The left is infatuated with the U.N. because it acts as a proxy for them to bash America and push an anti-Israel agenda.
(CNSNews.com) — As President Obama prepares to attend the annual opening of the U.N. General Assembly opening in two weeks, a senior administration official has defended its engagement with the world body, criticizing a Republican initiative that would curtail U.S. funding of the U.N.
“This administration has strengthened our national security and restored U.S. global influence by engaging multilaterally,” Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs Esther Brimmer said in a speech at the U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP) in Washington, D.C.
“Yet there are still some here in Washington intent on forcing a U.S. retreat from global leadership, by hindering our participation in the U.N. system, seemingly unaware of the profoundly altered global landscape.”
Brimmer described as “backwards” GOP calls to withhold funding to the U.N. — “given the impact doing so would have on U.S. influence and leadership across the U.N. system.”
Introducing the U.N. Transparency, Accountability, and Reform Act last week, House Foreign Affairs Committee chairwoman Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) said its goal was to end “the era of no-strings-attached contributions” to the U.N.