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| | *[https://www.voanews.com/a/us-cuts-off-funding-un-population-fund-abortion/3795255.html Trump Administration Cuts Off US Funds for UN Agency Over Abortion]. ''Voice of America'' (from the ''Associated Press''). Retrieved January 24, 2018. | | *[https://www.voanews.com/a/us-cuts-off-funding-un-population-fund-abortion/3795255.html Trump Administration Cuts Off US Funds for UN Agency Over Abortion]. ''Voice of America'' (from the ''Associated Press''). Retrieved January 24, 2018. |
| | *Tennant, Michael (April 5, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/item/25750-trump-stops-funding-un-agency-accused-of-abetting-forced-abortions Trump Stops Funding UN Agency Accused of Abetting Forced Abortions]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 24, 2018.</ref> | | *Tennant, Michael (April 5, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/item/25750-trump-stops-funding-un-agency-accused-of-abetting-forced-abortions Trump Stops Funding UN Agency Accused of Abetting Forced Abortions]. ''The New American''. Retrieved January 24, 2018.</ref> |
| | + | **June 2017—Under pressure from the Trump Administration, the UN cut its peacekeeping budget by $570 million, with the U.S. share of the budget reduced by 7.5%.<ref>Multiple references: |
| | + | *Lederer, Edith M. (June 30, 2017). [http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/06/30/un-agrees-to-cut-peacekeeping-budget-reduction-us-sought.html UN agrees to cut peacekeeping budget, a reduction US sought]. ''Fox News'' (from the ''Associated Press''). Retrieved July 5, 2018. |
| | + | *Besheer, Margaret (June 30, 2017). [https://www.voanews.com/a/un-peacekeeping-budget-cut-by-600-million-dollars/3923664.html UN Peacekeeping Budget Cut By $600 Million]. ''Voice of America''. July 5, 2018. |
| | + | *[https://www.rferl.org/a/un-general-assembly-agrees-600-million-cut-peacekeeping-missions-us-pressure-nikki-haley/28589356.html UN Agrees To $570 Million Cut In Peacekeeping Missions Under U.S. Pressure]. ''Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty''. July 1, 2017. Retrieved July 5, 2018. |
| | + | *Nichols, Michelle (June 29, 2017). [https://af.reuters.com/article/africaTech/idAFKBN19K0QS-OZATP U.N. states agree $7.3 bln peacekeeping budget, U.S. share cut 7.5 pct]. ''Reuters''. Retrieved July 5, 2018. |
| | + | The Trump Administration's goals at the beginning of negotiations: |
| | + | *[https://www.voanews.com/a/us-aims-to-trim-its-un-peacekeeping-bill-after-trumps-calls-to-slash-/3894771.html US Aims to Trim its UN Peacekeeping Bill After Trump's Calls to Slash]. ''Voice of America'' (from ''Reuters''). June 9, 2017. Retrieved July 5, 2018. |
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| | + | *[https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-gets-the-u-n-to-cut-spending-1514839180 Trump Gets the U.N. to Cut Spending]. ''The Wall Street Journal''. January 1, 2018. Retrieved July 5, 2018.</ref> |
| | **September 19, 2017—President Trump gave a speech<ref>[http://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/351348-full-speech-trumps-un-debut-a-blunt-warning-to-americas-enemies FULL SPEECH: Trump's UN General Assembly debut]. ''The Hill''. September 19, 2017. Retrieved September 24, 2017.<br> | | **September 19, 2017—President Trump gave a speech<ref>[http://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/351348-full-speech-trumps-un-debut-a-blunt-warning-to-americas-enemies FULL SPEECH: Trump's UN General Assembly debut]. ''The Hill''. September 19, 2017. Retrieved September 24, 2017.<br> |
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