"By sidelining the UN and human rights, the US president is proposing a club of impunity, not peace. Since taking office a year ago, the Trump administration has been working hard to undermine the United Nations, especially the UN's efforts to uphold universal human rights. Now US President Donald Trump wants to create a new organisation, a Board of Peace with himself as lifetime chairman."
"The administration has disregarded and defunded dozens of lifesaving UN programs. It has also withheld much of the assessed contributions, which member states are obligated to pay. The administration has pulled out of the UN World Health Organization, UN climate bodies, and international climate agreements, and stopped funding the UN population fund, which supports and protects women and girls in armed conflicts and crisis zones."
Since taking office a year ago, the Trump administration has worked to undermine the United Nations and its efforts to uphold universal human rights. The administration has disregarded and defunded dozens of lifesaving UN programs and withheld much of the assessed contributions that member states are obligated to pay. The US has pulled out of the WHO, UN climate bodies, and international climate agreements, and stopped funding the UN population fund. US negotiators have pushed an ideological agenda to remove language such as gender, diversity and climate from UN resolutions and statements. A proposed Board of Peace would place the US president as lifetime chairman alongside leaders with poor human rights records.
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