Addressing the Leader’s Summit on Refugees, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has revealed Chinese plans to spend an additional 300-million USA dollars over the next three years.
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At The Economic Club of New York, Premier Li told an influential audience that the Chinese economy and Beijing’s markets reforms are on track. He explained that China is analyzing new measures to support and considers reserving a portion of the China-UN peace and development fund to bolster developing nations in their efforts to address the issue of refugees and migrants.
China announced the creation of the $1 billion fund last year to support the work of the United Nations over the next 10 years. The issue of refugees and migrants is a humanitarian crisis that tests human consciousness, he said.
Li arrived in NY with his wife, Cheng Hong, on Sunday afternoon, marking his first visit to United Nations headquarters as premier.
Opening the daylong session, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged world leaders to commit to “upholding the rights and dignity of everyone forced by circumstance to flee their homes in search of a better life”.
CRI’s Luo Laiming has more from the UN General Assembly. China was one of the founding members of the worldwide organization, but until 1971 its seat was held, with help from the United States and its allies, by authorities of China’s island of Taiwan.
During his four day stay, he will be outlining China’s stance on major issues such as worldwide peace and order, global governance, peace, development and other critical issues when the UN General Assembly does its general debate.
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While noting that relations between the two countries are going smoothly, Key said New Zealand highly values relations with China, and is willing to boost cooperation with China in areas including economy and trade, and judicial affairs and law enforcement so as to make further progress in promoting bilateral relations.
