“Today, the US Mission to the United Nations informed the UN Secretary-General that the United States is ending its participation in the Global Compact on Migration,” the Americans said in a statement. “The New York Declaration contains numerous provisions that are inconsistent with US immigration and refugee policies and the Trump Administration’s immigration principles. As a result, President Trump determined that the United States would end its participation in the Compact process that aims to reach international consensus at the UN in 2018,” the US statement said. The global approach in the New York Declaration is simply not compatible with US sovereignty.”Under Trump and his “America First” policies, the United States has withdrawn from several global commitments made under the administration of president Barack Obama, including the Paris climate deal. More recently, American pulled out of the Paris-based culture and education body, Unesco, accusing it of “anti-Israel bias.”

Source: Dhaka Tribune December 03, 2017 03:22 UTC