US to hold reception for countries that didn't vote to approve UN Jerusalem resolution
Source: the hill
By Max Greenwood - 01/02/18 06:45 PM EST
The U.S. will hold a reception for countries that did not vote last month to approve a United Nations (U.N.) resolution condemning the Trump administration's decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital, U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley said Tuesday.
"As I said in December, we won't forget the Jerusalem vote," Haley said at a news conference. "To that end, tomorrow night, we are having a reception for the countries who chose not to oppose the U.S. position [on Jerusalem]."
The U.N. General Assembly voted overwhelmingly last month to rebuke the Trump administration's announcement recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, despite threats from Haley and Trump that they would take stock of those countries that voted to oppose the U.S.
The resolution, while not legally binding, amounted to an international effort to pressure the Trump administration to reconsider its Jerusalem decision, which reversed decades of U.S. policy in the region. ...........................
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Read more: http://thehill.com/policy/international/367137-us-to-throw-reception-for-countries-that-voted-against-un-jerusalem
Wonder what they are serving up at this UN party --with taxpayer money no doubt!
Trump to throw exclusive party for countries that didn't vote to condemn Jerusalem decision http://hill.cm/XJGpWIX
Link to tweet
no_hypocrisy
(46,311 posts)Stale crackers.
sinkingfeeling
(51,497 posts)A couple are even south of our border and try to send kids across for safety.
Tanuki
(14,931 posts)Tanuki
(14,931 posts)groundloop
(11,535 posts)There's no doubt in my mind that the US taxpayers will be paying 45* for the use of his hotel to throw this "party".
n2doc
(47,953 posts)He has the reverse Midas touch
Ilsa
(61,714 posts)the pro-resolution group by not talking to them? That isn't how diplomacy works.
The the suckups are rewarded with a reception. BFD.
tanyev
(42,676 posts)That'll show 'em!
AllyCat
(16,267 posts)In the past when they voted how we wanted. Maybe I just didnt notice? Even if it is typical, it is hard to look past 45 and his narcissistic need for adulation.
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,230 posts)Just a heads up, Palau.
Judi Lynn
(160,682 posts)BeyondGeography
(39,393 posts)Our friends account for less than 1/2 of 1 percent of total world population. Huuuuge.
x1959b
(16 posts)i am gonna start wearing a bag over my head.
Maxheader
(4,374 posts)..
angrychair
(8,755 posts)https://www.google.com/amp/s/mobile.nytimes.com/2017/12/21/world/middleeast/trump-jerusalem-united-nations.amp.html
Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)<snip>
"Reports from Israel say Nauru was given a sewage treatment plant just two weeks before the United Nations vote condemning the US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
The Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper said the Israeli Foreign Ministry's Tenders Committee approved the outlay of $US72,000 without calling a tender.
It said the deal was approved by a special committee headed by the Foreign Ministry Director-General, the ministry's legal adviser and its accountant.
Yedioth Ahronoth also said the president of Nauru Baron Waqa had appealed to the prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, asking to receive aid in the form of a sewage treatment plant."
https://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/347331/israel-aid-for-nauru-before-un-vote
Judi Lynn
(160,682 posts)rurallib
(62,482 posts)JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,384 posts)Of course, there will be ice cream. Lots of ice cream.