FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump is seated in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., August 28, 2017. Countries will be invited to attend Trump's function if they sign on to a U.S.-drafted 10-point political declaration backing efforts by U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres "to initiate effective, meaningful reform," according to a draft of the political declaration seen by Reuters on Friday. The United States is the biggest U.N. contributor, providing 22 percent of its $5.4 billion biennial core budget and 28.5 percent of its $7.3 billion peacekeeping budget. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley are scheduled to speak at the Sept. 18 event, diplomats said. "We commit to reducing mandate duplication, redundancy and overlap, including among the main organs of the United Nations," the draft declaration reads.

Source: Ethiopian News September 01, 2017 19:07 UTC