Trump tells UN to cut down on bureaucracy
Updated : 16:53
US President Donald Trump has implored the United Nations to ditch bureaucracy in order to maximise its potential.
Making a speech ahead of his first appearance at the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, Trump also said that it was unfair that the US pays 28.5% of the organisation’s peacekeeping bill.
"It has not reached its potential because of the bureaucracy and mismanagement," Trump told those in attendance at UN headquarters in New York..
"Focus more on people, less on bureaucracy," Trump added.
The former reality television host said the UN should abandon its 'business-as-usual' approach, and called on member states to take a bold stand against its current operations.
Trump repeatedly criticised the UN during his presidential campaign, commenting on the body’s 'utter weakness and incompetence' ahead of his election victory last year.
All eyes will be on the US President on Tuesday as he makes his first address to UN delegates, particularly after a turbulent few months in which the nuclear threat from North Korea has increased significantly.
Trump has talked tough on Pyongyang in recent weeks, promising to bring ‘fire and fury’ if Kim Jong-un’s regime steps out of line with its missile tests.