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  • GOP eyes U.N. for budget cuts as ill will grows

    07/04/2006 2:40:31 PM PDT · by neverdem · 21 replies · 1,095+ views
    The Washington Times ^ | June 30, 2006 | Betsy Pisik
        NEW YORK -- Republicans in Congress moved yesterday to cut U.S. contributions to the United Nations budget just one day before the world body is scheduled to lift a budget cap imposed by the United States and other donors and to resume spending as usual.     At least $17 million has been sliced this week from the Bush administration's appropriations request for the U.N. regular budget, as frustration with the United Nations continues to fester among conservative lawmakers.     Rep. Scott Garrett, New Jersey Republican, yesterday won approval in a House subcommittee to cut $2 million from the U.S. contribution to the...
  • UN: Names may be edited from Hariri report (may be = have been = WERE)

    10/21/2005 9:25:50 AM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 21 replies · 441+ views
    ap on Bakersfield Californian ^ | 10/21/05 | Edith M. Lederer and Nick Wadhams - ap
    UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The names of Syrian President Bashar Assad's brother and brother-in-law and other top Syrians were edited out of the final report of a U.N. investigation as helping to plot the assassination of Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, U.N. diplomats said Friday. Germany prosecutor Detlev Mehlis, who led the U.N. probe, told a hastily called news conference that he decided to delete the names when he learned Thursday morning the report would be made public because the Syrians had only been identified by a witness interviewed by his investigators. Since their alleged involvement had not been corroborated,...