"Vice President Mike Pence told Christian leaders from the Middle East gathered in the nation's capital for the annual In Defense of Christians summit on Wednesday that President Donald Trump has directed the U.S. State Department to stop relying on the United Nations to provide humanitarian aid to persecuted religious minorities in the region.
'My friends, those days are over,' Pence said, adding that the Obama administration paid more than one billion dollars for humanitarian aid, with the majority of the funding funneled through the U.N.
'Yet the United Nations has too often failed to help the most vulnerable communities, especially religious minorities,' Pence said. 'The result has been that countless people continue to suffer and struggle needlessly.'..."