Reps Push Trump Admin to Bypass U.N. and Help Iraqi Christians, Yazidis Directly

Via Billy

Lawmakers warn of U.N. corruption and mismanagement, stress national security rationale for rebuilding communitiesFour House members are pressing the top official of the U.S. Agency for International Development to bypass the United Nations and channel funds intended to help Christians and Yazidis in Iraq directly to Catholic charities and others helping them on the ground.

The urgent push comes amid dire warnings from lawmakers and human rights activists that Christians and Yazidis, already victims of genocide at the hands of the Islamic State, are on the verge of extinction in Northern Iraq, their home for thousands of years.

The lawmakers also point to new evidence of corruption in the United Nations’ process for stabilization projects in Iraq.