REPORT: UN Peacekeeping Force in Foreign Nation Spends US Taxpayer Money on ‘Gender Diversity’ Training and Therapeutic Yoga Instruction

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From the Washington Free Beacon: The U.N. peacekeeping force in Lebanon is largely funded with U.S. taxpayer dollars, money it has used to pursue left-wing programs like “gender diversity” training and lessons on “gender mainstreaming in military operations,” as well as therapeutic yoga instruction. Those expenditures are drawing scrutiny as the Trump administration lobbies fellow U.N. Security Council members to vote against a French resolution renewing the agency’s mandate, sources familiar told the Washington Free Beacon.

The U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), composed of thousands of troops from 46 nations, will need U.N. reauthorization at the end of August. Its force costs between $400 million and $500 million each year, with the United States shouldering roughly 30 percent of the burden. Private diplomatic concerns come amid public reports the Trump administration may allow UNIFIL’s mandate to lapse after last month’s rescissions package clawed back about $158 million from the agency.

Trump administration officials are closely assessing UNIFIL’s expenditures and activities before awarding fresh U.S. cash to the force, the sources told the Free Beacon. Those activities include a host of DEI initiatives UNIFIL has publicly promoted in recent months that run counter to President Donald Trump’s ongoing push to eradicate taxpayer spending on progressive ideological projects.

UNIFIL in July of this year, for instance, initiated a training session on “gender mainstreaming in military operations” alongside the agency’s “gender unit” after a request from the Lebanese Army. But the agency’s focus on gender issues did not begin with that training session.

UNIFIL announced on July 28, “Following a request from @LebarmyOfficial, UNIFIL organized a training on gender mainstreaming in military operations for nineteen LAF personnel deployed in south Lebanon on 22-23 July, with support from UNIFIL’s gender unit and military focal points.”

In another ‘diversity’ push, UNIFIL added, “On 24 July, UNIFIL organized a workshop with officers from @LebISF and @DGSGLB on women’s role in security forces. Discussions covered women’s contributions to police effectiveness, community engagement, and institutional change in diverse environments.”

In a post on X, the Free Beacon announced:

The U.N. peacekeeping force in Lebanon, UNIFIL, costs between $400 million and $500 million a year to maintain and is largely funded with U.S. taxpayer dollars.

It’s used that money to pursue questionable left-wing programs, including:

-Training sessions on “gender diversity” and “gender mainstreaming in military operations”
-A “Resilience through Yoga” program that featured “yoga asanas, meditation & Ayurveda to boost peacekeepers’ physical stamina, mental focus & emotional well-being”
-The employment of a “Military Gender Advisor” and “Gender Task Force,” founded in 2022 “to boost women’s role in peacekeeping”
-“Gender-sensitive accommodations” at its bases amid a 2023 push “for more diverse and efficient operations”

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