According to Xinhua News Agency, UN Secretary-General António Guterres announced on the 25th that Li Junhua, a senior Chinese diplomat, was appointed as the deputy secretary-general of the United Nations in charge of economic and social affairs.
According to a statement issued by the Office of the Spokesman for the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Li Junhua will succeed Liu Zhenmin, also from China.
The Chinese ambassador to Italy took over
Li Junhua, male, born in August 1962, master of international public policy. He joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1985 and is currently the Chinese Ambassador to Italy and San Marino, having previously served as Director General of the International Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Chinese Ambassador to Myanmar, and Minister Counsellor for Political Affairs at the Permanent Mission of China to the United Nations.
Li Junhua data map
The statement from the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General of the United Nations said that Li Junhua will put forward views and visions on promoting multilateral economic and social cooperation, and he is committed to working with all parties to further implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and committed to serving Member States. Previously, he contributed to several meetings of the Un Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, the UN General Assembly and the Security Council, as well as other multilateral meetings such as the G20, APEC, ASEM, and BRICS.
Mr. Li's successor, Mr. Liu, was appointed Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations in June 2007 by Guterres, also in charge of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs.
According to the official curriculum vitae, Liu Zhenmin has worked in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China since 1982, served as Director General of the Department of Treaty and Law of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs, Permanent Representative to the United Nations Office at Geneva and other international organizations in Switzerland, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary; He has been Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs since 2013.
Chinese Under-Secretaries-General of the United Nations
Since China regained its legitimate seat in the United Nations in 1972, in addition to Li Junhua, who had just been appointed, nine Chinese diplomats have served as Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, in order:
Tang Mingzhao, the first Chinese to serve as Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, a native of Enping, Guangdong, was responsible for political affairs and decolonization (1972-1979);
Bi Jilong, Yizheng, Jiangsu, was responsible for technical cooperation and development (1979-1985);
Xie Qimei, a native of Wujin, Jiangsu, was responsible for technical cooperation and development (1985-1991);
Ji Chaozhu, a native of Fenyang, Shanxi, was responsible for technical cooperation and development (1991-1995);
Jin Yongjian, a native of Kunshan, Jiangsu Province, was responsible for the United Nations Department of Development, Funding and Management (1996-2001);
Jian Chen, a native of Shanghai, is in charge of the United Nations General Assembly and Conference Services Management Department (2001-2007);
Sha Zukang, a native of Yixing, Jiangsu Province, was in charge of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (2007-2012);
Wu Hongbo, a native of Tai'an, Shandong, is in charge of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (2012-2017);
Liu Zhenmin, a native of Lan County, Shanxi, is in charge of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (2017-2022).
The first Chinese Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations was Tang Mingzhao. Born in 1910, he moved with his family to San Francisco, Guangdong Province, and then returned to China to complete secondary school and was admitted to the Department of Political Science of Tsinghua University. After the September 18 Incident in 1931, Tang Mingzhao joined the Communist Party of China. Because of his excellent work, in 1932 he was appointed director of the Organization Department of the Beiping Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China. In 1933, he went to the United States to study. During his time in the United States, Tang Mingzhao had the opportunity to contact the lives of the lowest people in American society, co-founded the famous "American Overseas Chinese Daily", served as the first president, and served as the secretary of the China Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the United States. After the outbreak of the Korean War in 1950, in order to avoid the persecution of McCarthyism, Tang Mingzhao took his wife and daughter through various dangers and twists and turns, and secretly returned to the motherland. After returning to China, he worked in the diplomatic field for a long time.
In April 1972, tang Mingzhao was nominated by the Chinese government to be the deputy secretary-general of the United Nations, responsible for political affairs, decolonization and trust territory work. Since then, as the first Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations in New China, he has fully displayed his unique diplomatic talents in the international arena and made outstanding contributions.
During his tenure at the United Nations, Tang Mingzhao was paid an annual salary by the United Nations and accumulated more than $260,000 during his nearly 8 years in office. That was astronomical in the 1970s. When he left office and returned to China, he did not hesitate to hand over all these savings to the state, fully demonstrating the high style and honor of a communist who was honest and honest in performing official duties.
Sha Zukang infographic
Sha Zukang is probably the most well-known of China's former deputy secretaries-general. Sha Zukang was born in September 1947 in Yixing, Jiangsu Province, and graduated from the Department of Foreign Languages of Nanjing University. After graduating from university in 1970, Sha Zukang was assigned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He was sent to study in the United Kingdom in October 1971 and was recalled to Japan in 1973. From 1995 to 1998, Sha Zukang served as Deputy Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations Office at Geneva and other international organizations in Switzerland, and As Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary for Disarmament Affairs. He later served as Director General of the Department of Arms Control of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 2001, he was appointed Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations Office at Geneva and other international organizations in Switzerland, ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary.
On 9 February 2007, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced the appointment of Sha Zukang, Permanent Mission of China to the United Nations Office at Geneva and other international organizations in Switzerland, as Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs.
In China's diplomatic circles, Sha Zukang should be regarded as an "alternative", he loves to read martial arts novels, dare to say and dare to do, but also represents China's chivalrous spirit among the nations to speak out. He said: "Since I was a child, I have advocated upholding justice and eliminating violence and peace. As a diplomat of China, as a diplomat of a great power, at least justice should be done. Many people call Sha Zukang "General Sha" because his mouth can be better than a thousand troops and horses. As a diplomat who is good at multilateral negotiations, he has represented China in important international negotiations such as multilateral disarmament negotiations and World Trade Organization negotiations on many occasions, and has been praised by the outside world as China's "three diplomatic treasures" with Tang Jiaxuan and Li Zhaoxing.
"Quotations from Saudi Diplomacy"
- "We suggest that the United States look in the mirror itself. Although China is not rich, it is willing to provide the United States with a mirror for free. If you are interested, you can take a look at the 2003 White Paper on the State of Human Rights in the United States that we will be distributing. But I would like to advise everyone not to read it before bedtime, because it will make you have nightmares. Sha Zukang thus countered the us-submitted report on the right to Chinese
- "The United States had better shut up on the issue of military spending!" — Diplomat Sha Zukang ignored "diplomatic etiquette" and said "shutup!" "The words are amazing.
- "I am indeed from a peasant background, I smell the countryside, I speak with the humor of a farmer, I speak more frankly and directly, and I don't like to bend and turn. At the same time, I have the wisdom that farmers have given me. I think farmers are the most simple and industrious, loving their land and loving their hometown. I am a diplomat of the peasants, and I love my homeland. Sha Zukang often referred to himself as a peasant diplomat
What is the position of Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations?
The Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations is an international civil servant who serves the United Nations and can no longer represent the interests of any country. In accordance with the practice of the United Nations, people from the five permanent members of the Security Council cannot serve as Secretary-General of the United Nations, but can serve as Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations. Among the Under-Secretaries-General of the United Nations, there is one position in the permanent five countries, and the under-secretaries-general of the five permanent countries have developed an unwritten division of labour over the years. For example, the deputy secretary-general for general affairs is generally American, and political and security affairs is usually held by Russian (formerly Soviet) officials.
The United Nations has a Deputy Secretary-General, who is responsible for various areas, including internal management, political affairs, peacekeeping, economic and social affairs, disarmament affairs, humanitarian affairs, etc. The Under-Secretary-General has lower powers than the Deputy Secretary-General, most of whom are appointed by the General Assembly on the basis of the Secretary-General's nomination. With the exception of the Under-Secretary-General who holds the position of Observer for Internal Oversight Services, who report directly to the General Assembly, all Under-Secretaries-General are accountable to the Assembly through the Secretary-General. When the Secretary-General of the United Nations leaves office, the Under-Secretary-General will resign, but the heads of some permanent bodies may remain.
Source: Xinhua News Agency, People's Daily, China Business Daily, China News Network, Oriental Weekly