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| Donald Trump: The UN has not reached its potential | Donald Trump: The UN has not reached its potential |
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| The United Nations is not living up to its potential, US President Donald Trump has said in his first speech at the United Nations. | |
| "Focus more on people, less on bureaucracy," he told a special meeting on reform which was held at UN headquarters in New York. | |
| No state should bear a disproportionate share of costs, he said. | No state should bear a disproportionate share of costs, he said. |
| The US pays 28.5% of the overall peacekeeping bill, which Mr Trump has called unfair. | The US pays 28.5% of the overall peacekeeping bill, which Mr Trump has called unfair. |
| The American leader is due to deliver a longer speech when he addresses the UN General Assembly on Tuesday. | |
| 'Take a bold stand' | |
| While still a candidate for the US presidency, Mr Trump sharply criticised the UN, speaking of its "utter weakness and incompetence". | While still a candidate for the US presidency, Mr Trump sharply criticised the UN, speaking of its "utter weakness and incompetence". |
| "It has not reached its potential because of the bureaucracy and mismanagement," he said on Monday. | |
| He encouraged member states to take a "bold stand" to change the UN's business-as-usual approach rather than "be beholden to ways of the past which are not working". | He encouraged member states to take a "bold stand" to change the UN's business-as-usual approach rather than "be beholden to ways of the past which are not working". |
| He called on the new Secretary General, António Guterres, to make changes. | He called on the new Secretary General, António Guterres, to make changes. |
| Mr Guterres responded by agreeing that excessive red tape kept him up at night. | Mr Guterres responded by agreeing that excessive red tape kept him up at night. |
| "Someone out to undermine the UN could not have come up with a better way to do it than by imposing some of the rules we have created ourselves," said the Portuguese diplomat. | |
| President Trump also complained that the US was "not seeing results in line with US investment". | |
| Under pressure from the Trump administration, the UN has already cut its budget by more than $500m (£370m). | |
| Trump's past UN tweets | Trump's past UN tweets |