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No Bill Mentions China at UNCHR Session This Year

There will be no bill cerncerning China's human rights situation at the session of the UN Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) this year, since no submitted bill conerning human rights by the deadline, 16 p.m. Wednesday (Greenwich Time), has mentioned China, announced spokesman for UNCHR Wednesday.

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There will be no bill cerncerning China's human rights situation at the session of the UN Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) this year, announced spokesman for UNCHR Wednesday.

The spokesman said that no submitted bill conerning human rights by the deadline, 16 p.m. Wednesday (Greenwich Time), has mentioned China, according to a report by China News Service.

The United States was degraded as an observer of UNCHR last year, the first time since 1947.

China urges UNCHR to abandon double standard

Only by abandoning the double standard and restoring the principle of equality can the Commission on Human Rights keep its objectivity and fairness, said Chinese Ambassador Sha Zukang on Monday at the 58th Session ofUNCHR.

He said the UNCHR should have been a forum for countries to exchange views and hold dialogues in the field of human rights on an equal footing and explore ways to improve human rights situations in all countries.

"Unfortunately it has been turned into a battlefield for ideological confrontations," said Sha.

He pointed out that as everybody can see, in recent years, almost all country-specific resolutions adopted are targeted against developing countries.

This has left people with a false impression that human rights problems are the "patent" of developing countries while developed countries are impeccable, he said.

"The statements made by some developed countries in this hall are full of high-sounding words, but what they have done is quite another story," he added.

Great achievements made by Chinese government

The Chinese ambassador to the UN Office in Geneva also gave an account of the great achievements made by the Chinese government in the field of human rights.

In China, a developing country with a population of 1.3 billion, "the enjoyment of all human rights for all of our people is at the highest level ever attained in its history," Sha said.

"In the past year, the Chinese government kept up its efforts to develop the economy. The government is also open and active in promoting international exchanges and cooperation in the field of human rights," he added.

He reiterated "we welcome all well-intentioned cooperation and assistance in our endeavor. At the same time, we stand firmly against any vicious slandering and defamation."

Participants at the ongoing session of the UNCHR, which started on March 18 and will end on April 26, are now discussing the issue of human rights violation and fundamental freedoms in any part of the world.

Failures of US anti-China resolutions

Since 1990, the United States has masterminded ten resolutions against China over human rights conditions in China at the UN human rights commission. However, all the attempts failed.

The following is a chronicle of major events over the past 12 years.

-- March 6, 1990, the commission, at its 46th session, turned down a resolution proposed by the United States and a handful of other Western countries, with a vote of 17- 15 and 11 abstentions.

-- March 4, 1992, the UN commission adopted at the 48th session a "no-action" motion tabled by Pakistan with a vote of 27-15 with 11 abstentions, deciding not to take action on the "China/Tibet situation" resolution cooked up by a few Western countries.

-- March 10, 1993, at its 49th session, the commission, by a vote of 22-17 with 12 abstentions, decided not to consider a resolution on the "the human rights situation in China" put forward by the United States and several other Western countries.

-- March 9, 1994, the commission at its 50th session adopted a "no-action" motion forwarded by China and decided not to discuss the resolution on the so-called "human rights situation in China" proposed by a few Western nations, foiling their attempt to put pressure on China under the pretext of human rights. Twenty countries voted in favor of China's motion, 16 voted against and 17 abstained.

-- March 8, 1995, a resolution on the so-called "human rights situation in China" tabled by the United States and the European Union was turned down by the UN human rights commission at its 51st session by a vote of 21 against, 20 in favor and 12 abstentions.

-- April 23, 1996, at its 52nd session, the commission dismissed the resolution on "the human rights situation in China" advanced by the European Union and seconded by the United States, with a vote of 27-20 with six abstentions.

-- April 15, 1997, the 53rd session of the commission decided not to consider the resolution on "the human rights situation in China" put forth by the United States, Denmark and some other Western countries, by a vote of 27-17 with nine abstentions.

-- April 23, 1999, the commission adopted a no-action motion at its 55th session forwarded by China with a vote of 22-17 and 14 abstentions, throwing away a resolution on "the human rights situation in China" brought forward by the United States

-- April 18, 2000, China foiled the anti-China attempt by the United States as the 56th session of the UN human rights adopted a no-action motion proposed by China 22-18 with 12 abstentions.

-- April 18, 2001, China foiled the anti-China attempt by the United States as the 57th session of the UN human rights adopted a no-action motion proposed by China 23-17 with 12 abstentions.

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