China News Service, Beijing, September 18 (Reporter Li Chun) The Information Office of the State Council of China released China’s first peacekeeping white paper "The Chinese Army has participated in UN peacekeeping operations for 30 years" in Beijing on the 18th.
The white paper pointed out that the Chinese military will continue to increase participation in UN peacekeeping operations in the service of building a community of shared future for mankind.
According to the white paper, the Chinese military has successively carried out peacekeeping exchanges and cooperation with more than 90 countries and more than 10 international and regional organizations. Through group visits, expert exchanges, joint exercises and training, personnel training, etc., mutual understanding and experience exchange have been enhanced. Practice, strengthen pragmatic cooperation, intensify bilateral and multilateral relations, and continuously improve peacekeeping capabilities.
In order to further strengthen international cooperation in the field of peacekeeping, the spokesperson of the Ministry of National Defense of China Ren Guoqiang School pointed out at the press conference that day that it will continue to strengthen communication with the United Nations and support the promotion of the reform of United Nations peacekeeping operations.
Actively conduct visits and exchanges with various peacekeeping countries, share experiences and practices, and strengthen practical cooperation.
Actively organize joint exercises and training activities in international peacekeeping, including tabletop exercises and actual military exercises, to enhance the coordination capabilities of participating national peacekeeping forces.
The white paper emphasizes that the Chinese military serves to build a community with a shared future for mankind.
The Chinese military will continue to increase participation in UN peacekeeping operations, comprehensively enhance peacekeeping capabilities, faithfully perform missions and tasks, and make greater contributions to safeguarding world peace.
"In today's world, mankind has increasingly become a community of shared destiny where interests are blended, security and danger are shared, and prosperity and decline are accompanied by destiny." Ren Guoqiang said, "Peace is mankind's longest long-cherished aspiration. Only when peace is achieved can development be guaranteed, progress is possible, and prosperity is possible. hope."
The white paper pointed out that in peacekeeping operations, the Chinese military will continue to create a safe and stable environment for conflicting countries and regions, actively participate in medical and health, humanitarian relief, environmental protection, people’s livelihood development, social reconstruction and other work, provide more public service products, and strive to make The local people enjoy the dividends of peaceful development.
The white paper stated that the Chinese military will actively respond to the tripartite cooperation mechanism initiated by the United Nations, and provide support within its capacity for other troop-contributing countries and regional or sub-regional organizations in terms of technology, equipment, personnel, and funds.
The white paper emphasizes that China supports the United Nations in adopting various measures to help developing countries strengthen peacekeeping and stability maintenance capacity building, improve the quality of personnel and equipment, and enhance the ability of peacekeeping forces to perform their duties.
The Chinese military will continue to train more outstanding professionals for all countries.
The white paper pointed out that China supports the United Nations in promoting the establishment of a standby mechanism for peacekeeping capabilities, and prioritizes the selection and deployment of standby forces that meet United Nations standards.
The Chinese military will continue to strengthen the construction of a peacekeeping standby force with a scale of 8,000 in accordance with the requirements of relevant mechanism construction, and maintain a high-level standby state. It can dispatch various types of troops such as surface warships and rapid countermeasures to participate in peacekeeping operations as needed.
The white paper said that China advocates that peacekeeping operations should systematically respond to the increasing traditional and non-traditional security threats, and supports the United Nations in comprehensive policies, strengthened information collection and sharing, improved early warning and threat perception capabilities, improved security equipment and facilities, and improved medical care. Strengthen the prevention and response of infectious diseases, and ensure the safety and health of peacekeepers in all aspects.
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