AdvertisementUS-China relationsChinaDiplomacyBreaking | China’s Wang Yi calls for global governance reform amid global turbulence
The foreign minister delivers a speech at the Munich Security Conference, historically a platform for Beijing to signal global ambitions
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Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Saturday called for global governance to be reformed amid global turbulence.
“We should reform and improve global governance, to set the shift of history of a private course in reforming and improving global governance. The priority is to revitalise the UN system,” he said. “The founding of the UN is an important outcome of the victory of the world anti-fascist war.”
Wang made the comments during a speech at the Munich Security Conference, which has typically served as a platform for Beijing to convey calibrated messages about its global ambitions.
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He said the UN founding was a historic choice made by previous generations after paying for reflection on past agonies, and it was the peace endeavour that nations had invested their greatest efforts in.
“The UN is not perfect in its current form, but it remains the most universal and authoritative international position in the world on the UN platform, every country, regardless of its size or wealth, has a voice and a sacred vote as well as its due obligations and equal rights,” Wang said.
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Wang said that without the UN the world would revert to the law of the jungle where the strong preyed on the weak and many medium and small-sized countries would lose the multilateral foundation that was critical to their survival and development.
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