Trump prepares orders to reduce US role in UN and other organisations
One draft order establishes committee to recommend where funding cuts should be made
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THE Trump administration is preparing executive orders that would clear the way to drastically reduce the US role in the United Nations and other international organisations, as well as begin a process to review and potentially abrogate certain forms of multilateral treaties.
The first of the two draft orders, titled "Auditing and Reducing US Funding of International Organizations" and obtained by The New York Times, calls for terminating funding for any UN agency or other international body that meets any one of several criteria.
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