Posted on 02/03/2017 11:25:21 AM PST by MarvinStinson
In its last year in office, the Obama Administration showered at least some $9.2 billion on the United Nations and its sprawling array of organizations.
The total is gleaned from a document that summarizes U.S. government spending for international organizations, and is about 20 per cent higher than the $7.7 billion figure given out by State for 2010, before the Obama Administration abruptly quit providing any overall tally for its U.N. support.
The new tally includes nearly $360 million for the controversial United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, or UNRWA, which is regularly accused of inculcating violent anti-Israel attitudes and even abetting terrorist attacks on Israel, which it strongly denies.
That is nearly a 50 per cent jump over what UNRWA got from the U.S. in 2010.
(Last week, the Trump Administration froze a last-minute, $221 million donation by the Obama Administration that was intended for the Palestinian Authority.)
At the same time, U.N. appeals for funds, especially humanitarian money to deal with a swamp of international crises and conflicts, are still on the rise. On Jan. 31, for example, UNICEF announced a new, $3.4 billion appeal, including $1.4 billion slated for Syria and surrounding countries, that the agency says will target some 535 million children next year.
Critics are already noting that the State Department figures for U.N. support are less than the full story-- at least $500 million in contributions to the U.N.-sponsored Green Climate Fund, which Congress had opposed, are missing.
With the Green Climate Fund money included, the 2016 figure would amount to a nearly 26 per cent hike in U.N. support over 2010 levels. (Another $500 million donation to the Green Climate Fund was also blocked at the last minute by the Trump Administration.)
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More money for the enemies of America
stephenjohnbanker,lucyt,grampadave,sjackson, oleg hai,Iron Munro ,
Speak to us Mr. Trump.
bmp
Claw it back!
The Clintons took money to peddle influence.
Obama threw around taxpayer funds to his friends and favorite causes. Maybe he’ll get paid later. It’s the shareware form of influence peddling.
Our government is so big it would be very difficult to audit and document all of the financial looting he initiated or approved.
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Pull the plug on the UN now!
Give them a 90 minute eviction notice.
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Spend it wisely and no Yachts or Villas
So, I guess our dues are paid up through 2050. Awesome!
A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you’re talking about real money.- Senator Evert Dirksen
Why give them notice?
Tell them there is an imminent threat to the building and that they must evacuate immediately, then lock the doors behind them.
that was the whole Soros/etal scheme with Obama...
weaken and demoralize America
while using American resources to build up our Islamic enemies
We need to stop all foreign funding until we get the $20,000,000,000,000 debt paid off.
DJT needs to announce that no more funds go to the UN. Stop this travesty NOW.
Meanwhile our veterans were dying and suffering in the Vet hospitals due to poor management and lack of funds.
Those House Republicans did a great job controlling the purse strings. /s
Obama couldn’t pass up an opportunity to give American taxpayers another good screwing while at the same time advancing globalism, socialism and Islam.
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Do you understand how many people are in that building?
They couldn’t even do their potty break in 90 minutes.
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