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Wang Yi

lines on the record: 133
first: 2013-09-24
most recent: 2022-09-24
sittings or episodes: 6
sources: un-general-debate

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“All the parties should display good faith, continue their efforts in a spirit of mutual respect, equality, collaboration and accommodation, and work hard on the most difficult issues, so that a win-win agreement that is comprehensive, fair and balanced is arrived at as soon as possible. The two sides of the conflict in South Sudan should establish a ceasefire immediately, organize an active political dialogue that addresses the interests of the people in South Sudan in general and, through the mediation of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development, work with all the country’s ethnic groups and parties to speedily reach a fair and balanced solution and achieve national reconciliation and ethnic unity. South Sudan is the youngest Member of the United Nations.”
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“We hope that Israel and Palestine will choose the way of peace and resume and advance the peace talks as soon as possible. The aspirations and legitimate demands of the Palestinian people for an independent nation must not remain unmet indefinitely. Advancing peace in the Middle East calls for the concerted efforts of many, not of one or two countries alone. The Security Council should play its rightful role, and we support its efforts to take action in response to the demands of Palestine and the League of Arab States. Negotiations on the Iranian nuclear issue have entered a crucial stage.”
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“We urge all the parties to act in the overall interests of the future and fate of their country and people, demonstrate the necessary political will, actively support the mediation efforts of the Secretary- General and his Special Envoy, and follow a middle way that draws on workable practices from other countries and regions, suits Syria’s national conditions and accommodates the interests of various parties, in order to give peace a chance. The Palestinian issue is an open wound on the conscience of humankind. China calls on Israel and Palestine to agree on a durable ceasefire, and it urges Israel to lift its blockade of the Gaza Strip and stop building settlements. At the same time, Israel’s legitimate security concerns should be respected.”
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“In particular, it should focus on combating religious extremism and cyberterrorism, resolutely eliminate the root causes of terrorism and extremism, block channels that spread them and crack down hard and effectively on the use of the Internet and other new means of communication by terrorists to instigate, recruit, finance or plot terrorist attacks. The Syrian crisis has continued for nearly four years. It is negotiation, not fighting, that offers solutions. China urges all parties in Syria to end the fighting and violence immediately, cooperate fully with United Nations humanitarian assistance operations and help bring an end to the suffering of innocent civilians as soon as possible.”
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“China firmly opposes all terrorist acts and supports the international community in responding to the threat posed by terrorist forces in a coordinated and concerted way in accordance with the relevant Security Council resolutions. China believes that in conducting international counter-terrorism cooperation, we should take a multipronged approach and address both the symptoms and root causes of terrorism, and that the United Nations and the Security Council should fully play leading roles. There should be no double standard when it comes to fighting terrorism; still less should terrorism be identified with any particular ethnic group or religion. As new developments emerge in the global fight against terrorism, the international community should take new measures to address them.”
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“China hopes that the United Nations will play its due role in finding a proper solution to the Ukrainian crisis and supports the international community’s constructive efforts to ease the humanitarian situation in eastern Ukraine. China supports Iraq in upholding its sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity. The formation of the new Iraqi Government has provided an important opportunity. We hope that the Iraqi Government will lead its people in a joint endeavour to develop their country in the spirit of inclusion and reconciliation. China calls for providing more humanitarian assistance to support Iraq. To help the Iraqi people overcome difficulties and to achieve peace and stability in their country is the shared responsibility of the international community.”
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“We should make better and full use of the means of prevention, mediation and conciliation stipulated in Chapter VI. Given their familiarity with local developments, we should leverage the strengths of regional organizations and countries and support them in addressing regional issues in ways suited to their regions. The conflicts in Ukraine remain a cause of concern. We welcome and support the Minsk ceasefire agreement and urge all parties in Ukraine to strictly implement it and seek a comprehensive, sustained and balanced political solution through political dialogue and negotiation. China hopes that the various ethnic groups in Ukraine will live in harmony and that Ukraine will live in peace with other countries. That is the fundamental way for Ukraine to achieve long-term stability and security.”
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“Thirdly, we should promote national reconciliation. The ongoing armed conflicts are largely caused by ethnic and sectarian tensions. The process of national reconciliation and the process of political settlement should be advanced in tandem with each other. All parties should uphold the Charter of the United Nations, develop and practice a culture of inclusion and tolerance and uproot the seeds of hatred and retaliation, so that the fruit of inclusion and amity will grow on post-conflict land. Fourthly, we should uphold multilateralism. We should give full play to the role of the United Nations and observe international law and the basic norms governing international relations. Chapter VII of the Charter is not the only means for the Security Council to maintain international peace and security.”
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“If a country places its domestic law above international law and interferes in other countries’ internal affairs at will, or even seeks regime change, the international community cannot but question the legitimacy of its actions. Secondly, we should accommodate the interests of all parties. Parties to a conflict should reject the zero-sum approach, address each other’s concerns in negotiations and endeavour to meet each other half way. They should seek to meet their legitimate concerns through consultations in a mutually accommodating way. When conducting mediation, the international community should uphold justice and take an objective and balanced position. Countries should not be partial to any party in the conflict. Still less should they avail themselves of the opportunity to pursue their own agenda.”
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“In the face of women and children displaced by fighting, we must ask ourselves when they can return home. In the face of incessant conflicts, we must ask ourselves how we can open the door to lasting peace. To address those problems, China believes that we should do the following. First, we should seek political solutions. To beat swords into ploughshares may take time and effort, but history and reality have repeatedly demonstrated that to meet violence with violence will not lead to enduring peace, and the use of force will only create more problems than solutions. Coercive action should be authorized by the Security Council.”
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“We should jointly initiate a new thinking for win-win and all-win progress and reject the old notion of a zero- sum game, or the winner takes all. We should uphold justice. It is imperative to promote greater democracy and the rule of law in international relations, to apply fair and just rules to tell right from wrong and settle disputes, and to pursue peace and development within the framework of international law. All parties should jointly uphold the authority and effectiveness of the United Nations and reform and improve the global governance structure. As we have seen in Gaza, Iraq, the Central African Republic and South Sudan, our world is far from peaceful. In the face of all those who have been killed in war, we must ask ourselves how we can keep the tragedies from recurring.”
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“In this world, we should treat each other as equals. The principles of sovereignty and territorial integrity must be upheld. The pursuit by different countries of economic and social development must be respected. Their right to independently choose their own social systems and development paths must be safeguarded. We should be open and inclusive. Only in that way can we open the door of dialogue and exchange and achieve harmony among countries with different social systems, religions and cultural traditions. We should pursue mutually beneficial cooperation. Each country should align its own interests with those of others and work to maximize areas where their interests converge. Only by helping one another can countries prosper.”
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“This year marks the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War. A distinguished thinker in modern China, Yan Fu, described the devastation caused by the war: “How sad that the air is heavy with the stench of war”. Next year will be the seventieth anniversary of the end of the Second World War. Over 2 billion people across the world were affected by that calamity. In China alone, the aggression committed by Japanese militarists left more than 35 million Chinese soldiers and civilians dead or injured. The United Nations was established to keep the scourge of the two World Wars from occurring again, and it embodies the fervent hope of all countries for peace and stability. To achieve that goal, the Charter of the United Nations presented a grand vision of joint efforts to build a better world.”
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“The Chinese dream is a dream of prosperity for the country and happiness for the people; it has much in common with the dream of people across the world. As a responsible Member of the United Nations, China is ready to work with all other Member States to faithfully adhere to the purposes of the Charter of the United Nations, faithfully carry out its historic mission and continue to make relentless efforts to advance the noble cause of peace and development for humankind.”
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“China welcomes the positive outcomes of the United Nations Climate Change Conference held in Doha in late 2012. China hopes that the developed countries will demonstrate political will and honour their commitments by scaling up emissions-reduction efforts and providing capital, technology and capacity- building support to developing countries. The Chinese Government takes climate change seriously, and the many forceful policy measures it has taken have resulted in notable progress. China will continue to play its due role in addressing global climate change. Time flies. We will soon be celebrating the seventieth anniversary of the founding of the United Nations. Born out of the ashes of the Second World War, the United Nations embodies the yearning of the peoples of all countries for world peace and global development.”
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“China supports the continued and full implementation of the Millennium Development Goals and the early launch of intergovernmental negotiations on the post-2015 development agenda. The post-2015 development agenda should continue to focus on development and poverty elimination, give due consideration to national conditions and the various stages of development in the different countries, and respect their independent choice of development path. The agenda should give priority to strengthening global development partnerships; adhere to the principles of common but differentiated responsibilities, equity and respective capabilities; improve follow-up mechanisms; step up development financing; promote trade and investment liberalization and facilitation; and increase official development aid and technical support to developing countries.”
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“Achieving the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula and maintaining long-term peace and stability on the peninsula will respond to the common interests of all parties concerned. It is China’s consistent position that a negotiated solution through dialogue is the right way to resolve the nuclear issue on the peninsula, and the Six-Party Talks are an effective platform to promote denuclearization on the Korean peninsula. This year marks the tenth anniversary of the launch of the Six- Party Talks. We hope that all parties will create conducive conditions, build consensus, work towards the same goal and resume the talks at an early date. International development cooperation is at a crucial stage, where we must build on past achievements to make new progress.”
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“We have played a constructive role in seeking a comprehensive, lasting and appropriate solution to the Iranian nuclear issue so as to uphold the international non-proliferation regime and peace and stability in the Middle East. The dialogue between Iran and the permanent members of the Security Council and Germany has created new opportunities. All the relevant parties should scale up diplomatic efforts and work for substantive progress in the dialogue at an early date. The Palestinian issue is at the core of the Middle East conflict. Guided by President Xi Jinping’s four- point proposal on resolving the Palestinian issue, China will continue to work for a comprehensive, just and durable solution to the issue. Thanks to the concerted efforts of all the relevant parties, tensions on the Korean peninsula are easing.”
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“China is following the humanitarian situation in Syria with great concern. We have provided and will continue to provide assistance within our means to the Syrian people, including Syrian refugees outside the country. Recently, China has been providing emergency humanitarian aid to Jordan in the amount of ¥15 million, and has provided emergency humanitarian aid in cash worth ¥24 million to the World Food Programme and the World Health Organization for displaced people within Syria and Syrian refugees in Lebanon, respectively. China has been working to promote a peaceful settlement to the Iranian nuclear issue through dialogue.”
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“We hope to see the early adoption of a Security Council resolution to support the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in launching the verification and destruction of chemical weapons, and we stand ready to make financial contributions to the OPCW for the destruction of chemical weapons in Syria and to send experts to work there on the ground. China calls for an immediate end to hostilities and violence in Syria so that the necessary conditions for the verification and destruction of chemical weapons can be created. We call for the early convening of the “Geneva II” conference and faster progress on a political resolution of the Syrian issue. China seeks no gains for itself in Syria. We respect the aspirations and choice of the Syrian people.”
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“We will maintain our escort missions and counter-piracy operations in the Gulf of Aden and increase our participation in United Nations peacekeeping operations so as to contribute more to peace and security in Africa and other relevant regions. The turmoil in Syria has lasted for nearly three years, causing great suffering and trauma to both the Syrian people and Syria’s neighbours. The recent use of chemical weapons has met with universal condemnation. China firmly opposes the use of chemical weapons.”
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“We will voice China’s views, offer China’s wisdom, propose China’s solutions, play China’s due role and provide more public goods to the international community. We will vigorously advocate the right vision on justice versus special interests, and we will endeavour to build a community of common destiny with other developing countries. In our exchanges and cooperation with other developing countries, we will uphold justice and place it above special interests. We will provide assistance to other developing countries to the best of our ability, so as to enable developing countries to realize independent and sustainable development. We will play a more proactive and constructive role in addressing international and regional hotspot issues to promote peace and dialogue, defuse conflicts and safeguard world peace and stability.”
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“We call for the strengthening of North-South dialogue and South-South cooperation to make development benefits more accessible to people of all countries. China will firmly fulfil its international responsibilities and obligations. The Chinese nation is responsible and ready to play its part. Although it remains a developing country facing the daunting task of development, China, as the second-largest economy and a permanent member of the Security Council, is fully aware of its responsibilities and the expectations placed on it by the international community. We will be fully and more actively engaged in international affairs and work closely with other countries to meet complex global challenges and tackle the difficult issues facing humankind.”
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“We call for a greater representation and voice for developing countries in the global governance system and support the Group of 20, the BRICS group — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — and other emerging mechanisms that are playing a key role in making the international order fairer and more equitable. We also call for the reform of the international monetary and financial systems and want the role of the World Trade Organization as the main forum in the area of trade to be maintained. We are opposed to trade protectionism and are working to make economic globalization more balanced, inclusive and beneficial to all. We call on countries to enhance macroeconomic policy coordination and be mindful of the spillover effects of their respective adjustment of economic policies.”
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“Respecting national sovereignty and opposing interference in internal affairs, safeguarding peace and opposing aggression, and promoting equality and opposing power politics; those are important principles that must be observed. China firmly upholds the role and authority of the United Nations, supports the United Nations in its renewal and self-improvement efforts, in keeping with a changing world, and looks forward to a United Nations that plays a larger role in international affairs. China is ready to deepen cooperation with the United Nations and get more actively involved in United Nations activities in various fields. China is committed to promoting democracy in international relations and the trend toward a multipolar world.”
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“It is projected that in the coming five years, China’s imports of commodities will exceed $10 trillion, its overseas investment will reach $500 billion, and Chinese tourists will make over 400 million outbound visits. That will give stronger impetus to the world economy and bring an increasing number of tangible benefits to other countries. China will firmly promote reform of the global governance system with the United Nations at its core. The United Nations is a big stage for all countries to conduct consultation and cooperation with one another. It is also a big family where people of all countries are brought together. It is our consistent position that the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations form the cornerstone of current international relations and provide safeguards for world peace and stability.”
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“We are implementing the basic State policy of resource conservation and environmental protection and promoting green, circular and low-carbon development to build a sound ecological environment and a beautiful China. With its increasing economic output and its changing growth model, China’s economy has entered a phase of high-to-medium growth rate. That is dictated by the law of economics, and it will ensure the sustained and healthy growth of the Chinese economy. The Chinese economy is being upgraded, and its future growth will deliver major dividends in four areas as a result of industrialization, information technology application, a new type of urbanization and agricultural modernization; reform and innovation; structural readjustment; and further opening up.”
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“Where the Chinese economy is heading engages both domestic and international attention. In that regard, I wish to inform the Assembly that both the fundamentals and the overall performance of China’s economy are sound, and China’s development prospects are bright. The leading indicators of the Chinese economy are generally good, and China leads the major economies in growth rate. In pursuit of progress while maintaining stability, the Chinese Government has followed a macroeconomic policy that addresses both immediate and long-term needs and has adopted a series of innovative policy measures with a view to promoing steady growth, economic structural adjustment and reform. We are vigorously pursuing reform, opening up, deepening economic structural adjustment and accelerating the shift in our growth model.”
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“On the other hand, we will, whatever the circumstances, firmly safeguard China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity and resolutely uphold China’s legitimate and lawful rights and interests. China will remain committed to reform, to opening up and to sustainable development. It has been five years since the outbreak of the international financial crisis. The global economy is back on the right track to recovery, but the foundations of the recovery are not solid and the speed is not fast enough. The root causes of the financial crisis have yet to be removed, and the structural problems of developed countries remain unresolved. The adjustment of unconventional monetary policies from the outside, coupled with other factors, have posed new challenges and the risk of financial market volatility to emerging market countries.”
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“Since the beginning of reform and opening up, China has become increasingly interdependent with the global economy and integrated into the international system. We are committed to working with others to establish a new type of international relations, based on win-win cooperation, and to seek the peaceful resolution of international and regional disputes. With regard to China’s disputes with some countries over territorial sovereignty and maritime rights and interests, we sincerely hope to resolve them in accordance with proper procedures, through negotiation and consultation with the countries directly involved. Those disputes that cannot be resolved now can be shelved for future resolution. That is our consistent position and practice.”
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“Throughout history, the Chinese people have always embraced international exchanges and trade, not foreign aggression and expansion, and have adhered to the patriotic resolve to defend the homeland rather than the colonialist doctrine of seizing new territories. The culture of a country determines its values, and its history points the way to its future. Close to 40 years ago, it was from this rsotrum that the Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping solemnly declared on behalf of the Chinese Government that China would never seek hegemony in the world. Today, his statement remains our unchanging commitment and conviction. China has honoured and will continue to honour its promise and remain a staunch force for upholding world peace. China pursues peaceful development and calls on all other countries to follow the same path.”
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“I understand that those questions are of great interest to the international community. As the Foreign Minister of the new Chinese Government, I wish to give an emphatic answer to each of them. China will stay firmly on the path of peaceful development. China’s rapid development over the years has given rise to worries that China might follow the old pattern of wealth breeding arrogance and strength leading to hegemony, and various versions of the China threat theory have surfaced. However, what happened in the past should not be applied to today’s China. The outdated Cold War mentality has no place in the new era of globalization. The Chinese nation loves peace and the Chinese culture values harmony.”
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“This year has been an unusual one in China’s development. China’s new central collective leadership has put forward the concept of the “Chinese dream”, a dream of the great renewal of the Chinese nation, and it is leading the 1.3 billion Chinese people in an endeavour to fulfil the two centennial goals, namely, to finish building a moderately prosperous society in all respects by 2020 and to turn China into a modern socialist country by the mid-twenty-first century. Having experienced profound changes in the past 5,000 years and especially the past century, China has reached a new historical starting point today. What development path will China take in the future? What domestic and foreign policies will it pursue? And what kind of international role will it play?”
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