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Times of Israel
BY EDITH M. LEDERER
July 1, 2017, 8:24 am
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The General Assembly on Friday agreed to a significant cut in the budget for the UN’s far-flung peacekeeping missions, a reduction that the Trump administration fought hard to achieve though it wanted an even larger decrease.
After lengthy and heated negotiations, the assembly’s powerful budget committee agreed to a $7.3 billion budget for 14 peacekeeping missions for the year starting July 1, a $570 million cut from the current budget of $7.87 billion.
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http://www.timesofisrael.com/un-cuts-peacekeeping-budget-after-pressure-from-trump/