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China told assembled world leaders Thursday that it considers itself part of the Global South, saying it identifies with the goals and challenges of less-developed nations and offering them an ...
The U.N. Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group will examine China's human rights record in a meeting in Geneva. China is one of 14 states to be reviewed by the UPR ...
The review at the U.N. in Geneva is the first since the global body's top rights official released a report in 2022 saying the detention of Uyghurs and other Muslims in China's Xinjiang region may ...
In United Nations bodies, China argues for a way of looking at the concept of universal human rights that differs from the Western view. [31] China's view is that a focus on political rights and values is a too narrow view of human rights, and should instead focus on economic outcomes, material well-being of people, and national sovereignty. [31]
The United Nations General Assembly Resolution 2758, also known as the Resolution on Admitting Peking, [1] was passed in response to the United Nations General Assembly Resolution 1668 that required any change in China's representation in the UN be determined by a two-thirds vote referring to Article 18 [2] of the UN Charter.
China was a founding member of the UN in 1945, members the Chinese delegation were involved in drafting of the Charter of the United Nations. [1] China was granted a seat in the security council of the United Nations with veto powers with the support of Franklin D. Roosevelt the President of the United States. [2]
China and Russia argue that the Geneva-based U.N. Human Rights Council is the appropriate venue for discussions on human rights. China, Russia fail to stop UN meeting on North Korea rights abuses ...
On June 19 United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights stated that the UN will closely monitor China's national security law and its impact on Hong Kong's human rights, as no one outside of the Beijing Standing Committee has seen details of the law, she stressed that the law must be clear in scope and definition. [70]