Republicans seek to pressure UN into reform

AFP/Yahoo ^ | 1/26/11 | Lachlan Carmichael

[markomalley]

US President Barack Obama's Republican foes on Tuesday launched a fresh campaign for reform at the United Nations, with a key leader urging Washington to withhold contributions as leverage.

Republican Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, the new House Foreign Affairs Committee chair, said the United States contributed more than six billion dollars in 2009 only to see a bloated, inefficient and corrupt body.

"We should be conditioning our contributions on 'reform first, pay later," an absent Ros-Lehtinen said in a statement read out by Representative Jean Schmidt, who addressed a committee hearing on UN reform.

[markomalley]

Since the 'pubbies don't control the WH or Senate, they couldn't push a "US out of UN" policy, but since they control the House they could not appropriate any money for the UN. That would, at least, be a start.

[screaminsunshine]

Reforming the UN is not possible. Abandon it and pull all funding.

[Wolfstar]

I’d like to pressure the UN into going away, as in disbanding. Too bad wishing won’t make it so.

[Roccus]

Republicans seek to pressure UN into reform

Another excersize in futility.

[A Strict Constructionist]

“Reforming the UN is not possible. Abandon it and pull all funding.”

Hear, hear.