its been quite a year for unrwa. this year we have experienced what it means to have up ended 70 years of bipartisan agreement on the approach to unrwa. the united states as i'm sure most of you are well aware decided formally to no longer fund unrwa having long been our largest most prominent donor constituting 30% of our total budget. in the statement that the u.s. drafted publicly announcing its decision among other things it noted that unrwa is irredeemably flawed. beyond that we haven't yet received clarification about exactly what the u.s. means by that. i think most of you know a lot about unrwa or have heard the acronym over the years, but few people realize the scale and scope of our operations. unrwa today is responsible for educating more than 525,000 students across gaza, west bank, syria, lebanon and jordan. if you took that school system and put it into the united states, it would be the third largest after new york and los angeles. indeed, its a very sizeable public institution. we also provide primary

unrwa are development and humiditien institutions. i agree with my colleagues who i completely defer on the policy and political angles, but there is nothing on the horizon that leads any of nous in unrwa to think now is the time to close our doors. >> i've given two questions. if he would like to address them. >> the question is, what are the implications of netanyahu and abbas meeting with the sultan and what are the ministers visiting abu dhabi? first of all, the armanis play an interesting thing in the region. they're neither here or there. they're part of the gcc. they do not side in any one camp. they were the instrumental group in beginning the negotiations with the u.s. and iran. none of us knew about it until it happened. they have relations with the saudis. they have relations with the emiratis. they have relations with qatar. what's the -- oh, renewable energy. one of the conditions of having these either events take place in their country or be the headquarters for the renewable energy, the united nations office on that, i

human rights council, the iran nuclear deal, unrwa -- the u.n. agency that provides humanitarian aid to palestinians, and unesco -- the u.n. educational and cultural agency. haley's resignation came just a day after a government ethics watchdog called on the state department to probe her use of several free flights on private jets, paid for by three different south carolina businessmen. trump told reporters he is considering several people to replace haley as u.n. ambassador, including former deputy national security advisor goldman sachs executive dina powell, as well as his daughter ivanka trump, who currently serves as a senior adviser to the president. though he said that would be nepotism. would bemp: ivanka incredible. it doesn''t mean i would pick hr because you would be accused of nepotism, even though i'm nonot sure there is anyone more confident in the world will stop at that's ok. n numerousng at people. amy: we will have more on nikki haley's as u.s. ambassador to the united nations after headlines with columbia university professor r