TRUMP TO BYPASS U.N. & SEND AID DIRECTLY
TO PERSECUTED CHRISTIANS
BY DAVE BOYER
republished below in full unedited for informational, educational, and research purposes:
Prophecy Newswatch Oct. 27, 2017Dave Boyer
Posted with permission from The Washington Times
Vice President Mike Pence announced Wednesday night that President Trump has ordered the State Department to shut off funding for “ineffective” United Nations programs to help persecuted Christians in the Middle East, saying the administration will take over those efforts directly.
“From this day forward, America will provide support directly to persecuted communities through USAID,” Mr. Pence said at the In Defense of Christians annual solidarity dinner in Washington. “We will no longer rely on the United Nations alone to assist persecuted Christians and minorities in the wake of genocide and the atrocities of terrorist groups.”
Saying Christians have been victims of a genocide at the hands of the Islamic State across the Middle East, Mr. Pence said the “sad reality” is that the U.N. spends about $1 billion per year on humanitarian aid in the region that doesn’t help Christians enough.
“While faith-based groups with proven track records and deep roots in these communities are more than willing to assist, the United Nations too often denies their funding requests,” Mr. Pence said. “My friends, those days are over. This is the moment. Now is the time. And America will support these people in their hour of need.”
The vice president said the U.S. will “stand with those who suffer for their faith because that’s what Americans have always done because the common bond of our humanity demands a strong response.”
“And so as a nation, we pledge to support them in these trying times, and every day — every day — I know the American people offer forth a chorus of prayers for these communities from our hearts to the heart of heaven,” he said.
Mr. Pence told faith leaders of various religious groups that the Obama administration “devoted well over a billion dollars in humanitarian aid to the Middle East, but routed the lion’s share through programs run by the United Nations.”
“Yet the United Nations has too often failed to help the most vulnerable communities, especially religious minorities,” he said. “The result has been that countless people continue to suffer and struggle needlessly.”
The vice president said the U.N. claims that more than 160 projects are in Christian areas, “but for a third of those projects, there are no Christians to help.”
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Trump Pulls UN Funding, Gives It to Faith Based Orgs Helping Persecuted Christians
Trump Pulls UN Funding, Gives It to Faith-Based Orgs Helping Persecuted
Christians
In a speech Wednesday night, Vice President Mike Pence announced that
the Trump administration “will no longer rely” solely on the United
Nations to disperse funds meant to aid Christians being persecuted in
the Middle East.
Pence made the remarks in Washington at the In Defense of Christians’
annual Solidarity Dinner for Christians in the Middle East gala.
According to the Washington Examiner, the Obama administration relied on
the United Nations to disperse over $1 billion in funding meant for
humanitarian aid in the Middle East.
“My friends, those days are over,” Pence said.
Instead, the pulled humanitarian funding will now go to faith-based
organizations to distribute.
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“Our fellow Christians and all who are persecuted in the Middle East
should not have to rely on multinational institutions when America can
help them directly,” Pence said.
From now on, the United States Agency for International Development will
administer the relief, Pence said.
“Tonight, it is my privilege to announce President Trump has ordered the
State Department to stop funding ineffective relief efforts at the
United Nations and from this day forward, America will provide support
directly to persecuted communities through USAID,” he said.
The audience greeted the announcement with a sustained round of
applause.
“The United States will work hand-in-hand from this day forward with
faith-based groups and private organizations to help those who are
persecuted for their faith,” Pence said.
“This is the moment. Now is the time.
“And America will support these people in their hour of need.”
Let’s face facts: The United Nations is not the most effective
organization when it comes to distributing aid to certain groups. One of
those groups is made up of persecuted Christians, who aren’t high on
the priority list at the U.N.
Then, why would you leave any of these decisions in the hands of an
organization that’s vehemently anti-Israel and anti-American?
The Trump administration is making the right decision here — and the
more money pulled from the U.N.’s more ineffectual efforts, the better.
