JARED KUSHNER/MIKE POMPEO/PALESTINE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “In January this year, the United States said it would withhold $65 million, from an initial installment of $125 million it was expected to hand over to UNRWA at the start of the year. The US said it wanted UNRWA to reform and believed other countries should increase the amounts […]
Category: UN
8/31/2018
JARED KUSHNER/PALESTINE/STATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “The Trump administration’s decision to end American funding to a United Nations agency that provides assistance to millions of Palestinian refugees was denounced broadly on Friday [8-31-18] by international officials, former United States diplomats and Palestinians who were reeling from the elimination of a decades-long policy of support. The State Department […]
6/29/2018
TRUMP PEOPLE/UN: “The UN migration agency on Friday [6-29-18] voted down Ken Isaacs, the Trump administration’s candidate to lead the International Organization for Migration, a US official told CNN, leaving it without an American at the helm for the first time since 1951. He was eliminated from contention after the second round of voting, a […]
7/12/2018
CHINA/ENERGY/NORTH KOREA/RUSSIA/SANCTIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “The Trump administration asked a United Nations panel this week to ban oil-product sales to North Korea for the rest of the year, calling out China and Russia for exports Washington alleges have often been in violation of the international body’s sanctions against Pyongyang, according to people familiar with the matter. […]
6/29/2018
HUMAN RIGHTS/RACISM/STATE/UN/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A Trump administration appointee to the State Department tore into standard UN documents that condemn racism as a threat to democracy. The deputy assistant secretary for refugees and migration, a foreign service officer promoted by the White House to an unusually senior position for his rank, disputed the idea that leaders have […]
6/20/2018
HUMAN RIGHTS/NIKKI HALEY/TRUMP PEOPLE/UN: “US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley announced the United States is withdrawing from the UN Human Rights Council Tuesday, accusing the body of bias against US ally Israel and a failure to hold human rights abusers accountable. The move, which the Trump administration has threatened for months, came down […]
6/19/2018
HUMAN RIGHTS/MIKE POMPEO/NIKKI HALEY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “The Trump administration said Tuesday [6-19-18] it is withdrawing from the United Nations Human Rights Council, delivering on a long-running threat to leave the organization unless it made major changes. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley announced the U.S. withdrawal in […]
6/19/2018
HUMAN RIGHTS/IMMIGRATION/MIKE POMPEO/NIKKI HALEY/TRUMP PEOPLE/UN: “The United States withdrew from the United Nations Human Rights Council on Tuesday [6-19-18] accusing it of a ‘chronic bias against Israel,’ a move that activists warned would make advancing human rights globally even more difficult. Standing with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Haley slammed Russia, China, Cuba and […]
6/18/2018
CHILDREN/HUMAN RIGHTS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “The United Nations’ top human rights official on Monday [6-18-18] entered the mounting furor over the Trump administration’s policy of separating undocumented immigrant children from their parents, calling for an immediate halt to a practice he condemned as abuse. United States immigration authorities have detained almost 2,000 children in the past […]
5/18/2018
NIKKI HALEY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “Just met with UN Secretary-General António Guterres who is working hard to ‘Make the United Nations Great Again.’ When the UN does more to solve conflicts around the world, it means the U.S. has less to do and we save money. @NikkiHaley is doing a fantastic job! https://t.co/pqUv6cyH2z” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, […]
3/5/2018
CLIMATE CHANGE/NEW YORK/UN: “The United Nations secretary general, António Guterres, on Monday [3-5-18] appointed a billionaire politician from New York to be his special envoy for climate action. It amounted to a finger in the eye of another New York billionaire: the one who occupies the White House and who has dismissed the fact of […]
1/30/2018
FOREIGN POLICY/PALESTINE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “Almost a dozen countries have agreed to advance their annual contributions to the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees to help it plug a major shortfall after a partial cut-off of U.S. funding, its chief said on Tuesday [1-31-18]. The move by the Trump administration appears linked to a United Nations vote […]
1/29/2018
AMBASSADOR/FOREIGN POLICY/IRAN/NIKKI HALEY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “The Trump administration escalated efforts to put pressure on Iran on Monday [1-29-18], taking ambassadors from the United Nations Security Council on a field trip to inspect what American officials called remnants of Iranian missiles and other weaponry illegally supplied to Yemen rebels. The ambassadors were also White House lunch […]
1/29/2018
HILLARY CLINTON/NIKKI HALEY/UN: “At least one member of the Trump administration wasn’t laughing at a skit involving Hillary Clinton. Nikki Haley, the US ambassador to the United Nations, tweeted her disapproval over a skit involving the former presidential candidate ‘auditioning’ to perform the audio version of Michael Wolff’s bombshell book about President Donald Trump. ‘I […]
1/17/2018
FOREIGN POLICY/PALESTINE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “In the Khan Younis refugee camp in Gaza, Mahmoud Ferwana, 59, huddled beneath a flimsy nylon-and-sheet-metal roof while rain drenched the rest of his squalid home’s sandy floor. He earns money collecting broken stones; his children scavenge for copper. But none of it amounts to a living. The United Nations Relief […]
1/17/2018
FOREIGN POLICY/PALESTINE/UN: “The United Nations Wednesday [1-17-18] called on countries to bolster funding to Palestinian refugees, warning of a collapse in health-care and education services, after the White House withheld about half its pledged financial aid to a key institution that supports the displaced people. The U.N. Relief and Works Agency, or Unrwa, in a […]
1/12/2018
FOREIGN POLICY/IRAN/NATIONAL SECURITY/UN: “A United Nations panel has concluded that Iran violated an arms embargo imposed on Yemen by failing to prevent the Houthi rebels in that war-ravaged nation from obtaining Iranian missiles, including one fired hundreds of miles into Saudi Arabia two months ago. The findings, in a report given to the United Nations […]
1/12/2018
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “The United Nations human rights office on Friday [1-12-18] labeled President Donald Trump’s reported ‘shithole countries’ comment as racist. ‘These are shocking and shameful comments from the President of the United States,’ said Rupert Colville, a spokesman for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. ‘I’m sorry, but there’s no other word […]
1/5/2018
ISRAEL/LEGAL/LOBBYING/MICHAEL FLYNN/NIKKI HALEY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “In the days before a late-2016 vote on a United Nations resolution that criticized Israel, then-President-elect Donald Trump and top aides made a last-ditch push to target a majority of the U.N. Security Council to scuttle the text, people familiar with the situation said. The lobbying effort, which ultimately failed, […]
1/2/2018
AMBASSADOR/IRAN/NIKKI HALEY/UN: “U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley called Tuesday [1-2-18] for the U.N. to act and for world leaders to express solidarity with Iranians, as antigovernment demonstrations raged in Iran for the sixth day. The U.S. has called for emergency meetings at the Security Council and the U.N.’s Human Rights Council in […]
1/2/2018
AMBASSADOR/NIKKI HALEY/NORTH KOREA/UN: “US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley issued a stern warning to North Korea on Tuesday, saying the US ‘will never accept a nuclear North Korea.’… North Korean leader Kim Jong Un held out a rare olive branch to South Korea on Monday, offering talks about sending a delegation to the […]
12/29/2017
CHINA/NORTH KOREA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “Beijing and Washington clashed over a U.S. push to blacklist cargo ships for violating international sanctions against North Korea, including one vessel South Korea said it seized after an illegal transfer of oil. The confrontation, playing out in jockeying at the United Nations, comes amid an escalating war of words […]
12/22/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/UN: “The United Nations Security Council just voted 15-0 in favor of additional Sanctions on North Korea. The World wants Peace, not Death!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, Dec. 22, 2017 03:47pm […]
12/21/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/ISRAEL/PALESTINE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “The United Nations General Assembly voted overwhelmingly Thursday for a resolution effectively rebuking U.S. President Donald Trump for recognizing the disputed city of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and pledging to move the U.S. embassy there. The vote came despite threats by Mr. Trump and U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley that the U.S. […]
12/20/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/ISRAEL/PALESTINE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “President Donald Trump on Wednesday [12-20-17] threatened to cut American aid to countries that back a United Nations resolution faulting the recent U.S. decision to declare Jerusalem Israel’s capital… The U.N. General Assembly will meet Thursday in an emergency session to vote on a measure the U.S. blocked earlier this week […]
12/20/2017
ISRAEL/PALESTINE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday [12-20-17] threatened to cut off financial aid to countries that vote in favor of a draft United Nations resolution calling for the United States to withdraw its decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital… The 193-member U.N. General Assembly will hold a rare emergency special session […]
12/20/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/INTELLIGENCE/NORTH KOREA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “Presenting newly declassified intelligence reports, the U.S. has urged the United Nations Security Council to blacklist 10 ships it says have violated international sanctions against North Korea, American officials said. The American intelligence was provided in recent weeks to try to persuade a sanctions committee that reports to the […]
12/19/2017
ISRAEL/PALESTINE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “The 193-member United Nations General Assembly will hold a rare emergency special session on Thursday [12-21-17] at the request of Arab and Muslim states on U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. Palestinian U.N. envoy Riyad Mansour said the General Assembly would vote on a draft resolution calling […]
12/18/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/NIKKI HALEY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “The U.S. on Monday [12-18-17] vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution that called on the Trump administration to rescind its decision to declare Jerusalem the capital of Israel and to begin to move the U.S. embassy to the holy city. The draft resolution, introduced by Egypt and backed by […]
12/14/2017
IRAN/NIKKI HALEY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “The Trump administration tried to mount a case on Thursday [12-14-17] that Iran violated an international agreement to limit its arms dealing, but American officials failed to show how an array of weaponry presented as evidence proved the charges. Nikki R. Haley, the American ambassador to the United Nations, accused Iran […]
12/10/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/ISRAEL/NIKKI HALEY/PALESTINE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley on Sunday defended President Donald Trump’s decision to declare Jerusalem the capital of Israel and begin to move the U.S. embassy, calling it a courageous move that would further the Mideast peace process despite scattered protests world-wide and widespread condemnation. ‘No President, […]
12/10/2017
LEGAL/NIKKI HALEY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN/WOMEN: “Nikki Haley, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, said on Sunday [12-10-17] that any woman who has felt violated or mistreated by a man has every right to speak up, even if she is accusing President Donald Trump… Washington has been roiled by sexual misconduct scandals, with accusations leading to […]
12/8/2017
ISRAEL/PALESTINE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “Fourteen of the 15 members of United Nations Security Council on Friday condemned President Donald Trump’s decision this week to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, saying it was in violation of U.N. resolutions and international law. The Council held an emergency meeting on Friday [12-8-17] to discuss Jerusalem at the […]
12/7/2017
NIKKI HALEY/NORTH KOREA/SOUTH KOREA/UN: “The American envoy to the United Nations, Nikki R. Haley, said on Wednesday [12-6-17] that it was an ‘open question’ whether American athletes would be able to attend the Olympics in South Korea in February given the tensions on the Korean Peninsula. The Winter Games are to be held Feb. 9-25 […]
12/5/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/UN/VENEZUELA: “Venezuela’s ambassador to the United Nations, Rafael Ramírez, said Tuesday [12-5-17] he resigned his post at the request of President Nicolás Maduro, who has been unseating political adversaries as his authoritarian government shores up control. Mr. Ramírez’s departure marks a dramatic fall for one of Venezuela’s most powerful politicians and comes in the […]
12/4/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/NORTH KOREA/UN: “The United Nations’ chief diplomat will travel to North Korea on Tuesday [12-5-17] for political talks, according to the U.N., in a rare, high-level visit by the world body. Jeffrey Feltman, undersecretary general for political affairs, will be in Pyongyang for three days meeting senior regime officials on what the U.N. described […]
12/3/2017
IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “The Trump administration has quit participating in talks on a proposed United Nations agreement to improve ways of handling global flows of migrants and refugees, describing it as a subversion of American sovereignty. The administration’s decision to renounce the talks on the agreement, the Global Compact on Migration, was announced in a […]
11/28/2017
MIKE PENCE/UN: “Vice President Mike Pence said the White House is actively considering when and how to move the U.S. Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, a campaign promise the Trump administration has so far put on hold. Mr. Pence, speaking Tuesday [11-28-17] at a commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the United […]
11/21/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP FAMILY/JARED KUSHNER/UN: “Robert Mueller’s investigators are asking questions about Jared Kushner’s interactions with foreign leaders during the presidential transition, including his involvement in a dispute at the United Nations in December, in a sign of the expansive nature of the special counsel’s probe of Russia’s alleged meddling in the election, according to […]
10/30/2017
TERRORISM/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “The United States pledged $60 million on Monday [10-30-17] to a new United Nations-backed antiterrorism force from five African countries including Niger, where four American soldiers were killed early this month. The pledge, announced by Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson in Washington and Ambassador Nikki R. Haley at the United Nations, […]
10/25/2017
NIKKI HALEY/SUDAN/UN: “The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, was evacuated from a U.N. camp for displaced people in South Sudan on Wednesday [10-25-17] because of a demonstration against President Salva Kiir, witnesses said. Shortly after Haley left the camp, U.N. security guards fired tear gas to disperse the crowd of more than […]
10/24/2017
HOLIDAY/TRUMP EXEC ORDERS/UN: “President Donald J. Trump Proclaims October 24, 2017, as United Nations Day On United Nations Day, we recognize the more than seven decades of contributions the United Nations has made to peace and security among nations. The United Nations was founded on the vision that diverse nations could cooperate to preserve sovereignty, […]
10/23/2017
NIKKI HALEY/UN: “Warning that Africa’s violence political chaos and humanitarian disasters could metastasize into larger security threats to the United States, US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley began a diplomatic mission to help solve two of Africa’s most brutal conflicts. Haley arrived in Ethiopia Monday [10-23-17] for talks with Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam […]
10/20/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “Today, it was an honor to have @UN Secretary-General @AntonioGuterres at the @WhiteHouse. Speaking for the U.S.A., we appreciate all you do! https://t.co/Sk0Jcazzxw” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 20, 2017 01:50pm […]
10/19/2017
2016 ELECTION/CYBERWAR/NIKKI HALEY/RUSSIA/UN: “U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said Thursday that interference in U.S. elections by another nation ‘is warfare,’ telling an audience in New York that such meddling has become Russia’s go-to tactic… While President Donald Trump has questioned at times whether or not the Russian government was behind a campaign […]
10/18/2017
CLIMATE CHANGE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “When Trump administration officials travel to Germany next month for United Nations climate change discussions, they will face a fundamental contradiction: how to negotiate the terms of a deal they say they’re walking away from. Like a spouse who demands a divorce but then continues to live at home, the relationship […]
10/18/2017
NIKKI HALEY/UN: ” ‘Iran hides behind its assertion of technical compliance w/the nuclear deal, while it brazenly violates the other limits..’ Amb. @NikkiHaley https://t.co/xvHgx7d1cT” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, October 18, 2017 02:27pm […]
10/12/2017
STATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “The Trump administration announced on Thursday [10-12-17] that it would withdraw from Unesco, the United Nations cultural organization, after years of America distancing itself because of what it called the group’s ‘anti-Israel bias.’ ‘This decision was not taken lightly,’ according to a State Department statement on Thursday. In addition to anti-Israel bias, […]
10/4/2017
SAUDI ARABIA/UN: “The United Nations has placed Saudi Arabia on a draft blacklist of countries that kill and maim children in war, a contentious decision that, if finalized, could enrage one of the organization’s most generous donors. A draft of the annual list, seen Wednesday [10-4-17] by The New York Times, includes the Saudi-led coalition […]
10/4/2017
LGBTQ/NIKKI HALEY/UN: “After siding with countries such as Saudi Arabia, Botswana and Qatar, Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley is denying that the U.S. voted in favor of the death penalty for gay people. The United Nations’ Human Rights Council voted 27-13 last week to condemn capital punishment in a variety of cases including against […]
10/3/2017
LEGAL/NIKKI HALEY/UN: “U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley violated the law by retweeting President Donald Trump’s endorsement of a South Carolina congressional candidate, according to the Office of Special Counsel. Haley’s June Twitter post from her personal account marks the second time this year that a top Trump aide has run afoul of […]
9/26/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “Thank you to our wonderful team @USUN and their families. Keep up the GREAT work! #USA?? https://t.co/s7KhlSMEqY” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 26, 2017 06:46pm […]
9/26/2017
NIKKI HALEY/UN: “Heading over to the @UN to meet with Ambassador @NikkiHaley and all of her great representatives! #USA??” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 26, 2017 03:43pm […]
9/23/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “Just heard Foreign Minister of North Korea speak at U.N. If he echoes thoughts of Little Rocket Man, they won’t be around much longer!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 23, 2017 10:08pm […]
9/21/2017
UN: “A big day for the U.S. at the United Nations!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 21, 2017 05:26pm […]
9/20/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “Big meetings today at the United Nations. So many interesting leaders. America First will MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 20, 2017 05:14am […]
9/19/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “A great and important day at the United Nations.Met with leaders of many nations who agree with much (or all) of what I stated in my speech!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 19, 2017 09:31pm […]
9/19/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “The true question for the @UN… ?https://t.co/tx5SnACAaS” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 19, 2017 08:19pm […]
9/19/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/IRAN/NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “President Donald Trump threatened to annihilate North Korea if the U.S. has to defend itself or its allies against the Pyongyang regime, delivering the dire warning Tuesday during his first address to the United Nations General Assembly. Mr. Trump began his speech by espousing a form of international cooperation based […]
9/19/2017
TRUMP FAMILY/IVANKA/UN: “Ivanka Trump delivered an anti-human trafficking speech Tuesday [9-19-17] at the United Nations General Assembly, calling it ‘the greatest human rights issue of our time.’ ‘This is a call for action, a call for global unity,’ Trump said at a panel event hosted by Great Britain and Northern Ireland, noting that her father, […]
9/19/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “It was a great honor to have spoken before the countries of the world at the United Nations. #USAatUNGA??#UNGA https://t.co/1maJwRGa3d https://t.co/6Hu3AeUp58” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 19, 2017 05:04pm […]
9/19/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “Big day at the United Nations – many good things, and some tricky ones, happening. We have a great team. Big speech at 10:00 A.M.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 19, 2017 06:21am […]
9/18/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “President Donald Trump’s first address to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday [9-19-17] will lay out a foreign policy rooted in his view of nationalism and sovereignty and anchored by ‘America First’ principles, according to a senior White House official. Mr. Trump will call for more burden sharing and cooperation […]
9/18/2017
DEFENSE/JAMES MATTIS/MILITARY/NORTH KOREA/SOUTH KOREA/UN: “The U.S. has military options available for North Korea that won’t put South Korea at grave risk of counterattack, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Monday [9-18-17], but he refused to spell out what those are. Mr. Mattis also said in an impromptu meeting with reporters at the Pentagon that the U.S. […]
9/18/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “We commend SG @AntonioGuterres & his call for the UN to focus more on people & less on bureaucracy. #USAatUNGA #UNGA https://t.co/KVvCMznmcN https://t.co/UQn6RrC9Xw” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, September 18, 2017 11:36am […]
9/18/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/NATO/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “President Donald Trump’s debut at the United Nations’ annual gathering of world leaders was set to kick off with a U.S.-hosted event on overhauls at the world body. Monday’s [9-18-17] summit, set to be attended by world leaders and senior officials from more than 100 countries, comes a day before Mr. […]
9/11/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/NIKKI HALEY/NORTH KOREA/TRADE DEALS/UN: “The United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted new sanctions against North Korea on Monday [9-11-17] after U.S. officials eased their demands to convince China and Russia to approve the measure. The U.S., which drafted the initial resolution while pledging the harshest possible sanctions yet, rolled back its initial insistence on […]
9/11/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/NORTH KOREA/TRADE DEALS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “The Trump administration has backed away from some of the most stringent penalties it had sought to impose on North Korea, in an apparent effort to draw Russian and Chinese backing for a new raft of sanctions over the country’s nuclear weapons advances. Whether the administration will garner the […]
9/11/2017
DREAMERS/IMMIGRATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “The top U.N. human rights official voiced concern on Monday [9-11-17] at the Trump administration’s decision to end the DACA program for immigrants who arrived illegally as children and urged the U.S. Congress to give them lasting legal status in the country. Referring to a move to end the Deferred Action for […]
9/10/2017
ECONOMY/NATIONAL SECURITY/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/UN: “The Trump administration is turning to economic warfare—an intensified sanctions program—to deal with an increasingly belligerent North Korean regime. But economic tools have a mixed record of success addressing geopolitical problems. Sanctions helped end apartheid in South Africa. They pushed Iran to an agreement to curtail its nuclear program, though many critics […]
9/8/2017
CLIMATE CHANGE/UN: “The U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee passed a spending bill on Thursday [9-7-17] evening that includes $10 million to help fund the United Nations’ climate change body that oversees the Paris Climate Agreement, despite President Donald Trump’s decision to stop funding it. The 30-member Senate panel, which allocates federal funds to various government agencies […]
9/6/2017
MILITARY/NORTH KOREA/UN: “The Trump administration on Wednesday [9-6-17] circulated a draft resolution at the United Nations Security Council that would effectively empower the United States Navy and Air Force to interdict North Korean ships at sea, inspect them to determine whether they are carrying weapons material or fuel into the country, and use ‘all necessary […]
9/5/2017
AMBASSADOR/IRAN/NIKKI HALEY/UN: “U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley on Tuesday [9-5-17] laid out a path for the White House to declare that Iran isn’t complying with the 2015 nuclear deal—but leave it to Congress to decide what to do. Although the U.S. has said Tehran is technically abiding by its commitments, Ms. Haley […]
9/4/2017
CHINA/NORTH KOREA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “South Korea warned that North Korea appears to be preparing to test another intercontinental ballistic missile, and the U.S. told the United Nations that the regime is ‘begging for war’ after Pyongyang on Sunday [9-3-17] set off its most powerful nuclear bomb yet. U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley on […]
9/20/2017
CLIMATE CHANGE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UK/UN: “U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May said the Paris climate agreement is a key part of promoting global security and prosperity in what appeared to be a rebuke of President Donald Trump’s pledge to leave the accord. Mrs. May, in her remarks to the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday [9-20-17], said […]
8/31/2017
IRAN/NIKKI HALEY/NUCLEAR/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “The world’s nuclear inspectors complicated President Trump’s effort to find Iran in violation of the two-year-old nuclear accord with the United States and five other world powers, declaring on Thursday [8-31-17] that the latest inspections found no evidence that the country is breaching the agreement. Mr. Trump has made no secret […]
8/29/2017
NATIONAL SECURITY/NORTH KOREA/UN: “The United Nations Security Council adopted a statement Tuesday [8-29-17] condemning North Korea ‘for its outrageous actions and threats against another U.N. member state’ in the aftermath of the country’s latest missile launch, which passed over Japan. The ‘presidential statement,’ which counts as the Council’s fastest form of reaction to unfolding events, […]
8/17/2017
NIKKI HALEY/UN: “The American ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki R. Haley, on Thursday criticized the organization over its inquiry into the killings of two investigators in the Democratic Republic of Congo, saying that it amounted to only a ‘first step’ in tracking down those responsible. The United Nations issued a report on Wednesday that […]
8/16/2017
CHINA/NORTH KOREA/TRADE DEALS/UN: “Trucks packed with seafood were backed up, bumper to bumper, at the Chinese border with North Korea. Protesters carried red banners demanding compensation. And Chinese businessmen who have been making big money from North Korean crabs, shrimp and squid were furious. United Nations sanctions banning the import of North Korean seafood started […]
8/8/2017
NATIONAL SECURITY/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/UN: “North Korea escalated its criticism of the United States, as well as its neighboring allies, on Tuesday [8-8-17] by warning that it will mobilize all its resources to take ‘physical action’ in retaliation against the latest round of United Nations sanctions. The statement, carried by the North’s state-run Korean Central News Agency, […]
8/8/2017
NORTH KOREA/UN: “After many years of failure,countries are coming together to finally address the dangers posed by North Korea. We must be tough & decisive!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 8, 2017 06:17am […]
8/7/2017
NATIONAL SECURITY/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/UN: “The Trump administration has hailed the latest United Nations sanctions against nuclear-armed North Korea as the most severe yet, and the North’s fury over the penalties suggested they carried some sting. In a staccato of outraged reactions on Monday to the sanctions imposed over the weekend, North Korea threatened retaliation against the […]
8/7/2017
FAKE NEWS/MEDIA/NATIONAL SECURITY/UN: “The Fake News Media will not talk about the importance of the United Nations Security Council’s 15-0 vote in favor of sanctions on N. Korea!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 7, 2017 03:15pm […]
8/7/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/NATIONAL SECURITY/NORTH KOREA/NUCLEAR/UN: “North Korea on Monday [8-7-17] threatened to use nuclear weapons against the U.S. if provoked militarily and said it would ‘under no circumstances’ negotiate on its nuclear and missile weapons programs. In a written statement handed to reporters on the sidelines of a regional security forum in Manila, North Korean Foreign […]
8/6/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/SOUTH KOREA/UN: “Just completed call with President Moon of South Korea. Very happy and impressed with 15-0 United Nations vote on North Korea sanctions.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 6, 2017 08:22pm […]
8/5/2017
NORTH KOREA/UN: “The United Nations Security Council on Saturday [8-5-17] unanimously adopted a resolution to impose the most punishing sanctions yet against North Korea over its repeated defiance of a ban on testing missiles and nuclear bombs. The resolution, intended to press North Korea to renounce its nuclear militarization, could reduce the isolated country’s already […]
8/5/2017
NORTH KOREA/UN: “United Nations Resolution is the single largest economic sanctions package ever on North Korea. Over one billion dollars in cost to N.K.” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 5, 2017 06:14pm […]
8/5/2017
NORTH KOREA/RUSSIA/UN: “The United Nations Security Council just voted 15-0 to sanction North Korea. China and Russia voted with us. Very big financial impact!” -Donald Trump, Twitter.com, August 5, 2017 05:44pm […]
8/4/2017
NATIONAL SECURITY/NORTH KOREA/UN: “The United States is aiming for a United Nations Security Council vote on Saturday to impose stronger sanctions on North Korea over its two intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) tests in July, diplomats said on Friday [8-4-17]. The United States is set to circulate a copy of the draft resolution to all 15 […]
8/2/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/IRAN/UN: “Joined by three Western allies, the United States on Wednesday [8-2-17] escalated pressure on Iran over its space launch last week, saying the act disregarded a United Nations Security Council resolution on the use of missiles and was ‘threatening and provocative.’ In a letter to the Security Council and Secretary General António Guterres, […]
7/28/2017
TRUMP FAMILY/IVANKA/UN: “Ivanka Trump, U.S. President Donald Trump’s daughter and informal adviser, met with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres for lunch at U.N. headquarters in New York on Friday amid a push by the president to slash funding for the world body. Ivanka Trump is seen as an important influence on her father, and her […]
7/25/2017
CHINA/FOREIGN POLICY/NORTH KOREA/STATE/TREASURY/UN: “The U.S. soon will issue new sanctions against Chinese entities for violating United Nations sanctions against North Korea, a senior State Department official said Tuesday [7-25-17]. Susan Thornton, acting assistant secretary of the State Department’s East Asian bureau, told a Senate Foreign Affairs subcommittee the Treasury Department shortly will be targeting more […]
7/20/2017
AMBASSADOR/GERMANY/NOMINATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “President Donald Trump has picked former U.N. spokesman Richard Grenell as U.S. ambassador to Germany, a White House official who spoke on condition of anonymity said on Thursday. Grenell served as U.S. spokesman at the United Nations from 2001 to 2008, during the administration of Republican President George W. Bush. Currently, Grenell […]
7/17/2017
AFGHANISTAN/MILITARY/UN: “The long war in Afghanistan continues to set records for civilian casualties, the United Nations mission in the country said on Monday [7-17-17], even as the violence is expected to intensify in the coming months with no hope of peace talks anytime soon. In the first six months of 2017, 1,662 civilians were killed, […]
7/7/2017
NATIONAL SECURITY/NUCLEAR/UN: “For the first time in the seven-decade effort to avert a nuclear war, a global treaty has been negotiated that proponents say would, if successful, lead to the destruction of all nuclear weapons and forever prohibit their use. Negotiators representing two-thirds of the 192-member United Nations finalized the 10-page treaty this week after […]
7/5/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/NORTH KOREA/UN: “The Security Council held an emergency meeting on Wednesday [7-5-17] where the U.S. said it would introduce new sanctions against North Korea for launching this week an intercontinental ballistic missile. The new resolution would focus on tightening and expanding existing U.N. sanctions, diplomats said. U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley also said the Trump […]
7/5/2017
FOREIGN POLICY/NORTH KOREA/RUSSIA/UN: “The U.S. and Russia clashed at the United Nations Security Council over how to respond to North Korea’s nuclear-weapons program, a confrontation throwing into doubt U.S. hopes for an international diplomatic solution to the burgeoning crisis. The standoff between diplomats on Wednesday [7-5-17] came just two days before President Donald Trump and […]
6/20/2017
CLIMATE CHANGE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/UN: “The United Nations secretary general warned on Tuesday [6-20-17] that an American retreat from the world posed great risks on many issues, including climate change, international conflicts and the refugee crisis, as he announced a visit to Washington to urge members of Congress to support the United Nations. ‘When someone leaves […]
6/6/2017
TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE/NIKKI HALEY/UN: “The United States is expected to threaten to quit the United Nations Human Rights Council on Tuesday, with Nikki Haley, the American Ambassador to the U.N., set to deliver an ultimatum. Haley, who will speak to council members in Geneva, is expected to say the U.S. will leave the council […]
6/2/2107
CHINA/FOREIGN POLICY/NORTH KOREA/UN: “China, North Korea’s only significant diplomatic ally, is opposed to Pyongyang’s missile launches and will support any new United Nations sanctions against the country, China’s Premier Li Keqiang said on Friday [6-2-17]. ‘We are firmly committed to the denuclearisaton of the peninsular and opposed to nuclear tests and missile launches by North […]