; and (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. (2) Employee The term employee means staff who are compensated in any form in the general services, professional staff, or senior management of the United Nations system, including consultants, contractors, and subcontractors. (3) Malign influence operations The term malign influence operations means a coordinated, integrated, and synchronized application by a Member State of national diplomatic, informational, military, economic, or other capabilities, to foster attitudes, behaviors, or decisions by a United Nations Entity, or within the United Nations system, that furthers the national interests and objectives of a Member State, in a manner inconsistent with the United Nations Charter. (4) Member State The term Member State means a country that is a Member State of the United Nations. (5) Senior level employee of the United Nations The term senior level employee of the United Nations means an individual who is employed in the professional staff or senior management of the United Nations system, serving at the level of D–1 or higher. (6) United Nations entity The term United Nations entity means the United Nations General Assembly, the Economic and Social Council, the Security Council, the Secretariat, the related organizations, the specialized agencies, or subsidiary body. (7) United Nations system The term United Nations system means an aggregation of all United Nations entities. (8) United States contribution The term United States contribution means an assessed or voluntary contribution, whether financial, in-kind, or otherwise, from the United States Government to a United Nations entity. I Countering Malign Influence Operations Within the United Nations System 101. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) Article 100 of the United Nations Charter provides that United Nations Secretariat staff shall not seek or receive instructions from any government or from any authority external to the Organization . (2)