Reform of U.N. peacekeeping missions has been a foreign policy goal for U.S. President Donald Trump´s administration, which believes the United States, the largest funder of the missions, should pay less, and the U.N. should cut costs. There are currently 15 U.N. peacekeeping missions around the world, including eight in Africa. The United States contributes 28 percent of the U.N. peacekeeping budget. The second-biggest contributor, China, pays about 10 percent. Nikki Haley, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, cheered the announcement earlier this year that the United Nations would trim its budget by $600 million, saying, `We´re just getting started.` Vice President Mike Pence has...
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