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Haley Questions Benefits of US Funding for UN
January 18, 2017
The Telegraph reports that, in testimony before a congressional select committee, South Carolina Governor and the prospective nominee for US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley expressed her skepticism of the benefits the US receives from funding the UN and criticized the UN Security Council's recent resolution condemning Israeli settlements.
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McCarthy Calls for US Withdrawal from UN
January 18, 2017
Labeling the international organization a "coup for the bad guys," former US Department of Justice official Andrew McCarthy writes that a US law defunding the UN would not be sufficient to change its "corrupt" and anti-American practices and calls instead for the US to completely withdraw from the group.
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UN Group Calls for Review of US History Textbooks
January 18, 2017
Applauding a school district in the US state of Connecticut for removing what it says is incorrect information about slavery practices in the state, the UN Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent has called on other US school districts "to review textbooks and educational materials" to ensure they accurately portray the treatment of slaves.
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Berkowitz: UNSC "Poisoned" Israel-Palestine Peace Process
January 18, 2017
Peter Berkowitz of the Hoover Institution writes that the recent UN Security Council (UNSC) resolution condemning Israeli settlements diverges from previous UNSC resolutions by identifying "every last inch of the West Bank" as Palestinian land and calls for the US Congress to pass a law stating that the resolution is "an offense against the law of nations."
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UN Whistleblower Policy Revisions Face Criticism
January 17, 2017
George Russell writes that a whistleblower policy revision under consideration by new UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres may give fodder to US politicians who wish to defund the international organization by providing the strongest whistleblower protections only to claims that are in the "public interest," a standard that critics say is highly subjective.
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