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With Democrats Now in Charge, UN Budget Gets a Big Boost in the U.S. House of Representatives

Elections have consequences. Last November, Democrats won majority of the United States House of Representatives which is the budget making body of Congress. Late last week, the key sub-committee that writes the budget for much of the foreign policy apparatus...

A Big Week for the UN on Capitol Hill

Both UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley are in Washington, D.C. this week for consultations with members of Congress. For the UN secretary general, this means closed door meetings with key members...

UNESCO, Then WHO, Then IAEA. Then the UN Itself?

Congress can't muster the will to change laws prohibiting American funding of UN agencies that admit Palestine as a member. Yet a vast majority of countries around the world support Palestine's membership to a growing number of UN Agencies.

Literacy Programs for Afghan Police Under Threat Because of USA Pullout From UNESCO

Less than 20% of the Afghan Security Forces can read or write at a basic level of a first grader. Guess which UN agency runs literacy programs for the Afghan National Police?

Beyonce Knowles and the Looming Crisis at the UN

When the Palestinians join UN bodies as full members, the United States will be forced to pullout. Beyonce stands to lose.

New Polling Data Shows Americans Overwhelmingly Support Engagement at the UN

Members of Congress are out of step with the rest of the country on the value of the United Nations to the United States.

Take that, Pregnant Lady! Indecency on Display in Congress

In a markup hearing at the House Foreign Affairs Committee yesterday, the committee voted to eliminate American funding for the UN Population Fund (UNFPA). The vote proceeded along a straight party line vot.

House GOP Getting Intense in their Opposition to the UN

House Republicans held a press conference on Capitol Hill this morning to tout their UN a la carte bill that would effectively de-fund the United Nations.

Let Us Lead!

Our friends at the Better World Campaign launch a new platform to oppose harmful U.S. legislation that would effectively de-fund the United Nations.

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