Trump prepares to reduce US role in UN

An American newspaper is reporting that President Donald Trump is preparing to abrogate certain multilateral treaties.

U.N. logo detail from a press conference background at the United Nations headquarters, Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013.   (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

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The Trump administration is preparing executive orders that would clear the way to drastically reduce the US role in the United Nations and other international organisations, the New York Times reported on Wednesday.

The executive orders would also begin a process to review and potentially abrogate certain forms of multilateral treaties, the Times reported, citing unnamed officials.


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Published 26 January 2017 8:12am
Source: AAP


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