Defund and leave the UN? Mike Lee, Chip Roy, and Mike Rogers push legislation to do just that
Three GOP lawmakers are pushing legislation that would have the U.S. completely withdraw from the United Nations and cut off all funding to the globalist organization.
Sen. Mike Lee of Utah, Rep. Chip Roy of Texas, and Rep. Mike Rogers of Alabama are pushing the proposal, which would put the kibosh on U.S. ties to the U.N. and affiliated entities, including the World Health Organization.
"The UN doesn't deserve one single dime of American taxpayer money or one bit of our support; we should defund it and leave immediately. I am proud to lead this critical effort alongside Mike Lee and Mike Rogers," Roy said, according to a press release.
"No more blank checks for the United Nations. Americans' hard-earned dollars have been funneled into initiatives that fly in the face of our values –enabling tyrants, betraying allies, and spreading bigotry," Lee said, according to the press release. "With the DEFUND Act, we're stepping away from this debacle. If we engage with the UN in the future, it will be on our terms, with the full backing of the Senate and an iron-clad escape clause." --->READ MORE HERE
Utah Sen. Mike Lee wants to defund the United Nations:
His DEFUND Act will require the U.S. to leave the international peacemaking organization
Sen. Mike Lee introduced a bill Wednesday that would see the United States stop payments to and give up membership in the United Nations.
“No more blank checks for the United Nations. Americans’ hard-earned dollars have been funneled into initiatives that fly in the face of our values — enabling tyrants, betraying allies, and spreading bigotry,” said the Utah senator in a press release.
The Disengaging Entirely from the United Nations Debacle Act, or the DEFUND Act, would repeal federal laws — like the U.N. Participation Act of 1945 and the United Nations Headquarters Agreement Act — that tie the U.S. to the U.N.
Not only would it stop financial support from flowing into the global organization, but it would also prohibit the U.S. from getting involved in the U.N.’s peacemaking operations and formalize a withdrawal from U.N. conventions like the World Health Organization.
“With the DEFUND Act, we’re stepping away from this debacle. If we engage with the UN in the future, it will be on our terms, with the full backing of the Senate and an iron-clad escape clause,” Lee said.
His proposed legislation follows the global organization’s refusal to condemn Hamas for the attack on Israel. Instead, several U.N. agencies have increasingly called for a humanitarian cease-fire, which earned criticism and pushback from Israel.
Israel’s foreign minister Eli Cohen has said U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is unfit to lead the U.N. since he refuses to hold Hamas accountable. Initially, Guterres said the terrorist attacks of Oct. 7 didn’t happen “in a vacuum” since Palestine has been “subjected to 56 years of suffocating occupation.” More recently, Cohen said he decided to revoke U.N. Humanitarian coordinator Lynn Hastings’ residence visa to travel to Israel for not condemning Hamas. --->READ MORE HERE
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