China, Russia-led efforts to starve funding for UN rights works exposed

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(TibetanReview.net, Oct23’25) – China and Russia have for years led repeated efforts to block funding for human rights-related works at the UN in closed-door meetings of the world body, reported Reuters Oct 22, citing Geneva-based non-profit group International Service for Human Rights (ISHR).

Leading a small group of countries with problematic rights record, they have repeatedly tried to block funding for human rights-related work at the UN over a five-year period covered by the ISHR report. They have made proposals for major cuts to the UN human rights office and for the elimination of funding for some UN investigations in what the report called a weaponization of the budget process.

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