Diplomats: US envoy targeting UN peacekeeping for reform

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Diplomats: US envoy targeting UN peacekeeping for reform
Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press Updated 12:09 am, Saturday, February 4, 2017





UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Nikki Haley, in her first week as U.S. ambassador, has made reform of the United Nations' far-flung peacekeeping operations a top priority, diplomats said.

The missions cost nearly $8 billion a year and Haley said in her Senate confirmation hearing last month that she wants to look at all 16 to see which are succeeding in maintaining peace and which aren't.

"Do we need to shift and do things differently or do we need to pull out?" she asked.

Haley singled out the mission in war-ravaged South Sudan, the world's newest nation, calling it "terrible." She said the government isn't cooperating with the U.N. force, which has nearly 13,000 troops and police and a current budget of more than $1 billion.

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[DK504]

1. Damn she's dumb.

She seems to think that their will be a return on profit with in a year. Not only ignorance of the world but diplomacy. As Bill Maher has said, the only thing I can say about these people is: Fuck You!