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Yang Jiechi

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first: 2007-09-24
most recent: 2012-09-24
sittings or episodes: 3
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“We will work with the international community to follow the trend of history and the call of the times and build a harmonious world of enduring peace and shared prosperity.”
2012-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 67 (2012)
“They can in no way change the historical fact that Japan stole the Diaoyu Islands from China and that China has territorial sovereignty over them. The Chinese Government is firm in upholding China’s territorial sovereignty. China strongly urges Japan to immediately stop all activities violating China’s territorial sovereignty, take concrete action to correct its mistakes and return to the path of resolving the dispute through negotiation. The Communist Party of China will soon hold its eighteenth National Congress. We are confident that the important meeting will lead China’s reform, opening-up and modernization drive to a new stage. The facts have shown and will continue to prove that China’s development is peaceful, open, cooperative and win-win in nature.”
2012-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 67 (2012)
“Japan seized the islands in 1895 at the end of the Sino-Japanese War and forced the Chinese Government of the time to sign an unequal treaty to cede the islands and other Chinese territories to Japan. After the Second World War, the Diaoyu Islands and other Chinese territories occupied by Japan were returned to China in accordance with the Cairo Declaration, the Potsdam Agreement and other international documents. By taking such unilateral actions as the so-called island purchase, the Japanese Government has grossly violated China’s sovereignty. This is an outright denial of the outcomes of the victorious anti-fascist World War and poses a grave challenge to the post-war international order and the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations. The moves made by Japan are totally illegal and invalid.”
2012-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 67 (2012)
“Industrialization, urbanization, the application of information technology and agricultural modernization will continue to unlock our great potential for development. We have the confidence, means and ability to maintain steady and robust growth and achieve long-term, sound and sustainable development. During its twelfth five-year plan for the period 2011-2015, China’s domestic market will become one of the largest in the world. Its total imports are expected to exceed $10 trillion, and direct outbound investment is expected to exceed $500 billion. That will create enormous business and job opportunities for the world and provide good opportunities for other countries’ development. The Diaoyu Islands have been an integral part of China’s territory since ancient times. China has indisputable historical and legal evidence in that regard.”
2012-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 67 (2012)
“Last year, despite a challenging economic environment both at home and abroad, China registered a gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate of 9.3 per cent, and made good progress in adjusting its economic structure and improving people’s lives. Since the beginning of the year, in order to address some new problems in economic performance, the Chinese Government has stepped up anticipatory fine-tuning of the economy and introduced a series of targeted policy measures. That has boosted market confidence and ensured steady growth. China’s GDP grew by 7.8 per cent in the first half of the year, and the country has enjoyed sound economic and social development. China is still in an important period of strategic opportunities for development.”
2012-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 67 (2012)
“China has taken an active part in reforming the international system and global governance, and assumed its due share of international responsibilities and obligations as its capabilities permit. We are working to build a fair, equitable and non-discriminatory global trading system and a more equal and balanced new global partnership for development. We support a greater role for the Group of Twenty as the premier forum for international economic cooperation, as well as the efforts of emerging markets represented by the BRICS group — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — aimed at exploring a new model of global cooperation. The global economy is at a critical stage, and achieving full recovery and sustained growth will be a long and difficult task.”
2012-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 67 (2012)
“On the basis of firmly upholding China’s sovereignty, security and territorial integrity, we have worked with our neighbours to maintain sound relations and overall stability in the region. China treats other developing countries as good friends and good partners; we therefore support each other and seek common development on the basis of equality. By the end of 2011, the Chinese Government had built over 2,200 projects that are important to the local economies and people’s lives in the countries concerned. We have cancelled the debts owed to China by 50 heavily indebted poor and least-developed countries. We have trained over 60,000 personnel in various sectors for 173 developing countries and 13 regional and international organizations. All of that has contributed to the economic and social development of other developing countries.”
2012-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 67 (2012)
“China will enhance friendly relations and cooperation with all other countries on the basis of the five principles of peaceful coexistence and strive to promote a new type of relationship among major countries based on mutual respect and win-win cooperation. Following a policy of building good relationships and partnerships with neighbouring countries, China has actively expanded exchanges with its neighbours. China has contributed to over 50 per cent of Asia’s growth for many consecutive years. We have endeavoured to build mechanisms of mutual trust and political cooperation with other Asian countries and appropriately to address differences and frictions among relevant countries.”
2012-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 67 (2012)
“At the same time, it respects the legitimate right of other countries to protect their interests. We seek to expand common interests with other parties for the sake of the common good. China has contributed a total of some 21,000 personnel to United Nations peacekeeping missions and taken an active part in international cooperation on counter-terrorism, anti-piracy and non-proliferation efforts. In our efforts to resolve major international and regional hotspot issues, we have urged the parties concerned to seek peaceful solutions through negotiation and thereby played an important and constructive role in easing tensions and achieving the political resolution of those issues. China has made remarkable progress in pursuing peaceful development and will continue to follow that path in the years to come.”
2012-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 67 (2012)
“We should promote regional development with greater determination, advance regional cooperation with increased resources, and handle differences with longer-term interests in mind so as to uphold the peace, stability and prosperity of the Asia-Pacific region. As an important participant in building the international system, China is committed to sharing development opportunities with other countries and to working with them to overcome various challenges and realize security and development for all. China will stay the course of peaceful development. We seek a peaceful international environment in which China can promote its own development. By so doing, China will contribute to global peace and development. China is firm in upholding its core interests.”
2012-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 67 (2012)
“The Asia-Pacific region has maintained general stability and rapid growth for many years, thereby making important contributions to global stability and prosperity. Given the growing threat of shrinkage in the global economy and increasing volatility in the international situation, maintaining peace, stability and sound growth in the Asia-Pacific region is crucial to ensuring the well-being of its people and meets the broader interests of the international community. We should fully respect the reality of a diverse and interdependent Asia-Pacific region, and continue to follow the approach of regional cooperation — building consensus, making incremental progress and accommodating each other’s comfort levels — that has proved effective over the years.”
2012-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 67 (2012)
“The Iranian nuclear issue has reached a new, critical stage. The relevant parties should remain committed to a diplomatic solution and begin a new round of dialogue as soon as possible. In the spirit of respecting each other’s concerns, we should act with flexibility and pragmatism to expand common ground and overcome differences, seek early progress in dialogue and negotiation and, over time, achieve a comprehensive, long-term and appropriate solution to the issue. China has always supported efforts to uphold the international nuclear non-proliferation regime and will continue to work with the parties concerned and play a constructive role in seeking a peaceful solution to the Iranian nuclear issue through dialogue and negotiation.”
2012-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 67 (2012)
“We call on all relevant parties in Syria to put an immediate end to the fighting and violence, to implement the relevant Security Council resolutions, Mr. Kofi Annan’s six-point plan and the communiqué of the foreign ministers’ meeting of the Action Group for Syria (A/66/865, annex), and to launch an inclusive political dialogue and a Syrian-led political transition as soon as possible. China is open to any political plan that is acceptable to all parties in Syria. The relevant parties of the international community should play a positive and constructive role in that regard, credibly support Mr. Lakhdar Brahimi, Joint Special Representative of the United Nations and the League of Arab States, in conducting impartial mediation, and strive to set in motion and move forward the process of political transition in Syria.”
2012-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 67 (2012)
“China is deeply concerned about the stalled Palestinian-Israeli peace talks and the economic and humanitarian difficulties facing the Palestinian people. The turbulence in the region should not divert international attention from the Palestinian issue. China supports the Palestinian people in establishing, on the basis of the 1967 border, an independent Palestinian State that enjoys full sovereignty, with East Jerusalem as its capital. China supports Palestine’s membership of the United Nations and other international organizations. China urges both Palestine and Israel to take concrete measures to remove obstacles and to work for the early resumption and substantive progress of the peace talks. China is deeply concerned about the ongoing tension and worsening humanitarian situation in Syria.”
2012-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 67 (2012)
“We respect the aspirations and calls of people in those areas for change and development. The unique features of those regions in terms of religion, civilization, history and ethnicity must be respected. We hope that the relevant parties will settle differences through inclusive and constructive political dialogue and that they will resolve problems peacefully. Safeguarding peace and stability in those areas, upholding the fundamental and long-term interests of Arab countries and ensuring the growth of friendly China-Arab relations will remain a central goal of China’s policy towards such regions. We will continue to tirelessly strive, together with countries in those areas, to promote peace and development in line with the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations.”
2012-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 67 (2012)
“We should foster a new thinking on security that is characterized by mutual trust and benefit, equality and coordination. We should adopt a holistic approach to address both the symptoms and the root causes of the various security challenges and should build a peaceful and stable international and regional security environment. The United Nations should fully play its role in maintaining international peace and security and in establishing a fair and effective mechanism for common security. We must resolve disputes through dialogue and negotiation and oppose the wilful use or threat of force. We must oppose all forms of terrorism, separatism and extremism. West Asia and North Africa are undergoing profound changes. China respects and supports efforts by countries in those regions to independently deal with their internal affairs.”
2012-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 67 (2012)
“We should encourage exchanges and mutual learning among different civilizations and social systems, draw on each other’s strength through competition and comparison and make progress by seeking common ground, while maintaining our differences. We should respect the diversity of the world and the right of all countries to independently choose their development path. China encourages dialogue and exchanges among civilizations. We should replace confrontation with dialogue and bridge differences with inclusiveness in order to make the world more harmonious and to ensure common progress for humanity. We should seek common security amid growing interdependence. No country is immune to the complex and multiple security threats and challenges in the world.”
2012-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 67 (2012)
“We should launch a process of open, transparent and democratic intergovernmental consultation, with development and poverty reduction as the core objectives. We should also fully leverage the role of civil society and the private sector in that task. Together with all other parties, China is ready to actively participate in reforming the international system and in global governance and to jointly face the various global challenges. We should pursue common progress by embracing the diversity of civilizations. According to ancient Chinese philosophy, the world will be a great place when all things thrive without harming each another and when various efforts are pursued in parallel without their clashing.”
2012-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 67 (2012)
“It is important to advance the building of a global system of economic governance with a focus on reforming the international financial system, rapidly implement the quota and governance reform plans of the International Monetary Fund and other financial institutions, and increase the representation and voice of emerging markets and developing countries. We should fully implement the outcome and consensus of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (resolution 66/288, annex), further develop international cooperation on sustainable development and discuss the establishment of a post-2015 international development agenda based on actively implementing the Millennium Development Goals.”
2012-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 67 (2012)
“That has helped to stabilize the international economic and financial situation and to maintain the economic and social development of the relevant countries. We should ensure fairness and effectiveness in conducting global governance. Facing increasing global challenges, the international community should strengthen coordination and cooperation, establish a fair, equitable, flexible and effective system of global governance, properly address the various global issues and promote the common well-being of humanity. China supports the United Nations in enhancing its authority, efficiency and ability to address new threats and challenges through the required proper reform.”
2012-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 67 (2012)
“We should tap the potential for cooperation in all countries, increase and develop cooperation, improve cooperation mechanisms and work together to make economic globalization balanced, inclusive and beneficial to all. We should accelerate the development of developing countries and narrow the North-South gap. We should enhance global development cooperation to ensure that the benefits of development reach everyone. Since the start of the international financial crisis, while maintaining its own robust growth, China has significantly increased contributions to international financial institutions, extended a helping hand to other developing countries and bought more bonds from certain developed countries.”
2012-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 67 (2012)
“We should remain true to multilateralism and uphold the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations and the central role of the United Nations in international affairs. China strives to strengthen political mutual trust and to address problems and differences with other countries through dialogue and exchanges. China does not interfere in the internal affairs of other countries or impose its will on others. China does not allow outside forces to interfere in its internal affairs. We should seek win-win progress through cooperation on development. As economic globalization deepens, all countries have a high stake in each other’s success. We should therefore enhance cooperation and develop common interests to achieve win-win progress with benefits for all.”
2012-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 67 (2012)
“With that in mind, China believes that it is important to do the following. We should promote equality and democracy in international relations. Mutual respect and equality are basic norms governing international relations. All countries, large or small, strong or weak, rich or poor, are equal members of the international community. Respect for each other’s sovereignty, core interests and choice of social system and development path is a fundamental principle guiding State-to-State relations. We should resolutely promote greater democracy in international relations. A country should deal with its internal affairs itself. Issues involving the interests of various countries should be handled by those countries through consultation.”
2012-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 67 (2012)
“We should act like passengers who stick together in a boat when crossing a torrential river and seek win-win progress through cooperation. That is the only option for countries around the world. To ensure one’s own security, a country should respect and accommodate the security of other nations. To achieve one’s own development, a country should actively promote common development. In pursuing one’s own interests, a country should take into account the interests of other nations. Only by promoting common security and development for all its members can the international community effectively address complex and multiple security threats and global challenges, resolve increasingly serious difficulties facing development and ensure durable peace and sustainable development in the world.”
2012-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 67 (2012)
“To promote peace, development and cooperation has become the shared aspiration of people across the world and the common pursuit of the international community. On the other hand, the world is still far from being peaceful. The underlying impact of the international financial crisis and the European debt crisis remains strong. Destabilizing factors and uncertainties affecting global growth have increased. Regional turbulence persists, hotspot issues keep emerging and traditional and non-traditional security issues have become intertwined. The international security environment is highly complex. Facing both unprecedented opportunities and challenges, we must not allow the outdated Cold War mentality and zero-sum game theory to stand in our way.”
2012-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 67 (2012)
“I wish to congratulate Mr. Jeremić on his election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session. I am confident that with his ability and experience he will successfully fulfil that lofty mission. I also wish to thank Mr. Al-Nasser for his positive contribution as President at the last session. The world is undergoing major and profound changes. The trends towards multipolarity, economic globalization and the application of information technology are gaining momentum. Countries have never been as interconnected and interdependent as they are today. Emerging markets and developing countries have never had such strong influence, and cross- civilizational dialogue and exchanges are flourishing as never before.”
2012-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 67 (2012)
“A prosperous, harmonious and stable China that lives up to its responsibilities will make a greater contribution to the prosperity and stability of the world and the common development of humankind. Let us work together to deepen cooperation and achieve development by sharing opportunities and meeting challenges together, and thus build a harmonious world of lasting peace and common prosperity.”
2011-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 66 (2011)
“In the next decade, peace, development and cooperation will remain trends of the times, and China will not waver in its pursuit of development and progress. Peaceful development is the strategic choice that China has made to build a modern, strong and prosperous country and to make a greater contribution to the progress of human civilization. China will stay on that path, pursuing an independent, peaceful foreign policy and a win-win strategy of opening up its society. We are committed to achieving a better life for the Chinese people and greater development and prosperity for all humankind. We will achieve those goals through hard work, reforms and innovation, and by conducting long-term friendly exchanges and establishing equality-based, win-win cooperation with other countries.”
2011-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 66 (2011)
“China has actively assumed international responsibilities as its capacity permits, and has worked to promote the peaceful settlement of issues in troubled areas. China participates actively in international peacekeeping operations; with a total of more than 19,000 personnel deployed in 28 United Nations peacekeeping missions, China is the largest contributor of United Nations peacekeeping personnel among Security Council permanent members. China has provided assistance in cash and kind to countries hit by earthquakes and tsunamis, and has sent rescue teams to carry out humanitarian relief operations in the affected areas. China is actively involved in the fight against piracy and in other areas of international cooperation. All these efforts have contributed to maintaining world peace and stability. The tide of history is surging forward.”
2011-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 66 (2011)
“In sympathy with the pain of the countries and people in the Horn of Africa hit by famine, China has decided to provide those countries with RMB443.2 million in emergency food assistance and cash for purchasing food to help them overcome the famine. China has made notable efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals. As it continues to develop, China will create more opportunities for world peace, development and cooperation. To advance common development, we must foster a sound international environment. Over the years, China has been dedicated to creating a peaceful international environment in which it can develop. At the same time, it has contributed to enhancing world peace through its own development.”
2011-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 66 (2011)
“As a developing country, China is committed to enhancing mutually beneficial cooperation with other developing countries, based on equality, and to enhancing its efforts to provide them with assistance and support. China has cancelled 380 debts incurred by 50 heavily indebted poor countries and LDCs, and will phase in zero-tariff treatment for 95 per cent of exports from the African LDCs with which China has diplomatic relations. We have completed more than 2,100 projects, including building schools and hospitals, in other developing countries, and trained 150,000 professionals in various fields for them.”
2011-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 66 (2011)
“China’s development has brought real benefits to the Chinese people and contributed to global development and prosperity. During the past 10 years, China imported close to, on average, $750 billion worth of goods annually, creating more than 14 million jobs for the relevant countries and regions. At the end of the twelfth five-year period in 2015, China’s total economic output will be around $8.6 trillion. It is expected that China will import about $10 trillion in goods in the next five years, which will further boost world economic growth. China needs the world in order to be able to continue to develop, and China’s development will in turn contribute more to the shared development of the world as a whole.”
2011-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 66 (2011)
“On the other hand, the difficulties China faces in terms of development should not be ignored. We remain a developing country with a large population, a weak economic foundation and serious imbalances and lack of coordination in our development. China will have to make persistent and strenuous efforts to achieve its development goals. Guided by our recently adopted twelfth five-year plan for economic and social development, we will pursue scientific development, accelerate the shift in our growth model, advance scientific and technological innovation and increase 11-51384 44 reforms and openness designed to promote long-term, steady and fast economic development, as well as social harmony and progress. The world will see a more open China, with more sustainable development and greater social harmony.”
2011-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 66 (2011)
“The world witnessed major development, transformation and adjustment in the first decade of the twenty-first century. During this period, China enjoyed sustained and fast development, and its relations with the outside world underwent profound changes. China’s achievements in development, and its possible future course, have become a focus of international attention. Over the past 10 years, China’s economy continued to grow, and its people’s living standards rose markedly, thanks to the hard work of the Chinese people. Today, China has become the world’s second- largest economy, largest exporter, second-largest importer and largest emerging market. The basic living needs of China’s 1.3 billion people are being adequately met, and the number living in absolute poverty has fallen drastically.”
2011-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 66 (2011)
“International financial institutions should use their resources to help developing countries, and particularly the LDCs, on a priority basis. Developing countries, on their part, should explore growth models that are conducive to development and poverty alleviation in order to achieve a higher level of development. Food security has emerged as a major challenge. The Horn of Africa is suffering from massive famine triggered by the most severe drought in 60 years. The international community should scale up assistance, stabilize the price of food and other commodities, and help developing countries enhance their capacity for autonomous development so that all countries and regions can enjoy the benefits of common development.”
2011-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 66 (2011)
“We hope that the parties concerned will seize the opportunity, remain engaged in dialogue and work for an early resumption of the Six-Party Talks. We should promote balanced development between the South and the North. The uneven development between South and North is the biggest imbalance in the global economy. Without balanced development, there can hardly be sustainable development. Unless underdeveloped countries shake off poverty and grow their economies, there can be no common global prosperity. Achieving the Millennium Development Goals on a global scale and on schedule is an urgent and arduous task. Developed countries should honour their commitments on official development assistance, open their markets, reduce and cancel debt, and their step up financial and technological support to developing countries.”
2011-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 66 (2011)
“China welcomes the positive developments on the Korean peninsula. We believe that dialogue and consultation are the only effective way to address the issues of the peninsula. The Six-Party Talks are an effective mechanism for advancing the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula and for upholding peace and stability both on the peninsula and in North-East Asia. China has worked hard to promote peace through dialogue, and has played a unique role in easing tensions and maintaining peace and stability on the Korean peninsula. China welcomes the recent resumption of dialogue between the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and the Republic of Korea, as well as between the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and the United States.”
2011-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 66 (2011)
“China supports the leading role of the United Nations in Libya’s post-conflict reconstruction, and urges the speediest possible operationalization of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya. China is also greatly concerned about developments in Syria. We hope that parties in Syria will exercise restraint, avoid all violence, further bloodshed and conflict, and act quickly to ease tensions. We believe that a Syria-led, inclusive political process aimed at promoting reform through dialogue and consultation is the right way to resolve the current crisis in Syria. The international community should respect the sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of Syria, and address the Syrian issue cautiously so as to prevent further turbulence and repercussions on regional peace.”
2011-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 66 (2011)
“We hope that the parties concerned will resolve their differences through political dialogue and speedily restore stability and order in their respective countries. Libya has now entered a critical transition from a state of war and turmoil to national reconstruction. China respects the choice of the Libyan people and recognizes the National Transitional Council (NTC) as 43 11-51384 the governing authority of Libya and the representative of its people. We hope that, under the leadership of the NTC, the parties in Libya will launch an inclusive process of political transition through which they will maintain ethnic harmony and national unity, restore stability as soon as possible and begin economic reconstruction.”
2011-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 66 (2011)
“We believe that progress should be made in parallel in the peace talks between Syria and Israel and Lebanon and Israel, with an ultimate view to achieving a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in the Middle East along with peaceful coexistence between the Arab countries and Israel. We hope that the international community and the parties concerned will make unremitting efforts to this end and sustain the Middle East peace process. China is greatly concerned about the turbulence in West Asia and North Africa. We stand for the principle of non-interference. We respect and support the efforts of countries in those regions to independently handle their internal affairs, and we respect their aspirations.”
2011-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 66 (2011)
“China has encouraged the Sudan and South Sudan to resolve their dispute through peaceful negotiation and has worked hard to advance the peace process between them. We support the proper settlement of the Darfur issue. We will continue to work with the international community to play a constructive role in advancing regional peace, stability and development. China has consistently supported the just cause of establishing an independent Palestinian State, and supports Palestine’s membership in the United Nations. We support efforts to achieve a two-State solution through political negotiation so as to establish, on the basis of the 1967 borders, an independent Palestinian State that enjoys full sovereignty, with East Jerusalem as its capital.”
2011-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 66 (2011)
“In keeping with the purposes and principles of the United Nations Charter, we should always use peaceful means to settle international disputes and hotspot issues. We should oppose the wilful use or threat of force, terrorism, separatism and extremism in all their forms, and we should uphold the common security of humankind. China respects the independent choice of the people of the Sudan and South Sudan, and hopes that the new-born country of South Sudan will enjoy stability and development. The international community should continue to support and encourage the Sudan and South Sudan to resolve their outstanding issues appropriately through dialogue and consultation, pursue amicable relations and common development, and uphold regional peace and stability.”
2011-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 66 (2011)
“It should be seen as a positive factor that allows countries to learn from one another, and should not be used as an excuse for the big to bully the small or the rich to ride roughshod over the poor in international relations. We should respect the right of each country to pursue the development path of its choice and we should respect the diversity of civilizations. We should seek common progress by drawing on one another’s strength with an open and inclusive mind, pursuing common ground while preserving differences. We should foster a security environment conducive to stability and development. History has repeatedly shown that stability and development go hand in hand. Without stability, there can be no development; without development, there can be no stability.”
2011-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 66 (2011)
“In the current context, it is of particular and practical importance to adhere to the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, to uphold the authority and role of the United Nations, to observe in good faith the principle of non-interference in each other’s internal affairs, and to promote democracy in international relations. We should respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all countries. The internal affairs of each country should be decided by its own people. We oppose interference in other countries’ internal affairs by whatever means and under whatever pretext. The diversity of the world is a valuable asset for the development of human society.”
2011-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 66 (2011)
“We strongly oppose protectionism in all its forms and call for strengthening the multilateral trading regime. The concerns of the least developed countries should be addressed, and efforts made to make the Doha Round achieve its development objectives. We should lay the political foundation for cooperative development. All countries, big or small, strong or weak, rich or poor, are equal members of the international community, and their equal right to development should be protected. Mutual respect and equality are the basic norms governing international relations and constitute an important guarantee for common development.”
2011-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 66 (2011)
“We should intensify consultation and coordination, and send a strong message of solidarity and win-win cooperation so as to strengthen international confidence in global recovery and growth. We should work for a fair, just, inclusive and orderly international monetary and financial system, and promote the voice and representation of emerging markets and developing countries. China supports the transition of the Group of 20 (G-20) from a short-term crisis response mechanism to a long-term mechanism of economic governance. The G-20 should play a bigger role in global economic governance and in promoting the full recovery and growth of the world economy. 11-51384 42 We support the efforts of emerging markets to explore new modes of international economic cooperation.”
2011-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 66 (2011)
“Progress has been made in the reform of the global economic governance structure, and various regional cooperation mechanisms are expanding. Efforts to accelerate the development of a green economy and explore new modes of sustainable growth have created new momentum and space for common development. Faced with new opportunities and challenges, we should work as a team to overcome our difficulties and pursue mutual benefit and common development. This is the responsibility and mission that history bestows upon all of us. To fulfil our mission, we need to take the following steps. We should foster sound momentum for global economic recovery. The underlying impact of the international financial crisis has yet to dissipate, and economic recovery is still fragile and uneven.”
2011-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 66 (2011)
“In the face of these challenges, we share an important mission to achieve common development, and we also have rare new opportunities. Economic globalization has made the interests of countries more closely interconnected. Ensuring security through cooperation and promoting development through stability has become our shared desire. Countries are addressing development challenges in innovative ways. To overcome the crisis, developed countries have taken steps to improve their fiscal conditions, adopted stimulus measures and accelerated economic structural adjustment. Developing countries as a whole have maintained good growth momentum. In particular, the rapid growth in some emerging economies has driven the growth of the world economy.”
2011-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 66 (2011)
“The world economy therefore has to meet the crucial test of maintaining growth. Some countries in West Asia and North Africa are in continual political turmoil. Terrorist threats are spreading and global challenges growing. The international community faces a critical test in maintaining stability. The gap in development between the South and the North is as wide as ever. The number of people living in absolute poverty has increased by 64 million owing to the international financial crisis. Nearly 1 billion people suffer from starvation. Urgent action is needed to achieve the Millennium Development Goals. It is imperative to step up international cooperation to help the least developed countries (LDCs) meet the basic needs of their people.”
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“However, various traditional and non-traditional security threats and global challenges were intertwined with those changes, and the world was far from a peaceful place. As the second decade of the new century begins, the world has entered an extraordinary historical stage in its pursuit of peace and development, and continues to undergo profound and complex changes. Uncertainty and instability are increasing despite the generally peaceful international environment. Development is becoming an increasingly serious issue, and promoting common development has become a more important and pressing task than ever before. Global development is now at a new critical juncture. Global recovery remains fragile, international financial markets are volatile and the pursuit of sustainable development faces daunting challenges.”
2011-09-24 · UN General Assembly · General Debate, Session 66 (2011)