March 17, 2025|
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|9 months agoTrump Administration Demands 'Patriotic' Questionnaire from Geneva UN Staff
UN employees in Geneva face controversial new requirements from the Trump administration, highlighting tensions between international organizations and US policy.
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- Trump administration requires UN agencies and NGOs in Geneva to complete a 30-plus question ideological questionnaire
- The questionnaire deadline is set for August 31st
- Trump has already withdrawn US funding from WHO and UNHRC
- The questionnaire appears to be modeled on Cold War-era forms
By The Numbers
$2.2 million
National Science Foundation funding for CERN experiment
They Said
"UN agencies and NGOs are being asked to answer questions inspired by the ideology of the US administration."
"All this reveals a worrying lack of understanding of the Geneva multilateralism"