Posted on 01/16/2018 3:49:44 PM PST by Eleutheria5
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UN chief 'very concerned' over American cut to UNRWA Antonio Guterres says UNRWA is "an important factor of stability" in the Middle East.
Contact Editor Elad Benari, 17/01/18 00:06 Share
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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday he was "very concerned" by reports that the U.S. had cut its funding to UNRWA, the UN agency for “Palestinian refugees”, by half.
According to AFP, Guterres said he had not been informed of Washington's decision.
"I strongly hope that in the end, it will be possible for the United States to maintain the funding of UNRWA," he was quoted as having said.
"UNRWA is not a Palestinian institution but a UN institution," added the UN chief, who dubbed the agency "an important factor of stability" in the Middle East.
A State Department official said earlier on Tuesday that the United States had sent $60 million to keep UNRWA in operation but withheld a further $65 million.
"There is a need to undertake a fundamental re-examination of UNRWA, both in the way it operates and the way it is funded," the official said.
State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert later said the U.S. “would like to see some reforms be made” in UNRWA, and stressed, “This is not aimed at punishing anyone.”
Tuesday’s announcement from the State Department came after the U.S. had frozen a $125 million grant to UNRWA earlier this month, amounting to one third of the U.S. annual aid to the organization.
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Truth is an absolute defense. That’s how he looks.
How did we ever get along before there was a UN? Very well,better than now.
As P.J. O’Rourke said, this money goes to pay the exorbitant salaries of people such as General Mumbungle Butthole of the Republic of Bulimia.
Can I use that name? It’s precious.
Just like the GlowBull warming threads get an automatic picture of Goebbels, UN threads similarly should get:
UN-necessary
def-UN-d
UN-itedNazis
UN-admired
UN-American
UN-amiable
UN-amusing
UN-arms
UN-balanced
UN-beloved
UN-capable
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UN-chosen
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UN-ctuous
UN-curable
UN-derwear
UN-desired
UN-earthly
UN-elected
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UN-favored
UN-founded
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UN-godly
UN-healthy
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UN-hinged
UN-invited
UN-ionist
UN-kind
UN-knowing
UN-kosher
UN-lawful
UN-likable
UN-liked
UN-managed
UN-moral
UN-natural
UN-needed
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UN-real
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UN-worthy
OMG , how can they afford to build their Attack Tunnels
Palicukstinians are a fake people. Perhaps we should send them fake money? Nah...an extended finger is basta.
Scum want our money, take it all away!
Actually, terribly. There was this world war, and then a cold war starting, and they just had to have a UN, so that all the little conflicts around the world continue to smolder forever, and there’d always be a bunch of global social workers to exacerbate and perpetuate them. Are things improved now? Well, what would have happened in 1967 if the UN hadn’t sent peacekeepers into the Sinai and the straights of Tiran to bugger out when things got scary? Huh? And what would have happened if when Rwanda exploded, the UN hadn’t been there to do nothing? Huh? And when Israel defends itself successfully from some heinous act by international criminals or rogue states, who is there to roundly condemn their racist asses? So there. The UN gooood. Donald Trump baaaaaad. UN gooood. Israel baaad.
IBTBHG
in before the boo hoo girl.
Wait what? Palestinian refugees? Like there’s no place for Palestinian refugees to go to?
The other 191 nations have no money ?
UNRWA is a crooked financing scheme for the PLO/Abbas and other Muslim terrorist murder gangsters.
they all need to be eliminated ...not just a littie of the subsidies........NOW
I think he was lookin’ for a new Mercedes.
Boohoo....
The UN needs to get more ca$h from the non-s***hole countries.
They have been living off the US taxpayer so long they think it is their irrevocable right to do so for all eternity.
How about an end to funding? I’d be hip to that.
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