The President highlighted “historic trade deals” with the UK and others, and claimed the US was respected “like it has never been respected before” – but the response was embarrassing.
Since the start of the year, Trump has moved to slash US funding of the UN, withdrawn from many of its agencies, and ordered a review of America’s interactions with the organisation.
“US credibility and influence as a reliable partner and as a state broadly committed to human rights and international peace and security is suffering badly,” Phil Lynch, executive director of the non-profit International Service for Human Rights, told The i Paper.
“His agenda at the UN in terms of the withdrawal of funding and denunciation of treaties follows a very similar pattern.”
“It’s too bad that I had to do these things instead of the United Nations doing them,” Trump said. “That being the case, what is the purpose of the United Nations? The UN has such tremendous potential but it’s not even coming close to living up to that potential.
Trump also noted the move by many UN members to recognise Palestine’s statehood, telling the UNGA: “As if to encourage conflict, some of this body seek to recognise a Palestinian state.”
Lynch noted that the US withholding of funds has “substantially weakened the UN’s human rights pillar and has weakened its capacity to protect human rights, investigate violations and hold perpetrators to account”, adding that it “will erode human rights and diminish international peace and security”.
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A cash-strapped UN is looking to avert the looming crisis with a reform plan called UN80 to streamline administrative services, cut back on thousands of mandates and reduce peacekeeping missions.
“The vast majority of states understand that their individual and collective interests are best served through multilateral cooperation and respect for the international rule of law, and that our collective future does not lie in a world of lawlessness, chaos and raw power of the type that Trump projects,” Lynch added.
Experts warn that Trump’s actions may see power ceded to authoritarian nations. In direct response to his funding cuts, Qatar has offered to host some of the UN workers’ rights agency offices, while Russia has posited cutting speaking time for advocacy groups to save money.
“But if this moment is leading to devolved power from New York and Geneva to make the UN genuinely global in its footprint, that could be positive. But it’s important for the UN’s operational model to reflect its values and ensure cost-cutting and political convenience don’t lead to decisions that undermine those values.”
“We see a more diverse group of states leading on the Human Rights Council, with a range of Latin American states, for example, stepping up to collectively ensure accountability for human rights violations in Venezuela and Nicaragua. And a diverse group of smaller states leading discussions on issues of climate change and environmental protection.”
On Friday, delegates responded to his travel ban by voting 145 to five to allow Abbas to address the commission via video link, expected to take place at the end of the week.
“So we need to think, ‘What does a UN with a much less engaged America look like?”
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