls US out of UN human rights council
Matthew Lee and Josh Lederman Associated Press
Jun 19, 2018
https://www.postandcourier.com/news/trump-administration-pulls-us-out-of-un-human-rights-council/article_80f533e2-7406-11e8-8782-3b0dcc9e49cb.html
"Donald Trump could be ready to order a strike against Iran, Australian Government figures say"
U.N. officials hope former South Carolina Governor David Beasley can persuade his D.C. friends to spare the food agency from the White House budget axe.
By Colum Lynch | March 24, 2017, 1:22 PM
Displaced Iraqis, who fled their homes following an offensive led by the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group, collect boxes of food donated by the World Food Program (WFP) in the southern city of Basra on October 2, 2014. United Nations agencies are running out of funding to help the 1.8 million people displaced by violence in Iraq, UN humanitarian chief Valerie Amos said. AFP PHOTO/HAIDAR MOHAMMED ALI (Photo credit should read HAIDAR MOHAMMED ALI/AFP/Getty Images)
Former South Carolina Gov. David Beasley will be sworn in next week as the executive director of the World Food Programme, placing the first Trump administration appointee at the helm of a major U.N. relief agency at a time when the president seeks deep cuts in funding for humanitarian causes, three senior U.N.-based diplomats told Foreign Policy.
U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres is gambling that the appointment of Beasley — who has no experience running a major international relief operation, or with the United Nations — will help dissuade the administration from cutting a large portion of the more than $2 billion it contributes each year on the agency to help fight hunger around the world.
More - https://foreignpolicy.com/2017/03/24/u-n-to-put-trump-appointee-at-head-of-world-food-program-to-help-stave-off-cuts/
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Trump administration pulls US out of UN human rights council
Matthew Lee and Josh Lederman Associated Press
Jun 19, 2018
https://www.postandcourier.com/news/trump-administration-pulls-us-out-of-un-human-rights-council/article_80f533e2-7406-11e8-8782-3b0dcc9e49cb.html
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