SecurityCommentary
The US Is Right to Insist on Lower UN Peacekeeping Dues
A consistent theme from the earliest days of the Trump administration was the intent to lower the amount that America pays for United Nations peacekeeping…. Read More
InternationalCommentary
How the UN Helps Implement China’s Two-Child Policy, and What Should Be Done
According to the United Nations Population Fund, its mission is to provide access to safe, voluntary family planning to women around the world. But a… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Trump Affirms Human Rights, Ends US Funding for UN Population Fund
According to the Kemp-Kasten Amendment, which has been regularly attached to foreign appropriations bills since 1985, the president has the authority to withhold federal funding… Read More
InternationalNews
With Budget Plan, Trump Signals ‘Tough Love’ Approach to UN
The Trump administration is promising to reconsider America’s relationship with the United Nations, with the White House aiming to limit U.S. financial contributions to the… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Congress Should Learn From Obama’s Last-Minute UN Spending Binge
During President Barack Obama’s final days in office, administration officials ran through over $700 million in a spending binge designed to fund U.N.-related priorities that… Read More
InternationalNews
Trump Presses UN to Reform. Here’s What Can Be Done to Curtail Its Power.
President-elect Donald Trump spoke by phone Wednesday with new United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres—as Trump and some members of Congress are raising longstanding concerns about… Read More
InternationalNews
Taxpayer Groups Call on UN’s Anti-Tobacco Convention to Allow Media Coverage
Taxpayer advocacy groups around the globe are calling on the World Health Organization to open this week’s anti-tobacco convention in New Delhi, India, to the… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Rejection of UN Nuke Ban Not Enough, Administration Must Do More to Maintain Arsenal
Although last month the Obama administration led a misguided effort in the United Nations Security Council to pass a resolution on nuclear weapons testing, it… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Here’s Why It’s Wrong That America Refused to Defend Its Embargo on Cuba at the UN
For the first time ever, the United States abstained from voting on a United Nations resolution condemning America’s embargo on Cuba. This breaks decades of… Read More
InternationalNews
Socialist, Refugee Advocate to Run UN for Next 5 Years
While it’s hardly the election to get the most attention this year, the United Nations General Assembly has confirmed a nominee with a background in… Read More
