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Baroness Chapman of Darlington (Lab)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 13 January 2026

Debate

United States: Withdrawal from International Organisations

Contribution

It is important that we keep this in a bit of perspective. The amount of money that would come as a consequence of the announcement that the US made is about 3% of the UN’s overall budget. We already fund some organisations in the UN that the US does not fund, and we are not members of some of the 66 organisations in regard to which the US announced that it was changing its position. Where we believe that the global challenges can be met in British interests by our participation, we will continue. Where we do not feel like that, we will not.

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