Top Republican slams UN human rights office for thanking China for donation: 'Pathetic!'

Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., connected Sunday lambasted nan United Nations aft its quality authorities agency thanked China for giving an $800,000 donation, saying American taxation dollars shouldn't beryllium backing nan U.N. if nan world statement "wants to proceed shilling" for nan Chinese government.

The Office of nan High Commissioner for Human Rights, nan self-described "leading U.N. entity connected quality rights," thanked China connected Twitter for donating money and invited others to financially support its quality authorities activity arsenic well.

Banks, a personnel of nan newly established House Select Committee connected nan Strategic Competition Between nan United States and nan Chinese Communist Party (CCP), slammed nan U.N. for its tweet.

"Pathetic!" he wrote. "If nan [U.N.] wants to proceed shilling for nan #CCP, American taxation dollars shouldn't salary for it."

The U.S. is nan azygous largest financial contributor to nan U.N. system, contributing much than $12.5 billion – aliases astir a 4th of backing for nan body's corporate fund – successful 2021, nan astir caller twelvemonth pinch afloat disposable data.

As for 2023, nan U.N.'s regular budget, which costs conscionable nan halfway administrative costs of nan statement (including quality authorities entities), is $3.4 billion. The U.S. is assessed to salary 22% of that amount, nan highest of immoderate U.N. member, followed by China (15.25%) and Japan (8.03%).

Rep. Jim Banks speaks astatine a property convention astatine nan U.S. Capitol connected June 8, 2022. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

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Rebeccah Heinrichs, a elder chap astatine nan Hudson Institute, responded to nan tweet by saying, "Imaging reasoning this org is of worth to Americans."

Julie Millsap, nan authorities affairs head for nan Uyghur Human Rights Project, was near speechless by nan tweet.

"Seriously?" tweeted Michael Sobolik, a chap successful Indo-Pacific Studies astatine nan American Foreign Policy Council.

Despite specified beardown U.S. financial support, experts successful caller years person noted China's power successful nan U.N. has accrued significantly.

"Across nan U.N. system, China is punching supra its weight. Until recently, a Chinese nationalist led much U.N. specialized agencies than immoderate different nation," Brett Schaefer and Michael Cunningham of nan Heritage Foundation wrote past September. "China is routinely elected to a spot connected nan U.N. Human Rights Council, and that assemblage – nan astir prestigious quality authorities statement successful nan U.N. strategy – has ne'er passed a condemnatory solution connected China's well-documented quality authorities violations."

Chinese President Xi Jinping attends nan Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation gathering successful Bangkok, Thailand, Nov. 19, 2022. (Ju Peng/Xinhua via Getty Images)

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The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and nan State Department nether some nan Trump and Biden administrations person assessed China is committing genocide against nan Uyghurs, a predominantly Muslim taste minority, successful nan Chinese region of Xinjiang.

Since 2017, nan Chinese authorities has reportedly imprisoned more than a million Uyghurs successful attraction camps, where, according to leaked documents from wrong China, detainees are subjected to rape, torture, forced labor, brainwashing and forced sterilization.

Last August, nan Office of nan High Commissioner for Human Rights, released a damning study on quality authorities concerns successful Xinjiang. Weeks later, however, nan U.N. Human Rights Council narrowly rejected holding a statement connected nan report.

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Eventually, 50 countries released a associated connection condemning Chinese persecution and calling for U.N. action to clasp China accountable.