China News Agency, United Nations, January 4th. Ambassador Zhang Jun, Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations, issued a statement on the 4th to congratulate the UN Secretary-General Guterres who officially opened his second term.
Zhang Jun said that China highly appreciates the work of Secretary-General Guterres during his first term.
In the past five years, the Secretary-General has led the United Nations Secretariat to actively respond to a series of global challenges such as the impact of unilateralism and the new crown pneumonia epidemic, and has played an important role in maintaining world peace and security, promoting sustainable development, and promoting international cooperation in the fight against the epidemic.
As the most important platform for building international consensus, responding to global challenges, and practicing true multilateralism, the role of the United Nations is even more irreplaceable.
I believe that the Secretary-General will continue to resolutely perform the duties entrusted by the Charter of the United Nations during his second term, uphold an objective and fair stand, uphold and practice true multilateralism, and make greater contributions to responding to global challenges and promoting human progress.
Zhang Jun emphasized that China's support for the United Nations has always been consistent, lasting and reliable. No matter what difficulties or challenges it encounters, China will always stand with the United Nations.
Facts have repeatedly proved that if China is good, the world will be better; if China is good, the cause of the United Nations will have stronger impetus.
Zhang Jun said that 2021 is the 50th anniversary of the restoration of the legal seat of the United Nations by the People’s Republic of China, and China’s cooperation with the United Nations stands at a new historical starting point.
China will continue to hold high the banner of true multilateralism, advocate the common values of all mankind, and firmly maintain the international system with the United Nations as the core, the international order based on international law, and the basic norms of international relations based on the purposes and principles of the United Nations Charter. Support the United Nations in playing a central role in international affairs and work with all parties to write a new chapter in building a community with a shared future for mankind.
From a new starting point, China will continue to perform, take responsibility, and fulfill its responsibilities for maintaining world peace, promoting common development, and responding to global challenges.
Zhang Jun said that we will play the role of a responsible major country, promote political settlement of disputes, dialogue to resolve differences, and make greater contributions to the maintenance of international peace and security.
China supports putting development issues on top of the UN agenda.
China is willing to strengthen the docking of development strategies with all parties through the United Nations platform, coordinate the promotion of economic and social development and ecological environmental protection, and actively respond to climate change, so as to bring together a strong force for the full implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Paris Agreement, and achieve no compromise. The goal of a country, any person falling behind.
China actively responds to Secretary-General Guterres’ initiative and has provided a total of 2 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccine to more than 120 countries and international organizations. It is the country that provides the most vaccines to the outside world.
We will fully implement the global vaccine cooperation initiative, actively promote vaccine upgrades and drug research and development cooperation, take effective measures to bridge the immunization gap, and form an international joint force to respond to future pandemics.
Zhang Jun said that today is the countdown to the opening of the Beijing Winter Olympics.
As the Olympics enters Beijing time, China is ready to present a simple, safe and exciting Olympic event to the world.
The Chinese side warmly welcomes Secretary-General Guterres and friends from all over the world to the Winter Olympics, and together we will look forward to the future.
Guterres officially began his second five-year term on January 1 this year.
He took office as the ninth Secretary-General of the United Nations on January 1, 2017, and was re-elected in June 2021.
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