Winning broad support in the UN Commission on Human Rights, China Wednesday defeated another US anti-China move at the commission's 57th session in Geneva.
Since 1990, the United States has masterminded nine 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 11 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.
(Xinhua 04/19/2001)
