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Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Wang Guangya said Tuesday in Kuala Lumpur that international conflicts should be resolved through peaceful means in line with the principles enshrined in the UN Charter.
"All countries should foster a new security concept featuring mutual trust, mutual benefit, equality and coordination and fully respect the diversity of world civilizations," he said.
"It is imperative to promote democracy in international relations," Wang said at the 13th summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM).
He put forward the following suggestions to "work toward a new international political and economic order that is fair and rational":
To respect the sovereignty, territorial integrity and political independence of all countries;
To work towards stability and development of the developing countries;
To ensure a full play of UN's important role in international affairs, and
To safeguard the solidarity of the developing countries.
"The affairs of each and every country should be left to its own people to decide," Wang said. "World affairs should be handled by all countries through consultation under the principle of equality."
He added that global challenges should be tackled through international cooperation and coordination and that all countries, big or small, strong or weak, rich or poor, should respect, consult and help one another.
Stressing the importance of ensuring stability and development of developing countries, Wang said development should be the top priority of governments of all developing nations in their efforts to govern and build up their countries.
"The south countries should seek to strengthen themselves through greater solidarity, and they should complement each other and deepen mutual cooperation," he said.
On the UN role, "it is our common responsibility and is in everyone's vital interests to strengthen its role, safeguard its authority, increase its efficiency and promote its reform."
He criticized attempt to pursue unilateralism in international relations, abandon efforts for political solution and resort at will to the use or threat of force. This, he said, "contravenes the UN charter and goes against the historical trends."
"The developing nations must continue to work closely together in the spirit of solidarity and cooperation and raise their voice and strengthen their position in international affairs if they are to secure their fundamental interests," he noted.
(People’s Daily February 26, 2003)
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