Former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton is calling for the United States
to end funding for the anti-poverty U.N. Development Program, which he
described as nothing more than a "wealth transfer operation" used to
prop up governments.
"At a time when our budget is constrained, it seems this is the
time to say, 'Maybe we've got other uses for the money,'" Bolton said
Tuesday night on Fox News' "On the Record with Greta Van Susteren."
Bolton's comments followed the release of a preliminary report from the development program itself acknowledging that after spending more
than $8.5 billion between 2004 and 2011, it has no evidence that its
anti-poverty activities have accomplished anything.
Bolton said the admission should not come as a surprise to anyone familiar with most U.N operations.
"This is the United Nations at work," he said. "Part of the problem
with a lot of U.N. programs is you can measure the input, billions
spent. You can't measure the output. I think this report, this is just
the executive summary we have. When the whole thing comes out it will be
interesting to read because it's an admission that they don't really
know what effect their activities have."
Bolton added, "My recommendation . . . would be that Congress zero out the U.S. contribution."
The U.S. contribution to the program, which is voluntary, amounts
to "a couple hundred million dollars a year," according to Bolton. But
he noted that the U.S. funds an estimated one-fourth of the U.N.'s $8
billion budget.
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