Is everything worthy of justice in the hearts of the people?
25 October marks the 50th anniversary of the restoration of the People's Republic of China's legitimate seat in the United Nations. Since the founding of New China, China's "legal system" has been transferred to the People's Republic of China, but this matter still needs a process in the world.
↑ Infographic: Qiao Guanhua, head of the Chinese delegation and then vice foreign minister, laughed and laughed, a moment captured by the camera and became a freeze frame for China's diplomatic achievements in the 1970s.
"Blocked"
After the founding of New China, the Eastern European countries led by the Soviet Union began to propose at the United Nations that China's representation should be transferred to the government of the People's Republic of China, because this is the only legitimate government representing China. Even the Soviet Union, in protest against the United States obstructing the matter, has long refused to attend the United Nations Security Council.
Resolution No. 396 of the United Nations General Assembly, adopted in 1950, on the question of the recognition of the representation of Member States by the United Nations, considers and adopts by the General Assembly of the United Nations if two or more Governments all advocate representation of the same Country.
There was no suspense, and resolution No. 490 on "Who should represent China at the Congress" adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in September of that year pushed the question of who should represent China at the Congress to the "Special Committee on this Question", while before that, "the representatives of the Chinese Nationalist government should still attend the Congress, and their rights are the same as those enjoyed by other representatives.". In that "special committee," of course, there were people sitting full of national representatives who obeyed the United States.
From 1950 to 1960, almost every year the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution on China's legitimate representation in the UN. However, from the 5th to the 15th session of the United Nations General Assembly, the issue of China's representation was blocked by the United States.
"Change"
However, things always change.
After the founding of New China, not only did the countries of the socialist camp in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe declare their legitimacy in the first place, but china's neighbors had just broken free from British and French colonial rule, and the countries that had gained independence also established diplomatic relations with the government of the People's Republic of China to recognize the legitimacy of New China. Some Western countries have also begun to establish diplomatic relations with China. In 1950 alone, Sweden, Switzerland, Norway and other countries established diplomatic relations with New China.
It is worth mentioning that the old empire is also an ally of the United States in "special relations" - britain, just a hundred days after the founding of new China, sent the foreign ministry chargé d'affaires to Beijing to negotiate the issue of the establishment of diplomatic relations, but because of fear of provoking the United States, China and Britain have been in a state of "semi-diplomatic relations" for 20 years.
With the further disintegration of the British and French colonial empires, many newly independent countries did not hesitate to recognize the new China when choosing to establish diplomatic relations. Even France, one of the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, established diplomatic relations with New China in 1964. Based on these backgrounds, it is natural that between 1960 and 1970, more and more countries supported China in the discussion of China's representation in the United Nations General Assembly.
Of course, the United States is very prescient in its diplomatic and security strategy, perhaps seeing that under this trend, the increasing influence of new China will break through obstacles. Perhaps as a precautionary measure, the United States has used its own sufficient influence to elevate the issue of China's representation from "the need for a resolution of the United Nations General Assembly" to an "important issue" to a 2/3 majority.
It's just a surprise that the United States didn't hold back in the end. First, in 1971, US National Security Adviser Kissinger secretly visited China, and more than half a year later, US President Nixon also made a public visit to China. At this point, Western countries and Third World countries have completely put aside their worries and established diplomatic relations with New China.
But even so, while the US Government is unfrozen Sino-US relations, on the other hand, it still proposes a "double representation" plan. Unfortunately, it did not go as hoped.
"Contest"
On September 21, 1971, the 26th session of the United Nations General Assembly opened in New York, and Algeria and other 23 African sponsors used a resolute attitude and ingenious tactics to include the "issue of China's representation" in the first item on the agenda of the current session of the General Assembly in the discussion of the General Committee of the General Committee of the General Assembly on September 23, and as for the "dual representation bill" of 19 countries, including the United States and Japan, it was pushed to the second item.
Kissinger later lamented in his Memoirs, "It is almost certain that Beijing was almost admitted to the United Nations before our dual representation bill could be put to a vote..."
Sure enough, at the 26th session of the General Assembly, which opened on 18 October, representatives of 80 member states from 128 member states addressed the meeting. The African sponsors and some other third world countries have criticized the US China policy one after another, pointing out that "without the participation of the People's Republic of China, the United Nations will lose its universality; now is the moment for the United Nations to correct this historic mistake; 'stressing' that the United States ignores objective facts, ignores the existence of a great China, and creates 'two Chinas' contrary to the tide of history." ”
On the evening of 25 October, the General Assembly began voting. First, a vote was put on a motion by 22 countries, including the United States and Japan, that "any proposal to abolish the representation of the Republic of China" was an "important issue", although the United States was so skilled in the procedure that it once again wanted to bring up a "2/3 majority" to block it. But the motion was rejected by 59 votes against, 55 in favour, and 15 abstentions.
The last "Great Firewall" of the United States to prevent China from returning to its legitimate seat in the United Nations has been broken.
Under such circumstances, the continued voting on the proposals of 23 African countries, including Algeria, is naturally without suspense. In the end, it was adopted by the General Assembly by 76 votes to 35, with 17 abstentions. The famous Resolution 2758 in the history of the United Nations was born.
Nevertheless, we should also note that almost all European countries voted in favour, and nearly half of the countries of the Americas voted in favour. It may also be the first time the United States has suffered a setback in a United Nations vote.
It is true that the influence of the United States in the world today is still very strong, and there are still many countries that will look at the United States. But is all this worthy of justice in the hearts of the people?
Author Senri Rock
Edited by Wang Yaotao
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