Nikki Haley, President-elect Donald Trump’s candidate for United Nations ambassador, called Wednesday for a review of the intergovernmental organization and how U.S. funding could be better “leveraged” for maximum impact and political strategy.
Trump has made threats against the U.N., tweeting that “things will be different after Jan. 20” and Republican politicians have put forward bills that would reduce funding, or defund the U.N. entirely, dependent on the reversal of a December 2016 U.N. Security Council resolution condemning Israeli settlements.
But Haley, the governor of South Carolina, split with Trump — and other prominent Republican leaders — during her confirmation hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee by repeatedly saying that she does not back a “slash and burn” approach to defunding the U.N.
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Amy Lieberman is the U.N. Correspondent for Devex. She covers the United Nations and reports on global development and politics. Amy previously worked as a freelance reporter, covering the environment, human rights, immigration, and health across the U.S. and in more than 10 countries, including Colombia, Mexico, Nepal, and Cambodia. Her coverage has appeared in the Guardian, the Atlantic, Slate, and the Los Angeles Times. A native New Yorker, Amy received her master’s degree in politics and government from Columbia’s School of Journalism.
