Haley collapsed on countries that did not vote as the United States in the UN

The decline in the number of countries voting the same as the United States in the UN is not a welcome return to the American 'generous' investment, says Haley.

The ten-fold decline in the number of countries voting the same way as the United States in the United Nations "is not an acceptable return on our investment," US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley concluded on Thursday.

Voting data show that 193 countries of the UN General Assembly voted 31 percent of the time last year, according to an annual report based on data from the State Department.

The report included a vote on 93 resolutions from 2017, Hina reports.

A ten-point decline was recorded in relation to 2016, but it is still near the average, historically, the report said.

'The generosity of the United States'

Support data does not adequately reflect the "generosity" shown by the US with its payments, which account for 22 percent of the UN's budget, Haley said.

"It's not an acceptable return on our investment," she said.

"The president (Donald) Trump wants to ensure that our dollars that are being given to help - and the world's most magnanimous - always serve American interests and we expect to help him see that the American people no longer take for granted."

Haley several times threatened to retaliate against the United States of America over countries that did not support her in that world body.

Among the countries that most often vote the same as the United States are Israel, Canada, Australia, Britain and France, and on the other side of the spectrum are Iran, Syria, Venezuela, North Korea, Cuba and Bolivia.

• 27 Apr, 2018
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