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UN Faces Unprecedented Number of Challenges Amid Proposed US Budget Cuts


UN Faces Unprecedented Number of Challenges Amid Proposed US Budget Cuts
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There was bad news for the United Nations last week, as President Donald Trump announced he is seeking a 28 percent budget cut for diplomacy and foreign aid, which includes an unspecified reduction in funding to the United Nations and its agencies. VOA's U.N. Correspondent Margaret Besheer reports that the potential cuts come as the U.N. is struggling to cope with an unprecedented number of conflicts, approaching famines and the effects of climate change.

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