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Experts, including two former diplomats representing America at the United Nations, warned Congress in a hearing on Wednesday that China is amassing power within the U.N. structure to “blunt criticism, shut out and stigmatize Taiwan, plug its Belt and Road Initiative, and dilute norms that might be used to hold it accountable.”
The experts also lamented China’s role in limiting competent action by the World Health Organization during the early days of the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic and similar attempts to influence other U.N. bodies. “When Wu Hongbo was head of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, he admitted to acting in China’s interest at the UN — including throwing Xinjiang human rights supporters out of UN buildings,” he recalled. “And when Chinese nationals do attempt to carry out leadership duties without doing Xi Jinping’s bidding, they are summarily punished — as in the case of Meng Hongwei, the first Chinese head of Interpol.
“Xi Jinping Thought has become enshrined in the international lexicon,” Currie denounced. “‘Win-Win Cooperation on Human Rights’ is now a permanent platform for China’s assault on human rights from within the UN system. And UN officials continue to parrot ‘shared future’ and other loaded language—either ignorantly or willfully propagating these toxic phrases.”
Chinese diplomats have been accused of harassing civil society representatives on UN premises, including by blocking their access to UN forums. During one such incident involving Dolkan Isa, head of the World Uyghur Congress, the Chinese ambassador reportedly was heard screaming threats at Guterres over the telephone, demanding he stop Isa from entering the UN.
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