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\u200bThe United States plans \u200cto fill its \u200blong-vacant U.N. ambassador post in Geneva, a step diplomats welcomed as a sign that Washington aims to stay engaged \u200cwith the global body. U.S. President Donald Trump has described the U.N. as having “great potential”, while criticising it for failing to support U.S.-led peace efforts and launching a board \u200cof peace that some fear could be a rival to the global body.<\/p>\n
The \u200cU.S. owes the U.N. core budget over $2 billion, for which it has said it will make a down payment as it pushes for reform. The White House said late on Wednesday that Todd \u2060Steggerda, a lawyer \u200band former U.S. \u2060Navy pilot from Virginia, had been selected for the Geneva post, subject to Senate approval.<\/p>\n
“A senior appointment \u2060into the U.N. system could be a good sign that they are engaging,” said Adam \u200bDay, head of the Geneva office of the U.N. University Centre for Policy \u2060Research. “At least the U.S. will listen now,” said one Western diplomat.<\/p>\n
Although Washington traditionally assigns four ambassadors to \u2060Geneva, \u200bonly one \u2014 WTO envoy Joseph Barloon \u2014 has been in place since Trump’s appointment. In January, Trump announced a U.S. withdrawal from dozens of international organisations and U.N. \u2060entities, saying they operated contrary to U.S. national interests.<\/p>\n
The U.S. formally left the Geneva-based World \u2060Health Organization the \u2060same month and a year ago disengaged from the U.N. Human Rights Council, although it has remained active in some Geneva-based U.N. \u200cagencies that \u200cshape standards for businesses. <\/p>\n
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