“Budget negotiations around the UN's human rights pillar have become increasingly contentious in recent years as China, Russia, and their allies claim - unpersuasively - that human rights get too big a share of UN resources. Making matters worse, the UN's so-called independent budget assessment body is increasingly undermining efforts to fund UN human rights work by making what diplomats describe as 'politicized' recommendations to reduce funding for rights-related activities.”
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