WH bluster: no participation in Human Rights Council (so what); withdraw from Unesco (nothing new); no $ to UNRWA (been the case for a yr) www.whitehouse.gov/presidential... - ThreadSky

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passblue.bsky.social • 26 days ago

WH bluster: no participation in Human Rights Council (so what); withdraw from Unesco (nothing new); no $ to UNRWA (been the case for a yr)

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/02/withdrawing-the-united-states-from-and-ending-funding-to-certain-united-nations-organizations-and-reviewing-united-states-support-to-all-international-organizations/

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telegramwriter.bsky.social•26 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/telegramwriter.bsky.social/post/3lhgql2mg6k2r

passblue.bsky.social•26 days ago

DOGE should examine the waste of time/$ in this "review"

arbeider4fred.bsky.social•26 days ago

What does "will not fund UNHRC" mean? Are they intending to make a pro rata'd reduced payment towards assessed contributions? Taking out some notional amount towards DGACM's Geneva work?

telegramwriter.bsky.social•26 days ago

Yes, the EO specifies that the proportion of the US assessment for the 2025 #UN regular budget corresponding to the US share of UNHRC costs will be withheld.

passblue.bsky.social•26 days ago

Is there a clear $ amount? thanks

telegramwriter.bsky.social•26 days ago

The cost estimates for the human rights section of the 2025 programme (regular) budget are reflected in this table; the U.S. share of the regular budget is 22%.

passblue.bsky.social•26 days ago

So 22% of which #? lots here!

telegramwriter.bsky.social•26 days ago

I would assume, that if they want to deduct the U.S. share of the costs of the HRC, that they would use the line item corresponding to "Supporting the Human Rights Council".

passblue.bsky.social•26 days ago

they probably have no idea. They didn't know at 1st that US is not a member of HRC

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