UNITED: US Ambassador Nikki Haley told countries at the United Nations on Wednesday that they need to “step up” and pay a bigger share of the multi-billion-dollar bill for peacekeeping operations.The largest financial contributor to UN peacekeeping, the United States last year negotiated a $600 million cut to that budget, but Haley made clear the administration wants to further trim the bill.The United States will remain the number one financial supporter, Haley told a Security Council debate on peacekeeping, but it will cap its contribution to 25 percent, down from the current level of 28.5 percent.
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