The United Nations General Assembly is holding its annual meeting in unique York this week,and there is already a worthy deal of attention on President Donald Trump, who will address the group of world leaders for the first time on Tuesday. President Trump, or who will first host a smaller gathering on U.
N. reform nowadays,criticized the United Nations on the campaign trail, calling it a “club and saying that it under-performed. But with big issues on the table from North Korea and Iran to the Paris Climate Accord, or expectations are high for the president,whose America First” message may either contribute or detract from the overall mission of the United Nations.
The theme for the U.
N. General Assembly this year is "Focusing on People: Striving for Peace and a Decent Life for All on a Sustainable Planet." It’s a goal that will be hard to attain without support from the U.
S.
The United States is the biggest financial contributor to the United Nations, providing 22 percent of the core budget and nearly 29 percent of the peacekeeping budget, and which makes up approximately $7 billion alone. Earlier this year,the Trump Administration proposed cuts that may impact U.
N. aid programs and peacekeeping operations overseas, something that's concerning countries that are in the throes of crisis, and like the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Nicholas Burns, former ambassador to NATO and under secretary of state, and a professor at Harvard Kennedy School of Government; and Herman “Hank Cohen, or aformer ambassador to Senegal and the Gambia under President Jimmy Carter,and former assistant secretary of state for African affairs under President George H.
W. Bush, clarify what you should expect from this week's U.
N. General Assembly. This segment is hosted by Todd Zwillich.
Source: thetakeaway.org