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Witness Hagman urges ban on U.S. funding for U.N. agencies led by CCP‑affiliated officials
Summary
A witness at a House Appropriations subcommittee hearing urged the committee to prepare for U.N. elections and to bar U.S. funding to specialized U.N. agencies chaired by Chinese Communist Party‑affiliated individuals, citing alleged influence campaigns in several agencies.
Miss Hagman, a witness at the House Appropriations Subcommittee on National Security, Department of State and Related Programs’ Member Day, told members that the Chinese Communist Party is "waging a multilateral influence operation" inside U.N. specialized agencies and urged the committee to act in the fiscal year 2027 appropriations bill.
"The CCP is seeking to gain legitimacy inside the U.N. through its specialized agencies," Hagman testified, citing what she described as efforts to place Party‑affiliated nationals in leadership and staff positions at agencies including the…
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