As a founding member of the United Nations in 1945 and as one of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, China has made unremitting efforts to strengthen the United Nation’s role in safeguarding international peace and promoting the development of the world. In April, at the meeting of UN Economic and Social Council, China was re-elected a member of UN Commission on Human Rights with the most votes in the Asian group and with a tenure that will last until 2005. China successfully opposed a proposal by a few countries for the so-called “Taiwan representation in the United Nations” as a serious violation of the purpose and principles of the UN Charter, an infringement of China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity and an interference in China’s internal affairs. In regard to the problem of Iraq, China urged the seeking of a political solution within the framework of the UN as a way of stabilizing both the international and regional situation. In November 2002, during the tenure of China as the chair of the Security Council, the Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution No. 1441, thereby upholding the authority of the UN.

Chinese Foreign Affairs Websites in English

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/eng/index.html

Some Chinese Government Websites in Foreign Countries:

Consulate General of the People’s Republic of China in Sydney, Australia

Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Brussels, Belgium

Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Ottawa, Canada 

Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Helsinki, Finland

Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Paris, France (in French)

Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Berlin, Germany (in German)

Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in London, Great Britain and North-ern Ireland

Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Reykjavik, Iceland

Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Jakarta, Indonesia

Chinese Economic and Commercial Counselor’s Office in Vilnius, Lithuania

Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Moscow, Russian Federation

Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Singapore

Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Stockholm, Sweden

Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Berne, Switzerland

Consulate General of the People’s Republic of China in Houston, United States of America

Consulate General of the People’s Republic of China in Los Angeles, United States of America

Consulate General of the People’s Republic of China in New York, United States of America

Consulate General of the People’s Republic of China in San Francisco, United States of America

Embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Washington, United States of America

Economic and Commercial Counselor’s Office

Permanent Mission of the People’s Republic of China to the United Nations in Geneva

Permanent Mission of the People’s Republic of China to the United Nations in New York