Congressman moves to cut off funds to two notorious UN groups

A Texas Congressman has introduced legislation to cut off U.S. taxpayer funds to the United Nations’ so-called “Human Rights Council” and its notorious “World Health Organization,” which critics accuse of attempting to cover up Communist China’s role in the origin of the COVID-19 global pandemic.

While President Donald Trump has issued executive actions to withdraw the U.S. from the Human Rights Council and end U.S. funding to the WHO, those actions can be undone by any future president.  Passage of legislation means it would take an act of Congress and the approval of the president to restore funds,.

Rep. Chip Roy (TX-21) first announced the reintroduction of legislation to block taxpayer dollars from funding the United Nations’ so-called “Human Rights Council.”

“The U.N.’s “Human Rights” Council is a long-running joke. This body has the audacity to lecture the world about human rights while giving seats to some of the worst abusers in the world — like China, Cuba and Sudan,” said Roy. “Further, it disproportionately attacks our ally Israel as part of the U.N.’s overall leftist crusade against Western Civilization, while letting monstrous and authoritarian regimes like Iran get away with little more than a slap on the wrist by comparison — if that.”

“Members of the UNHRC include countries with abhorrent human rights records such as China and Cuba. While UNHRC regularly ignores atrocities committed by many of these nations, it consistently and disproportionately targets the State of Israel,” Roy’s office reports in a statement.

“For example, from 2006-2024 the council adopted only four resolutions on Venezuela, 14 on Eritrea, 15 on Iran, 17 on North Korea, and 45 on Syria, but issued 108 condemning Israel,” the statement reads, adding “During the same period, there were zero resolutions targeting countries like China and Cuba — countries that repeatedly violate the rights of women, religious and ethnic minorities, journalists, and political dissidents.

“This globalist, anti-western propaganda machine doesn’t deserve a dime of our money or an ounce of our credibility,” continued Roy.”

Cosponsors of the bill include Reps. Andy Ogles (TN-5), David Rouzer (NC-7), Ben Cline (VA-6), Diana Harshberger (TN-1), Andy Biggs (AZ-5), Riley Moore (WV-2).

Roy also announced the reintroduction of the “No Taxpayer Funding for the World Health Organization Act,” legislation prohibiting U.S. funding to the WHO.

“The World Health Organization (WHO) doesn’t serve our interests and doesn’t deserve our money. During the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic this body ran interference for the Chinese Communist Party — arguably helping that regime make the entire outbreak worse.” Roy said, “Taking money from hardworking families struggling with the aftermath of Biden’s inflation crisis to send it to a bunch of leftist “health experts” and bureaucrats in Geneva is unacceptable. I have full confidence that President Trump will cut the WHO’s funding off — as he did last time — but this legislation will ensure that no future administration can restart it. Let’s get this done.”

A statement from Roy’s office adds, “Time and time again, the World Health Organization (WHO) has proven to be a puppet of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, WHO parroted false claims made by the CCP such as that there was ‘no clear evidence of human-to-human transmission,’ praised the CCP for its ‘transparency’ while covering up evidence to the contrary, and ignored the silencing of Dr. Li Wenliang—an early whistleblower in China—all the while leveraging its influence in WHO against Taiwan. And nothing has changed. Today, WHO is still refusing to seriously consider the possibility that COVID-19 originated in a Chinese lab and will not apologize for perpetuating fake and destructive practices of social distancing and masking.”

This bill is cosponsored by Reps. Clay Higgins (LA-3), Andy Biggs (AZ-5), Claudia Tenney (NY-24), Andy Ogles (TN-5), Marjorie Taylor Greene (GA-14), John Moolenaar (MI-2), Ralph Norman (SC-5), Eric Burlison (MO-7), Diana Harshbarger (TN-1), Pat Fallon (TX-4), Barry Moore (AL-1), Anna Paulina Luna (FL-13), and Harriet Hageman (WY-AL).