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China won another victory at the United Nations Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) on Thursday after an anti-China motion proposed by the United States was defeated in Geneva.
With 28 votes for, 16 against and 9 abstentions, the 53-member commission approved the no-action motion tabled by China, thus rejecting the US draft resolution against China before it was put to the vote.
This is China's 11th victory since 1990 over the anti-China attempt by a few Western countries, which have tried to use the human rights issue as a pretext to interfere in China's internal affairs.
The following is a chronology of the failures of the anti-China attempt over the past 14 years.
March 6, 1990: At its 46th session, the commission turned down a resolution proposed by the United States and some other Western countries by a vote of 17-15 with 11 abstentions.
March 4, 1992: The commission adopted at the 48th session a "no-action" motion tabled by Pakistan by 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 put forward by China and decided not to discuss the resolution on the "human rights situation in China" proposed by a few Western nations. Twenty countries voted in favor of China's motion, 16 against and 17 abstained.
March 8, 1995: A resolution on the "human rights situation in China" tabled by the United States and the European Union was turned down by the UNCHR at its 51st session with 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 put forward by China, by a vote of 22-17 with 14 abstentions, throwing away a resolution on "the human rights situation in China" tabled by the United States.
April 18, 2000: The anti-China attempt by the United States was foiled as the 56th session of the UN Human Rights Commission adopted a "no-action" motion proposed by China. The vote was 22 in favor, 18 against and 12 abstentions.
April 18, 2001: With 23 votes for, 17 against and 12 abstentions, the commission's 57th session voted in favor of the Chinese "no-action" motion and thus rejected the US draft resolution against China before it was put to the vote.
(Xinhua News Agency April 16, 2004)
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