Human rights and aid groups alarmed by Trump's U.N. address
UNITED NATIONS -- "Moving forward, we are only going to give foreign aid to those who respect us and, frankly, are our friends," President Trump declared Tuesday before the U.N. General Assembly. "We are taking a hard look at U.S. foreign assistance."
Mr. Trump's message was seen by human rights and humanitarian aid groups as a clarion call for the U.S. withdrawal from international institutions and foreign assistance agencies, cloaked in American strength and sovereignty.
"President Trump comes to the most multinational institution, to criticize it," International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) President Peter Maurer told CBS News. "I am getting fed up with the negativism."
Maurer, a former Swiss Ambassador to the U.N. who now heads the Geneva-based organization which runs aid programs in more than 80 countries, did give Mr. Trump credit for one thing: "He doesn't stay outside to create something alternative. He comes here, to engage. That's good.
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Other human rights groups, however, expressed alarm. Margaret Huang, Executive Director of Amnesty International USA, said, "President Trump continues to attack human rights not only within his own country, but also within the U.N. system built specifically to protect and promote human rights."
"This Administration continues to reject international standards, attesting to its exceptionalism as it cruelly turns its back on refugees and threatens to cut aid for all but those who pass some arbitrary litmus test of respect for his leadership, instead of whether they demonstrate a grave need for humanitarian assistance," Huang said.
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