As Rep. Elise Stefanik prepares for her confirmation hearing as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, she inherits the task of addressing soaring U.S. expenditures and reforming a world body often at odds with American interests.
Representative Elise Stefanik , a Republican from New York, is poised to appear before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for confirmation as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. Stefanik, selected by President-elect Donald Trump , faces an immediate challenge: reigning in U.S. expenditures at the world body. Outlays to the U.N. have surged from $11.6 billion in 2020 to $18.1 billion in 2022, with the U.S. shouldering one-third of the total U.N. budget. A former senior U.S.
diplomat, speaking anonymously to Fox News Digital, emphasized that Stefanik, with her numerous responsibilities, must prioritize her efforts. The diplomat identified cronyism and corruption as major concerns, alongside the need to employ more Americans at the U.N. He expressed the view that the U.N. often deviates from U.S. foreign policy, making the significant financial contributions seem incongruous, especially considering the prevalence of anti-American sentiment and support for causes that contradict U.S. interests within the organization.Anne Bayefsky, director of the Touro Institute on Human Rights and the Holocaust and president of Human Rights Voices, urged Trump's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) team, led by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, to halt U.N. funding deemed antithetical to American interests. She argued that this immediate cost-saving measure could yield billions of dollars. Bayefsky pointed to the U.S.'s single vote among the 193 member states at the General Assembly, where it frequently finds itself outvoted on crucial matters by an undemocratic, anti-American, and anti-Israel bloc. She criticized the U.N. for, despite these setbacks, funding litigation and antisemitic initiatives spurred by the very resolutions that have overridden U.S. positions. Bayefsky contends that DOGE, with its focus on fiscal responsibility, should not hesitate to scrutinize the allocation of taxpayer dollars to the U.N., particularly when it funds potentially dangerous and harmful initiatives. She called for a cessation of the U.N.'s role as a purported global money-launderer for terrorists and antisemites disguised as human rights experts and refugees
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