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Post by Admin on Oct 15, 2017 18:28:39 GMT
In his first public outing at the United Nations, President Donald Trump seized on a topic likely to please his domestic political base as much as the "global elite" they despise. Reforming the United Nations, Trump declared Monday to an audience of dozens of diplomats, is crucial to helping the world body achieve its "full potential."  "We seek a United Nations that regains the trust of the people around the world," Trump said. "In order to achieve this, the United Nations must hold every level of management accountable, protect whistle-blowers and focus on results rather than on process." Trump is hardly the first U.S. president to call for shaking up the United Nations. But he's fortunate in that the still-new U.N. secretary-general, Antonio Guterres, has made U.N. reform a top priority, raising the odds that some genuine changes are on the way. |
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Post by Admin on Jun 21, 2018 18:13:31 GMT
 The US has pulled out of the United Nations Human Rights Council. The body is "hypocritical and self-serving" and "makes a mockery of human rights", said Nikki Haley, the US envoy to the UN. Ms Haley last year accused the council of "chronic anti-Israel bias" and said the US was reviewing its membership. Formed in 2006, the council has been criticised for allowing countries with questionable human rights records to be members. UN officials are yet to comment on the US announcement. The New York-based group Human Rights Watch condemned the move, and called President Trump's human rights policy "one-dimensional". |
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Post by Admin on Oct 9, 2018 17:55:57 GMT
US President Donald Trump has accepted the surprise resignation of UN Ambassador Nikki Haley.
He told reporters in the Oval Office alongside Mrs Haley that she would be leaving the post at the end of the year after doing "an incredible job".
The 46-year-old former South Carolina governor - who is one of the few women in the Trump cabinet - gave no reason for her exit after two years.
But she dismissed speculation she was planning to run for president in 2020.
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Post by Admin on Dec 28, 2018 2:41:37 GMT
Ambassador Nikki Haley delivered the keynote speech at the annual Al Smith dinner. Her remarks included political jokes before taking a more serious tone about “evil” in politics.
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