US President Donald Trump has ended foreign support programs, within the framework of the contribution to the United Nations has been made at $ 521 million. This has been reported by RIA Novosti related to the White House request to reduce financial.
In addition, Trump ordered the end of the programs of foreign peacekeeping activities, the total amount of up to about $ 837 million. One of the implications for refusal to waste $ 392 million from the $ 1.2 billion budget. These funds were planned to be sent to activities in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, Nepal, Somali and South Sudan.
In July, the US Senate approved Trump's plan, in order to reduce foreign support and public broadcasting with the amount of more than $ 9 billion. According to the voting results, 51 members of the Senate supported the initiative, while 48 Senators opposed adopted children.
In June, the US National Assembly House supported the Washington government's proposal to reduce $ 9.4 billion to finance foreign support programs.
