Make China Great Again? China uses Trump and expand the influence in the UN

China is making a lot of effort to expand his influence in the UN after US President Donald Trump expressed reluctance to this organization, “the Financial Times said on Tuesday. Beijing is particularly interested in the International Communication Association (ITU) and the World Health Organization (WHO).

The British daily, citing Western diplomats, said that China intensified their actions, especially in Geneva, which was the Oenzetian diplomatic center. According to sources, the Chinese have recently increased the number of staff, they create coalitions between officials from other countries, and in some cases they financially support initiatives to strengthen their position.

“FT” noticed that the Chinese side has long sought to strengthen its influence in Geneva, especially in agencies related to the development, technology and technological standards. As reported, although Beijing transferred funds in the amount of over 15 percent. The UN's regular budget, and only Washington from 22 percent is ahead of him, it is not commensuably represented in the staff composition.

This disproportion is visible, among others In the results of research conducted at the American University of California and the Macquarie University in Australia, according to which in 2022 nearly 1,600 UN employees worked in China, while there were over 5,000 in the USA.

In the opinion of one of the Western officials of high -ranking China, they increase their presence in “institutions of multilateral world order … and then use these influence to slowly convince them to accept their own vision of the world.” With this opinion, prof. Lu Xiaoyu from the Beijing University, a former UN consultant who stated in an interview with “FT” that China is primarily in favor of “stronger representation of the global south (in the UN structures – PAP), respect for national sovereignty and multilateral order.”

Western diplomats pointed out that the International Transport Association (ITU) and the World Health Organization (WHO) are particularly popular on the part of the Chinese. This is to indicate the obligation to transfer WHO $ 500 million. In the next five years, Beijing has committed himself to this year. Some of these funds are to be allocated to increasing Chinese consulting and administrative staff. In addition, in June, China won the competition for the organization of the World Radio -Communication Conference (WRC) in Shanghai in 2027, the most important iTU forum. This decision was made despite the USA last moment.

From London Marta Zabłocka (PAP)

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