In the last century , and in the wake of two major world wars, a body of almost two hundred member states, was formed to preserve peace throughout , and insure human rights and justice across the glob. At least in theory and principal , as these basic modern requirements were and still are solidly violated periodically by many super powers and lesser powers internationally and regionally .
With at least 16 specialized agencies operating across the world and a substantial peacekeeping force, the U.N. generally was a successful , productive and helpful international agency through most of its operations and endeavors , a good tool to help engaging states in dialogue , and handling refugees from many countries and continents ravaged by conflicts and cruel wars and invasions, by colonialism and apartheid, extermination and blatant theft .
Many of these cruel and unjust acts, whether 70 years old or very recent left millions in camps for years and years most till today. The U.N. agencies somehow managed to help eradicate famine, and deceases from these camps, and play some helpful role in many unfortunate spots of the under developed world .
Ending conflicts and preserving peace in fragile areas of the world, as well as striving to put limits or ends to nuclear proliferation and possible conflicts were fairly successful in most cases, rendering the absolute support of the U.N. both a moral imperative and an international security requirement and necessity .
Except that some powers and I'm mostly concerned about the U.S. and its close ally Israel, with their periodical reckless rhetoric and threats of abstinence from paying their financial dues and meeting their share, making it a real alarming situation to say the least. All for political obedience and coercing the world countries to abide by our views and interests, or even worse by Israeli narrow expansionist and illegal agendas.
During her confirmation hearings, ambassador Nikki Haley insisted that theses slashes were important " To build up our military" We are talking here of a 27% cut to the U.S contribution to the U.N. regular budget , a 37% cut to peacekeeping operations, and a proposed zeroing of funds for UNICEF the children's agency, UN DP the women agency, OCHA the humanitarian affairs agency, UNFPA the population fund, the UNHCR the human rights agency, and the U.N agencies working on climate change, Israel's first move in retaliation of naming Hebron a Palestinian national heritage was to cut a million plus dollars from UNESCO's budget, and threatening for more .
All of course to reinforce building their armed forces and militaries, and punishing the world wide agencies. Even programs like children's vaccination around the world have to wait for further building of our militaries. Our and Israel's ugly adventures in the world cost us many trillions of dollars literally in the past few years, way, way more than the costs of having U.N. peacekeeping forces in all places of conflicts we're trying to solve on our own. Instead of besieging Gaza or fighting in Iraq,and Afghanistan or Yemen for decades, or terrorizing and applying the worse forms of apartheid over the Palestinian population of the West-Bank, stealing their lands, wealth and waters.
A unilateral retreat from our obligations and responsibilities suggested by the administration's budget, would neither improve the U.N. nor make the world including America and Israel or similar aggressors any safer, more secure or better off. Nor send the world a message that the U.S. leadership is firm and essential in the world, as Ambassador Haley vowed to do in her confirmation hearing. It would only remind us and the world of George Orwell's demagoguery and fake utopias .
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