PhotoUNITED NATIONS — The new secretary general of the United Nations said on Wednesday that the Trump administration’s visa bans for citizens of seven Muslim-majority nations “violate our basic principles” and would do little to stem the threat of terrorism. On the other, he needs to avoid alienating the president of the United States, which is the United Nations’ biggest financial backer. He said he had held “a very constructive discussion” with the new United States ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki R. Haley. Mr. Guterres had been more restrained in his criticism of the Trump administration’s travel ban than some others at the United Nations. The countries affected by Mr. Trump’s order are Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen.

Source: International New York Times February 01, 2017 17:18 UTC