United Nations University Spent $356,515 From U.S. Taxpayers – But We Don’t Know on What

The U.S. gave $9.7 billion to the United Nations in 2019 through 58 different accounts, including giving $356,515 to the Japan-based United Nations University.

That’s according to page 17 of OpenTheBooks.com’s new oversight report, Foreign Aid: How and Where the U.S. Spent $282.6 Billion (Fiscal Years 2013-2018).

The U.S. also paid $2.5 billion in dues to the U.N. over the last 3 ½ years.

United Nations University describes itself as “a global think tank and postgraduate teaching organization headquartered in Japan.”

Its mission “is to contribute, through collaborative research and education, to efforts to resolve the pressing global problems of human survival, development and welfare that are the concern of the United Nations, its Peoples and Member States,” according to its website.

UN University works with other universities and research institutes and offers postgraduate teaching activities, which “contributes to capacity building, particularly in developing countries.”

It’s unclear what the $356,515 to U.N. University was used for — scientific research, climate change conferences, or anything else.

Bureaucrats are spending Americans’ hard-earned money on foreign aid, with little accountability and even less transparency. 

The #WasteOfTheDay is presented by the forensic auditors at OpenTheBooks.com.