Nine former American ambassadors to the United Nations have urged members of Congress not to cut US contributions to the world body.
“The U.N. remains an indispensable instrument for advancing the global stability and prosperity on which U.S. interests and priorities depend,” the ambassadors wrote in a letter to congressional leaders released on Tuesday.
“We therefore urge you to support U.S. leadership at the U.N., including through continued payment of our assessed and voluntary financial contributions to the organization,” they said.
The ambassadors, who served under five Republican and Democratic presidents, further warned that withholding or cutting funding to the UN “weakens our hand” and “alienates allies whose support is critical to our reform priorities.”
The letter came a day after a lunch hosted by President Trump at the White House for members of the UN Security Council, who also expressed the same sentiment about the…