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U.S. complains about ‘excessive’ business class travel by UN staff
The United States is taking aim at “excessive” business class air travel by UN staff as it presses a campaign to restrain the global body’s multi-billion dollar budget. Complaints by the United States and other cash-strapped western nations have been bolstered by revelations that nearly three quarters of the money…
U.S. calls on UN to ban drunken diplomats from budget negotiations
The United States on Monday called for drunk diplomats to be barred from United Nations’ budget negotiations. Annual talks on how much the global body spends have become increasingly tense as western nations call for spending cuts. “We make the modest proposal that the negotiating rooms should in future be…
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