Trump Pushes Widespread Reform at the UN During Special ForumWritten by Mary ChastainPresident Donald Trump and U.S. Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley spoke today at a UN special forum called “Reforming the United Nations, Security, and Development” to kick off a week of meetings. In his remarks, Trump urged the UN to reform, make results its top focus, and reduce its bureaucracy.
Haley started off the forum by praising the changes that the UN has done since she’s taken the ambassador role, calling the organization that used to talk a lot, but now has become “action-oriented.” She used the latest sanctions and votes from the Security Council on North Korea as proof of the change. China and Russia, North Korea’s only big allies left in the world, have voted for more action against the hermit kingdom. Then she handed the stage to Trump, who noted the good things the UN has done, but reminded the panel that the UN has not reached its potential due to overblown bureaucracy. From The Associated Press:
Trump also said he wanted reform to include protections for whistleblowers and changes to international military deployment. From The Washington Examiner:
The whistleblower point made my ears perk. I remember covering extensive UN abuses across the world at Breitbart and when anyone dared to speak out, the whistleblower received punishment. Haley praised UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres for making reforms, one of which whistleblower protection. The UN reported in January:
In January 2016, Anders Kompass, director of field operations for the office of the high commissioner for human rights in Geneva, was finally exonerated for wrong doing after an internal investigation. What did he do that warranted suspension and an investigation? He exposed the sexual abuse of children by French forces in the Central African Republic (CAR). He leaked the documents because no one internally was doing anything about the abuse.
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