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China calls for complete int'l legal regime on counter-terrorism

(Xinhua)    08:24, October 08, 2013
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UNITED NATIONS, Oct. 7 -- China on Monday called for a complete international legal regime in the fight against terrorism, stressing counter-terrorism activities must strictly comply with the recognized international law.

Wang Min, China's deputy permanent representative to the UN, made the statement when he was addressing a meeting of the Sixth Committee of the UN General Assembly on measures to eliminate international terrorism.

He said the Chinese government attaches great importance to and supports the drafting of a comprehensive convention on international terrorism. "We hope that parties will work in a cooperative and constructive spirit in order to conclude the negotiations as soon as possible so as to build a complete international legal regime on counter-terrorism."

"Counter-terrorism activities must strictly comply with the recognized international law, including the UN Charter," he said.

The envoy noted that counter-terrorism endeavors should be led by the United Nations.

"We call for comprehensive and balanced implementation of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy and a balanced approach to advance the four pillars of the Strategy," he said. "We hope that the UN Counter-Terrorism Center will play an effective role in counter-terrorism capacity building and assistance."

In recent years, although the international community has deepened cooperation in combating terrorism and has achieved good results, the terror threat is far from being eliminated and the fight against terrorism continues to be an arduous and complex task, he said.

Stressing that terrorism is an international scourge and a common enemy of mankind, he said that only a joint response by both states and the international community can effectively deal with it.

(Editor:YaoChun、Liang Jun)

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