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ECOSOC nominee pledges to press UN reform and counter Chinese influence if confirmed
Summary
Dan Negrea, nominated as U.S. representative to the U.N. Economic and Social Council, told senators he would push for reforms to increase accountability and prioritize trade and private‑sector engagement; he warned against Beijing’s use of the U.N. to advance an authoritarian development model and said the U.S. should form coalitions to preserve
Dan Negrea, President Trump’s nominee to be the U.S. representative on the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee he would press UN reform, increase accountability and promote private‑sector engagement to counter an authoritarian development model he attributed to China.
Negrea said ECOSOC should refocus on economic opportunity, trade and human rights and criticized what he called “socially divisive programs” and an "obsessive anti‑Israel bias" at the United Nations.…
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