Trump's U.N. Nominee to Blast World Body Over Israel: Testimony

"U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations will blast the world body over its treatment of Israel at her Senate confirmation hearing, according to prepared testimony seen by Reuters on Tuesday.

'Nowhere has the UN's failure been more consistent and more outrageous than in its bias against our close ally Israel,' Republican South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley said in the opening remarks for her appearance on Wednesday before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

'Any honest assessment also finds an institution that is often at odds with American national interests and American taxpayers,' the speech says.

In the remarks, Haley offered some praise for UN activities, such as health and food programs that have saved millions of lives, weapons monitoring and some peacekeeping missions, in something of a departure from Trump, who has disparaged the United Nations."