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| Israel cuts UN payment by $2 million over ‘anti-Israel’ bias | |
| 2017-03-30 | |
| [IsraelTimes] Israel announced Wednesday it is reducing its required payment to the United Nations ...a lucrative dumping ground for the relatives of dictators and party hacks... by $2 million following recent "anti-Israel" votes. Foreign Ministry front man Emmanuel Nahshon said the decision to reduce the annual payment was taken following votes critical of Israel at the Geneva-based Human Rights Council, and condemned the "obsessional discrimination against Israel on the part of the United Nations and its agencies." The General Assembly requires all 193 UN member states to pay a percentage of the United Nations’ regular budget, based on their GDP. According to the UN Secretariat, Israel is expected to pay about $11 million this year, or 0.43 percent of the regular budget. Under Article 19 of the UN Charter, any country in arrears of its dues payments in an amount that equals or exceeds the contributions due for two preceding years can lose its vote in the General Assembly. As of March 15, three countries were banned from voting because of arrears -- Libya, Sudan and Venezuela. Israel’s refusal to pay $2 million of its dues will put the country in arrears, but it won’t immediately lose its vote in the world body. Nahshon said the money held back from the United Nations will be used for development projects in countries that support Israel in international organizations. The highest percentage that a country can pay to the UN regular budget was cut from 25 percent to 22 percent in response to demands by the United States, the world organization’s largest contributor. It pays 22 percent of the $2.6 billion regular budget, with Japan second at about 9.7 percent. The United States is seeking unspecified cuts in payments to the United Nations, especially for the 16 far-flung UN peacekeeping operations that are financed through a separate budget. The Jewish state had already cut $6 million from its contribution of $11.7 million following a UN Security Council resolution passed in December condemning Israel’s settlement building in the occupied Paleostinian territories, a foreign ministry front man said. Last week, a United Nations rights expert issued a blistering criticism of Israel’s policies, deepening a row over alleged anti-Israel bias within the UN following US pressure. In a report, the UN special rapporteur on the Paleostinian territories, Michael Lynk, charged Israel with "the subjugation of (Paleostinians’) humanity" and intensifying a crackdown on human rights ...which are often intentionally defined so widely as to be meaningless... campaigners. Lynk made the claims in a report presented to the UN rights council during the Geneva-based body’s mandated session on Israel, known as Agenda Item Seven. Israel is the only country targeted with a dedicated rights council agenda item.
...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... , Egypt, China and Cuba. US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has publicly threatened to withdraw from the council over its "biased agenda item against Israel." | |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #5 It's like... giving money to the UN. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2017-03-30 10:57 |
| #4 Its like providing subsidies to tobacco farmers. |
| Posted by: Crusader 2017-03-30 10:25 |
| #3 It's like building student smoking lounges in high schools. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2017-03-30 10:17 |
| #2 It's like paying taxes to give food stamps to muggers. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2017-03-30 10:16 |
| #1 Why Israel is even paying the UN anything is silly. It is like paying a racist killer to help kill you and your family. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2017-03-30 09:29 |