U.S. Needs Financial Leverage to Hold Line on U.N. Budget
To enhance its diplomatic efforts to impose budget discipline at the U.N., the U.S. must use its financial leverage.
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To enhance its diplomatic efforts to impose budget discipline at the U.N., the U.S. must use its financial leverage.
On September 27, 2017, at the annual meeting of Interpol’s General Assembly, member nations voted to admit the Palestinian Authority (Authority or PA) to Interpol. The U.S. opposed this decision, which was taken in the face of persuasive evidence that the Authority sought to join Interpol as part of its political war against Israel. The Authority is also likely to use Interpol to pursue its Palestinian opponents and may seek to use it to harass friends of Israel abroad as well as Israeli politicians, officials, or citizens.
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Interpol, an organization of police and law enforcement organizations, is funded by its member nations and through other channels. As Interpol has grown since 9/11, its budget has grown apace, as has its desire to raise funds from new sources.