Posted on 12/27/2011 11:58:42 AM PST by NormsRevenge
The General Assembly has approved a budget of $5.15 billion to cover the United Nations' regular operations in 2012-2013, a 5 percent cut from the $5.41 billion spent in 2010-2011.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who proposed a 3.2 percent budget cut in October, thanked the 193-member world body for agreeing to "cut fat" at a time when governments and people are struggling because of global financial difficulties.
(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...
btw , I betcha liquor and hooker allowances are not included in the areas cut. ;-)
Except for the US with Obama asking for $1.2 trillion in a higher debt ceiling. He WON’T STOP SPENDING!!!!!!!!!!!
Just wait til they get the power to tax.........
The U. N. has no land.
It is not a nation.
It has no citizens.
It has no assets.
It has no military.
It has no GDP.
It has no income derived from it’s citizenry.
Now Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says he’s willing to cut his yearly $5.41 billion dollar budget to $5.15 billion.
What a guy...
Ban Ki-moon, take your act somewhere else. You’re sinkin’ up the place.
A Happy and Safe Holiday to You and Your'n!
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LOL
DEFUND socialist collectives and UNaccountable bureaucracies (more socialism), foreign and domestic.
live - free - republic
Jeez, how about a 98.5% cut? what you do is not important.
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