Brett D. Schaefer
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- Sep 21, 2026
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How Donald Trump Can Reinvigorate His UN Strategy (opens the original)
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On Tuesday, September 22, President Donald Trump will address the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). In his first-ever address to the UNGA in 2017, Trump thanked UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres “for recognizing that the United Nations must reform if it is to be an effective partner in confronting threats to sovereignty, security, and prosperity.” Nine years later, that record of reform falls very short. It’s time for the president to remind the world that absent a genuine overhaul, th
The Trump Administration Must Act to Prevent Subsidizing Terrorism via the United Nations (opens the original)
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Only three years ago Hamas killed over 1,200 innocent men, women, and children, often in gruesome barbarity, and took 254 hostages. Among the dead were 46 Americans. Another 12 Americans were kidnapped and tortured for months before the United States and Israel compelled their release. Yet, the horror of the October 7 terror attack seems, incredibly, to be fading from the minds of Americans as support for Israel weakens in favor of Palestinians. Most troubling, the State Department also appears
Why France Has No Right to Lecture the US on Human Rights (opens the original)
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On July 24, the United Nations General Assembly voted to reappoint Austrian Volker Türk as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. The United States and Israel were among the 10 nations opposing his reappointment. The United States opposed High Commissioner Türk; US Representative for UN Management and Reform Amb. Jeffrey Bartos explained, based on a long track record of criticizing democracies while giving brutal regimes like Cuba and Iran a pass. These kinds of diplomatic disagreements are par
The UNHCR Responded to US Funding Cuts the Right Way (opens the original)
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Historically, the United States has been the largest supporter of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), providing 51 percent of its annual revenue from governments, averaging $1.7 billion from 2013 to 2024. This support was disrupted by the Trump administration’s 2025 suspension of US funding for UN organizations. Across the UN system, the closed spigot forced organizations to reassess. While disruptive, this created an unprecedented opportunity for UN organizations to shed
Yet Again, the UN Is Treating Hamas Lies as Fact (opens the original)
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In June, an Independent International Commission of Inquiry (COI) appointed by the United Nations Human Rights Council issued a lengthy conference-room paper accusing Israel of “deliberate targeting and killing of Palestinian children” and other crimes in its war against Hamas after the October 7, 2023, terrorist attack. Israel and the United States rejected the report as another example of bias from the commission for failing to address the complicity of Hamas in civilian deaths. Others critici
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