Uphold the Authority of UNGA Resolution 2758, Defend the One-China Principle
القائم باعمال سفارة الصين بالسودان شو جيان
By Mr. Xu Jian, Chargé d’Affaires of the Chinese Embassy in Sudan
This year marks the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War. It also marks the 80th anniversary of the restoration of Taiwan to China. Taiwan has been part of China’s territory since ancient times. This statement has a sound basis in history. Taiwan’s restoration to China is a victorious outcome of the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, and part and parcel of the U.N.-centered postwar international system and the international law-based postwar international order.
On October 25, 1971, at the 26th session of the U.N. General Assembly, Resolution 2758 was adopted with an overwhelming majority, which “decides to restore all its rights to the People’s Republic of China and to recognize the representatives of its Government as the only legitimate representatives of China to the United Nations, and to expel forthwith the representatives of Chiang Kai-shek from the place where they unlawfully occupy at the United Nations and in all the organizations related to it.” The resolution resolved once and for all the question of the representation of the whole of China, including Taiwan, in the U.N., as a political, legal and procedural issue.
The one-China principle is the premise and foundation for UNGA Resolution 2758, while the resolution solemnly confirms and fully embodies the one-China principle. The core meaning of the one-China principle includes three aspects: there is but one China in the world, the Taiwan region is an inalienable part of China’s territory, and the Government of the People’s Republic of China is the sole legal government representing the whole of China. UNGA Resolution 2758 makes it clear that there is but one China in the world and the Government of the People’s Republic of China is the only legitimate representative of the whole of China, including the Taiwan region. There is no such thing as “two Chinas” or “one China, one Taiwan.” The resolution carries extensive and authoritative legal force, and serves as the authoritative basis for the U.N. and organizations related to it to properly handle the Taiwan question. The adoption of Resolution 2758 had a wide-reaching and profound political impact on the practice of international relations. It effectively made the one-China principle a basic norm of international relations and a prevailing consensus in the international community. The resolution brooks no challenge to its legitimacy, validity, and authority. History cannot be tampered with and facts should not be distorted. Any attempt to challenge UNGA Resolution 2758 or deny the one-China principle, including laboriously peddling the pernicious falsehood of “Taiwan’s status being undetermined” and blatantly spreading fallacies to advance the separatist agenda, constitutes not only a challenge to China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, but also a challenge to the authority of the U.N. as well as the post-World War II international order. Flagrantly reversing the course of history is absurd and highly dangerous.
The one-China principle is the political foundation and the fundamental prerequisite for China to establish and develop diplomatic relations with other countries in the world, including Sudan. Sudan has always abided by the one-China principle and supported UNGA Resolution 2758. It has, on many different occasions, repeatedly voiced its support for China in safeguarding national sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity and its staunch opposition to “Taiwan independence”. China highly appreciates its position. China will forever remember that Sudan was one of the sponsors of the draft UNGA Resolution 2758 and casted a vote in favor of the resolution, showing its valuable support for the restoration of the lawful seat of the PRC in the U.N. and making a historic contribution to the one-China principle.
As strategic partners, China and Sudan have always understood and supported each other on issues related to our respective core interests and major concerns, such as national sovereignty and territorial integrity. China supports Sudan with its efforts to uphold sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity, and opposes any attempts by external forces, in whatever form, to interfere in Sudan’s internal affairs. China will keep working with the Sudanese side to jointly uphold the outcome of the World Anti-Fascist War and the postwar international order, defend the one-China principle and promote the steady and sustained growth of China-Sudan strategic partnership.
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