Byker
2018-09-08 17:57:47 UTC
It's about time...
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U.S. cuts millions in planned funding for UN agency that helps Palestinian
refugees
CBS/AP
August 31, 2018
The Trump administration is cutting nearly $300 million in planned funding
for the U.N. agency that helps Palestinian refugees, ending decades of
support. The State Department announced in a written statement Friday that
the United States "will no longer commit further funding to this
irredeemably flawed operation."
The U.S. supplies nearly 30 percent of the total budget of the U.N. Relief
and Works Agency, which provides health care, education and social services
to Palestinians in the West Bank, Gaza Strip, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon.
The U.S. donated $355 million to the agency in 2016 and was set to make a
similar contribution this year. In January, the Trump administration
released $60 million in funds but withheld a further $65 million it had been
due to provide.
U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley has advocated for cutting funding to
the UNRWA, saying on Tuesday that Palestinians "continue to bash America."
In a statement, the State Department said that the U.S. was no longer
willing to fund a disproportionate share of the UNWRA costs.
"Beyond the budget gap itself and failure to mobilize adequate and
appropriate burden sharing, the fundamental business model and fiscal
practices that have marked UNWRA for years - tied to UNRWA's endlessly and
exponentially expanding community of entitled beneficiaries - is simply
unsustainable and has been in crisis mode for many years," said Heather
Nauert, State Department spokesperson.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/u-s-cuts-millions-in-planned-funding-for-u-n-agency-that-helps-palestinian-refugees/
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U.S. cuts millions in planned funding for UN agency that helps Palestinian
refugees
CBS/AP
August 31, 2018
The Trump administration is cutting nearly $300 million in planned funding
for the U.N. agency that helps Palestinian refugees, ending decades of
support. The State Department announced in a written statement Friday that
the United States "will no longer commit further funding to this
irredeemably flawed operation."
The U.S. supplies nearly 30 percent of the total budget of the U.N. Relief
and Works Agency, which provides health care, education and social services
to Palestinians in the West Bank, Gaza Strip, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon.
The U.S. donated $355 million to the agency in 2016 and was set to make a
similar contribution this year. In January, the Trump administration
released $60 million in funds but withheld a further $65 million it had been
due to provide.
U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley has advocated for cutting funding to
the UNRWA, saying on Tuesday that Palestinians "continue to bash America."
In a statement, the State Department said that the U.S. was no longer
willing to fund a disproportionate share of the UNWRA costs.
"Beyond the budget gap itself and failure to mobilize adequate and
appropriate burden sharing, the fundamental business model and fiscal
practices that have marked UNWRA for years - tied to UNRWA's endlessly and
exponentially expanding community of entitled beneficiaries - is simply
unsustainable and has been in crisis mode for many years," said Heather
Nauert, State Department spokesperson.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/u-s-cuts-millions-in-planned-funding-for-u-n-agency-that-helps-palestinian-refugees/