China News Service, Berlin, September 19 (Reporter Peng Dawei) Ambassador Wang Qun, Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations in Vienna, recently accepted an exclusive interview with a reporter from China News Agency on the 75th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations.
The following are the details:
1. Hello, Ambassador Wang, Vienna is the third headquarters of the United Nations after New York and Geneva. It is also the seat of important international organizations such as the International Atomic Energy Agency, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, and OPEC. It is used in global disarmament and arms control, peaceful use of nuclear energy, and drug control. It plays an important role in combating crime, peaceful use of outer space, industrial development, and energy cooperation.
What efforts has China made in recent years to advance the Vienna multilateral agenda and promote global governance in related fields?
A: Vienna is a multilateral diplomatic arena with a long history, and it is also a popular capital for international negotiations and consultations. At the same time, it has witnessed China's practice of multilateralism, advancing multilateral agendas, and promoting global governance.
From arms control and non-proliferation, global strategic security to solving international hotspot issues, from global social governance to green industrialization and sustainable development, to Xinjiang issues such as outer space and cyber security, China has actively participated and played an important role.
You will never forget that in Vienna’s history, landmark international legal documents such as the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations were reached. Five years ago, a comprehensive agreement on the Iranian nuclear issue was reached.
During the negotiations, the Chinese side put forward Chinese plans on core issues such as uranium enrichment and the transformation of the Arak heavy water reactor. Foreign Minister Wang Yi rushed to Vienna during the last Wednesday of the negotiations and made important contributions to the final conclusion of the comprehensive agreement, which has also become a practice. Practice multilateralism to solve international hotspot issues.
In Vienna, we firmly uphold the international nuclear non-proliferation system and work with all parties to support the comprehensive agreement on the Iranian nuclear issue, focusing on building a world of lasting peace and universal security.
We strongly support UNIDO, promote green industrialization and the construction of Industry 4.0, and drive the vast number of developing countries to promote sustainable development, focusing on building a world of common prosperity.
We work closely with the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs, and invite all parties to share China’s aerospace development opportunities, showcase the splendid Chinese culture, and focus on building an open and inclusive world.
We actively promote the development of nuclear energy and enhance nuclear safety, focusing on building a clean and beautiful world.
Therefore, China's multilateral diplomatic work in Vienna is a microcosm of major-country diplomacy with Chinese characteristics. The overall goal is to promote the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind.
2. At the beginning of your tenure, you said, “The world needs multilateralism more than ever, the United Nations and multilateral international organizations. It is in the interests of all mankind to maintain a rule-based international order.” Today, mankind is facing the epidemic and many other global issues. With the superposition of sexual challenges, does it highlight the importance of multilateralism and the international system with the United Nations at its core?
How does China view this system, and what propositions does China maintain or improve this system?
Answer: Indeed, the current century-old changes and the superposition of the new crown pneumonia epidemic have brought an all-round impact on human society, and many existing global challenges have become more complex and severe.
Faced with these challenges, no country can deal with it alone. Multilateralism is our only choice, the only way out, and the only right direction.
All parties should take the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations as an opportunity to jointly practice multilateralism, firmly support the international system with the United Nations at its core, and resolutely safeguard the international order based on international law.
Since the beginning of this year, we have seen many strategists, including former US Secretary of State Kissinger and former World Bank President Zoellick, stand up and speak out, urging all parties to defend multilateralism and meet common challenges.
why?
It is precisely because the United States is still wanton to "wrap the pot" at this moment of crisis, advocate "decoupling", willful "retirement", and even try to establish an exclusive alliance.
These historical "reversing" behaviors have severely impacted multilateralism and the current global governance system.
More than one hundred years of human history since the 20th century has repeatedly proved that multilateralism is an important driving force for the development and progress of the international system.
The United Nations, established on the ruins of World War II, carries the yearning of the people of the world for a better future.
Extensive international participation endows the United Nations with universality and representativeness; the joint participation of major powers strengthens the authority and action of the United Nations; the establishment of a collective security mechanism plays a key role in maintaining global peace and security; an international order based on international law Make all parties have a common code of conduct.
In contrast, the League of Nations established after the First World War failed to attract the participation of major powers and did not establish an effective collective security mechanism, so it quickly fell into failure.
For 75 years, the United Nations has played a vital role in maintaining world peace and promoting sustainable development.
Under the guidance and coordination of the United Nations, the world has maintained peace and stability as a whole, new world wars have been avoided, many local conflicts have been brought under control, the Millennium Development Goals and the sustainable development agenda have been steadily advanced, the cause of human rights has continued to advance, and the awareness of international rules has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. The spirit of the UN Charter has become an inexhaustible driving force for mankind to continuously pursue peace, development and progress.
Learning from the past and knowing the past, in the face of today's many global challenges and the perverse actions of very few countries, we can only support multilateralism more firmly.
As far as China is concerned, the flow of water does not compete for the first, the struggle is endless, and the prevention is dry up.
What makes us happy is that now the defense of multilateralism has become an international consensus and a mighty trend of the times, rolling eastward and unstoppable.
3. At present, there are individual voices in the world clamoring that China is a "revisionist power", trying to use its rising strength to tamper with international rules and undermine the international system.
What do you think of this kind of remarks?
A: Needless to say, international rules and the international system are being severely impacted by unilateralism, protectionism and bullying, and they are facing the most severe challenge since the founding of the United Nations 75 years ago. The threat this poses to the world is self-evident.
But who is the disruptor and disruptor of the current international system?
This is self-evident, and I believe that members of the international community naturally have a scale in their hearts.
As the largest developing country and a permanent member of the Security Council, China actively implements the purposes and objectives of the United Nations and promotes the cause of peace and development of mankind.
China has always been a builder of world peace, a contributor to global development, a defender of international order and a provider of public goods.
Everyone can see that when the United States withdrew from the Iran nuclear agreement and continued to exert extreme pressure on Iran, China actively supported all parties to maintain the agreement and gave full play to its role in persuading peace and promoting talks; in the United States, it withdrew from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty and threatened to restart it. At the time of the nuclear test, China joined the "Arms Trade Treaty"; when the United States wielded a big stick of tariffs and even threatened to take measures against the WTO, China drastically reduced the content of the negative list and continued to promote opening up; the United States continued to unreasonably suppress other countries' high-tech As a company, China proposed the Global Data Security Initiative to ensure an open and inclusive environment in cyberspace; when the United States withdrew from the Paris Agreement on climate change, China actively fulfilled its emission reduction commitments and achieved carbon emissions reduction targets ahead of schedule.
The Chinese nation has a fine tradition of keeping promises.
In 2015, at a series of summits on the 70th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations, President Xi Jinping clearly stated that China insists on inheriting and carrying forward the purposes and principles of the UN Charter, building a new type of international relations with win-win cooperation at the core, and building a community with a shared future for mankind, and announced its support A series of major initiatives and initiatives in the cause of the United Nations.
These commitments have now been implemented.
China will continue to fulfill its responsibilities as a major country, strengthen coordination and cooperation with all parties, firmly support the cause of the United Nations, support the United Nations in strengthening its capacity building, and more effectively respond to global challenges.
4. Since the outbreak of the new crown epidemic, you have repeatedly introduced China's fight and propositions to the Vienna International Organization and the permanent representatives of various countries.
Combined with the relevant work of the Permanent Mission in Vienna, how do you think the international community views China's contribution to the global fight against the epidemic?
A: Since the outbreak of the epidemic, in the process of contacting various parties in Vienna, I have deeply felt that all parties fully affirmed China’s anti-epidemic measures and achievements, and highly appreciated the Chinese government’s adherence to the concept of “people first, life first” to promote the country. The fight against the epidemic and global cooperation in the fight against the epidemic sincerely agree with China's actions and propositions to promote international cooperation in the fight against the epidemic.
In this process, all parties have a stronger feeling and deeper thinking about the concept of a community with a shared future for mankind, and have expressed their strong desire to deepen cooperation with China and jointly "fight the epidemic."
International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Grossi said that China’s US$2 million donation of anti-epidemic materials is of great practical significance, and China’s experience in responding to the epidemic is worthy of reference for all countries.
Li Yong, Director-General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, stated that China is not only maintaining the health and safety of its people, but also contributing to the maintenance of global health and safety.
OPEC Secretary-General Barkindo fully affirmed China's responsible and transparent attitude in advancing the anti-epidemic cooperation process.
OSCE Secretary-General Greminger said that he looks forward to further discussions with China on how to strengthen global security and stability during the crisis of the epidemic.
In addition, many ambassadors have expressed their appreciation and support for China's efforts to fight the epidemic and stabilize the global industrial chain and supply chain in different ways, and reiterated their firm determination to join hands with China to fight the epidemic.
Many ambassadors also stated that the United States announced its withdrawal from the World Health Organization at the most critical juncture in the fight against the epidemic, and many of the promised assistance in the fight against the epidemic did not come true. This is in line with China’s firm support for the WHO to play a coordinating and leading role in the fight against the epidemic and continue to support The assistance and support provided by the international community to fight the epidemic is in sharp contrast.
5. Just now you mentioned that Vienna is the place where the comprehensive agreement on the Iranian nuclear issue was reached. We also know that you participated in the negotiations as the Chinese negotiator for the comprehensive agreement on the Iranian nuclear issue. How do you evaluate the current situation on the Iranian nuclear issue?
A: The comprehensive agreement on the Iranian nuclear issue is an important achievement of multilateral diplomacy. It has been approved by the UN Security Council resolutions and supported by most countries in the international community. It has become a key element of the international nuclear non-proliferation system.
Throughout the comprehensive agreement negotiations, it is more difficult than imagined to reach such an agreement.
Regrettably, since it unilaterally announced its withdrawal from the Iran nuclear agreement more than two years ago, the United States has continued to exert extreme pressure on Iran in an attempt to completely destroy the comprehensive agreement. This has become the source of continued tension in the Iranian nuclear situation, making the comprehensive agreement retreat to life or death. On the edge of the cliff.
As a country that has withdrawn from the agreement, the United States has also attempted to unilaterally activate the Security Council’s rapid resumption of sanctions against Iraq. This has been strongly opposed by the international community. Only one country has the support of the Security Council. Even its allies Britain, France, and Germany have clearly opposed the US approach.
This shows that it is difficult to reach and maintain multilateral agreements. It also shows that for a large country, building credibility is a long process, while overdraft credibility only takes a short time.
After the United States withdrew from the Iran nuclear agreement, it still insisted on unilateralism, negotiating one international agreement and retreating one. How can such a country have any international credibility?
If this continues, which country is still willing to negotiate with the United States, and which country dares to sign an agreement with the United States?
Upholding the comprehensive agreement is conducive to maintaining multilateralism, maintaining the international order based on international law, and maintaining peace and stability in the Middle East.
All the provisions of Security Council Resolution 2231, including the arrangements for lifting the arms embargo, should be firmly maintained and implemented in earnest.
China will work with relevant parties and the international community to continue to maintain the authority of the Comprehensive Agreement and Security Council resolutions, uphold multilateralism, and promote the political and diplomatic settlement of the Iranian nuclear issue.
6. What are your profound experiences in multilateral diplomacy for nearly 30 years?
Could you please introduce what public products China has provided to the international community in recent years?
A: In the past 30 years, from New York to Geneva and then to Vienna, what I have most deeply felt is the change in China's role after the restoration of its legal seat in the United Nations.
Over the past 30 years, as the overall national strength has continued to rise, China has increasingly approached the center of the world stage, and China’s international role has also undergone significant changes. It has experienced international affairs and multilateral governance from participants, supporters, defenders, and contributors. Even the process of becoming a leader in some fields.
At the same time, China is providing more and more important public products to the international community.
On the one hand, China provides international public goods from concept to practice.
China's concept of building a community with a shared future for mankind is a feasible plan for China to improve the global governance system. It aims to build a world of lasting peace, universal security, common prosperity, openness, tolerance, cleanliness and beauty.
At the same time, China has established a new concept of win-win, multi-win, and win-win, proposed the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" initiative, and signed 200 cooperation documents on the joint construction of the "Belt and Road" with 138 countries and 30 international organizations. China led or led the establishment. The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank of China has also been welcomed by the world, especially developing countries. These are all public goods that China contributes to promoting world development.
On the other hand, China has always adhered to the path of peaceful development, multilateralism, safeguarding the international system, and abiding by its international obligations, which have provided peace dividends to the international community.
China persists in deepening reform and opening up, supports economic globalization, promotes the development of international trade, and provides development dividends for world economic growth.
This in itself is an important public product China provides to the world.
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Whether it can become an international public product does not rely on bullying, let alone conquer by force, but on morality and on the attractiveness and charisma of the public product itself.
After all, it still depends on whether these international public products can inject stability into the world's great changes, contribute positive energy to the international order, and provide new impetus for global development.
I believe that China is firmly on the right side of history, and China's international public products will surely be more and more popular.
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