(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) The representative of China: The Security Council's adoption of the resolution on the new Coronary Pneumonia epidemic is "a victory for multilateralism"
China News Agency, United Nations, July 1 (Reporter Madelin) The UN Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution on the epidemic of new coronary pneumonia on the 1st. Zhang Jun, China’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, said after the meeting that this was an important achievement of the members of the Security Council and the United Nations and a victory for multilateralism.
The resolution endorses the global ceasefire initiative and humanitarian response plan proposed by the UN Secretary General Guterres in March. For conflicts that are included in the agenda of the Security Council, the parties to the conflict are required to stop hostilities immediately to achieve a 90-day ceasefire and ensure humanitarianism. Aid access and strengthen the safety of peacekeepers. The resolution affirmed the UN General Assembly's Resolution 74/270 on the New Coronary Pneumonia Epidemic Situation, emphasized the key coordination role of the United Nations in the global fight against epidemics, reiterated the concept of "people-centered", and called on the international community to unite and fight the epidemic.
Zhang Jun said at a video conference after the meeting that after Secretary-General Guterres’s proposal, the Security Council should have responded immediately and forcefully. This is the wish of the vast majority of UN member states, including China. However, due to obstruction by a certain country, the Security Council failed to pass the resolution in time. He said that China has endorsed the Secretary-General’s Global Ceasefire Initiative and Humanitarian Response Plan from the beginning and expressed its supportive positions on many occasions; China has always participated constructively in consultations on the draft resolution and worked with the vast majority of Council members to promote the Security Council A positive signal was sent to the outside world to cooperate in the fight against epidemic disease and overcome difficulties.
Zhang Jun said that during the consultation process on the draft resolution, a country repeatedly tried to politicize it and bargained with domestic policy issues as a bargaining chip, which was very troublesome. But the final resolution was still passed, which became an example of the unity of the Security Council. He said that New Coronary Pneumonia has claimed more than 500,000 lives, which is the most sad part of the epidemic. All governments in the fight against the epidemic must focus on the people and saving lives. This is what China has always insisted on. China welcomes the inclusion of the concept of "people-centered" in the resolution.
Zhang Jun said that for the entire world, the new coronary pneumonia epidemic is an unprecedented major challenge. But compared to this, unilateralism may be more destructive. Unilateralism is weakening the current international order, impacting the international rule of law, and undermining the role of the United Nations. China always supports multilateralism, stands with most members of the international community and the United Nations, and pursues justice.
Zhang Jun said that China firmly believes that only through unity and cooperation can the epidemic be overcome. "No country can become great through isolationism." (End)