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2023-04-17 International-UN-NGOs

UN Seeks Vast Powers for Emergencies; Administration Backs the Plan

[Epoch Times] Lawmakers and critics are sounding the alarm, but the White House supports the agenda

The United Nations is seeking vast new powers and stronger "global governance" tools to deal with international emergencies such as pandemics and economic crises, a new U.N. policy brief has revealed, and the Biden administration appears to support the proposal.

The plan to create an "Emergency Platform," which would involve a set of protocols activated during crises that could affect billions of people, has already drawn strong concern and criticism from U.S. policymakers and analysts.

Among those expressing concern is House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Tex), whose committee oversees U.S. foreign policy and involvement in international organizations.

"We must be sure that any global protocol or platform operated by the U.N. respects U.S. national sovereignty and U.S. taxpayer dollars," McCaul told The Epoch Times. He also noted his concern that the proposed platform expands the authority and funding of the U.N. and the definitions of "emergency" and "crisis" to include, for instance, climate change.

A spokesman for the U.S. State Department suggested that the Biden administration backs the plan. "The administration has made clear its firm belief that U.S. national security is best served by engaging actively and comprehensively with the UN and other international organizations," the spokesman told The Epoch Times in an e-mailed statement about the proposal.

"The U.N. is only as effective, transparent, and accountable as its membership demands, and the U.S. works tirelessly to ensure the U.N. meets those demands."

Posted by Bobby 2023-04-17 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11159 views ] Top
File under: Commies

#1 time to get rid of them , or at least move the headquarters to gambia

Posted by 746 2023-04-17 00:12|| 2023-04-17 00:12|| Front Page Top

#2 Of course.
World State martial law.

Posted by Skidmark 2023-04-17 00:12|| 2023-04-17 00:12|| Front Page Top

#3 United Nations calls for halt to Sudan violence after three aid workers and dozens of others are killed

Posted by Skidmark 2023-04-17 00:22|| 2023-04-17 00:22|| Front Page Top

"The key to the benefit program is not getting killed."

Posted by Besoeker 2023-04-17 01:06|| 2023-04-17 01:06|| Front Page Top

#5 ^^And don't forget the giant, beaked, baby stealing Tsetse Flies.

Posted by Omiting Theting7288 2023-04-17 07:39|| 2023-04-17 07:39|| Front Page Top

#6 "Serpentine, Shelly! Serpentine!"

Posted by AlmostAnonymous5839 2023-04-17 09:35|| 2023-04-17 09:35|| Front Page Top

#7 Get rid of our biggest, most effective proxy? How we gonna import all that domestic help and cannon fodder?

Posted by Rex Mundi 2023-04-17 11:28|| 2023-04-17 11:28|| Front Page Top

#8 There is a perfectly lovely UN facility in Geneva, all the comforts of modern Swiss life. What could be more perfect?

Posted by NoMoreBS 2023-04-17 17:17|| 2023-04-17 17:17|| Front Page Top

#9 ^^ I second that. And any idiot that tries to stay behind gets hung.

Posted by DarthVader 2023-04-17 18:25|| 2023-04-17 18:25|| Front Page Top