‘It’s over between us’: Sen. Mike Lee calls for ending all UN funding after Hamas resolution

‘It’s over between us’: Sen. Mike Lee calls for ending all UN funding after Hamas resolution

by WorldTribune Staff, November 3, 2023 Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee plans to introduce legislation to withdraw all U.S. funding to the United Nations after the body’s General Assembly failed to pass a resolution to condemn Hamas for the Oct. 7 massacre of Israeli civilians. Last week, the UN passed a resolution calling for an […]

President Trump plays offense at the UN and on Twitter; Releases transcript

President Trump plays offense at the UN and on Twitter; Releases transcript

by WorldTribune Staff, September 25, 2019 “The future does not belong to globalists — the future belongs to patriots,” U.S. President Donald Trump told the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Sept. 24. Trump’s assertion is “so bold that it’s hard to imagine any previous president uttering anything like […]

HHS secretary at UN: ‘There is no international right to abortion’

HHS secretary at UN: ‘There is no international right to abortion’

by WorldTribune Staff, September 25, 2019 The United States was joined by 18 other nations in a joint statement issued at the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 23 calling on the UN to stop promoting abortion. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar, who delivered the statement on behalf of the U.S. and […]

Pompeo blasts UN failure to condemn Hamas rocket barrage; Bahrain hits Hizbullah tunnels

Pompeo blasts UN failure to condemn Hamas rocket barrage; Bahrain hits Hizbullah tunnels

by WorldTribune Staff, December 7, 2018 The UN’s decision to not condemn Hamas for its recent rocket attacks on Israel is “disgraceful” and “shameful,” U.S. officials said. Meanwhile Israel, supported by the current U.S. administration, continued to shore up ties in the region with the Gulf Arab states including Bahrain which publicly attacked Hizbullah tunnels […]

Bull in the ‘China’ shop: Trump at UN slams globalists and ‘discredited ideology’

Bull in the ‘China’ shop: Trump at UN slams globalists and ‘discredited ideology’

by WorldTribune Staff, September 25, 2018 U.S. President Donald Trump, in his address to the UN General Assembly on Sept. 25, denounced “expansionist” leverage by China, Iran’s regime, globalism in general and “outdated and discredited” socialism. Brushing off laughter after praising his administration’s accomplishments, he emphasized that America will never surrender its sovereignty. Complete text of […]

Editorial: Kerry’s ‘shadow diplomacy’ with Iran is collusion of the Logan Act kind

Editorial: Kerry’s ‘shadow diplomacy’ with Iran is collusion of the Logan Act kind

by WorldTribune Staff, September 23, 2018 U.S. President Donald Trump will face “an extra formidable” Iran at the upcoming United Nations General Assembly thanks, in large part, to former Secretary of State John Kerry, The Washington Times said in a Sept. 17 editorial. “Defiance and dirty dealing from an enemy is expected, collusion with an […]

Trump closes PLO office in DC as critical address to UN General Assembly looms

Trump closes PLO office in DC as critical address to UN General Assembly looms

by WorldTribune Staff, September 10, 2018 The U.S. State Department on Sept. 10 announced the Trump administration is shutting down the Washington, D.C. office of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert said in a statement that the administration had allowed the PLO office to remain open since the expiration of a […]

U.S. withdraws from ‘self-serving’ UN Human Rights Council

U.S. withdraws from ‘self-serving’ UN Human Rights Council

by WorldTribune Staff, June 20, 2018 The United States on June 19 said it withdrew from the UN Human Rights Council after an unsuccessful effort to reform the council. “When a so-called Human Rights Council cannot bring itself to address the massive abuses in Venezuela and Iran, and it welcomes the Democratic Republic of Congo […]

U.S. Amb. Haley slams UN resolution, charges Hamas with ‘inciting violence’

U.S. Amb. Haley slams UN resolution, charges Hamas with ‘inciting violence’

by WorldTribune Staff, June 13, 2018 A draft resolution by the UN which condemns Israel for Palestinian deaths in Gaza is “fundamentally imbalanced” and “ignores basic truths about the situation in Gaza,” U.S. Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley said. The Arab-backed draft resolution condemns Israel’s use of “excessive, disproportionate and indiscriminate force” against Palestinian […]

U.S. threatens to cut funding after UN resolution condemning Trump’s Jerusalem policy

U.S. threatens to cut funding after UN resolution condemning Trump’s Jerusalem policy

by WorldTribune Staff, December 22, 2017 The United States on Dec. 21 threatened to pull its funding from the United Nations after the UN General Assembly passed a resolution condemning President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. “The United States will remember this day in which it was singled out […]