Donald Trump to host world leaders in UN to push for reform

US President Donald Trump will host a meeting of world leaders at the United Nations this month to push for reform of the global body that he once dismissed as a "club" for people "to have a good time." 


World leaders at the September 18 event will be asked to support a 10-point political declaration that backs UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres "in making concrete changes to the United Nations," according to the document obtained by AFP yesterday. 


Attending his first UN gathering of world leaders, Trump is scheduled to address the General Assembly on September 19, on the first day of the six-day debate. 


His speech will likely to be the most closely watched as Washington's allies and foes grapple with the implications of his "America-First" approach to foreign policy. 


Trump has described the United Nations as an "underperformer" but stressed that it has "huge potential" to address the long list of world crises that it has "huge potential" to address the long list of world crises that will be at the centre of this year's UN debate. 


The United States is the UN's number one financial contributor, paying 28.5 per cent of the $7.3 billion peacekeeping budget and 22 per cent of the core budget of $5.4 billion

Source: NNA