We are going to have more leverage if we have met our financial commitments and if we are not behind on them.
-- Peter Yeo
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With the U.S. Still Owing Nearly $2B, UN Looks at How to Fund 2021
I think another day one action is Paris Climate Accord. We will have missed the deadline, unfortunately, to withdraw...But the U.S. could...
-- Peter Yeo
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How Joe Biden Could Restore US Leadership at the United Nations in His First 100 Days
More important from the WHO’s point of view is whether the US, as a member, would restart its full funding.
-- Jordie Hannum
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Hey, Biden-Harris Team, What About the UN?
But while ISIS aims to push Iraq back into widespread conflict, there is still time for the government in Baghdad, the international...
-- Jordie Hannum
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As ISIS Regroups, No Time to Cut U.S., U.N. Assistance to Iraq
To cut money from the World Health Organization just as the WHO is on the front lines of the conoravirus rattles the...
-- Peter Yeo
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Trump Administration Again Proposes Slashing Foreign Aid
This is precisely the wrong time to be cutting funds to the World Health Organization.
-- Peter Yeo
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Trump Seeks to Halve U.S. Funding for World Health Organization as Coronavirus Rages
That’s why planting the seeds of stability and opportunity now is so important. If the work is successful, most outside observers will...
-- Jordie Hannum
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2020 Could be Niger’s Year of Reckoning
Should the administration withdraw, as it originally planned, or stay within the UPU and work toward a solution?
-- Peter Yeo
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Business, Ballots and Battling Opioids: Why the Universal Postal Union Benefits the US
Thanks to a newly opened border crossing with Jordan, migrants are heading back to their country. But their ordeal is far from...
-- Micah Spangler
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Syria’s Refugees Begin Their Journey Home
This is basically a slash and burn approach as it relates to the U.N. regular budget and U.N. peacekeeping.
-- Peter Yeo
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Despite Pompeo’s Call for ‘Swagger,’ Trump Slashes Diplomatic Budget
U.N. workers face unbelievable risks to help people all over the world.
-- Peter Yeo
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United Nations Mourns 21 Employees Killed in Ethiopian Airlines Plane Crash