Beijing Declaration on jointly building an all-weather China-Africa community with a shared future for the new era – Letter from the Permanent Representative of China to the UN Secretary-General (A/79/379)

22 September 2024

Letter dated 22 September 2024 from the Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General

I have the honour to transmit herewith the Beijing Declaration on Jointly Building an All-Weather China-Africa Community with a Shared Future for the New Era (see annex),* which was adopted at the 2024 Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation.

I should be grateful if the present letter and its annex could be circulated as a document of the General Assembly, under agenda items 22, 23 (b), 25 and 65.

(Signed) Fu Cong
Permanent Representative and
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People’s Republic of China to the United Nations

Annex to the letter dated 22 September 2024 from the Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General

Beijing Declaration on Jointly Building an All-Weather China-Africa Community with a Shared Future for the New Era

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22. We are gravely concerned about the serious humanitarian disaster in the Gaza Strip caused by the current Palestinian-Israeli conflict and its negative impact on global security, and call for earnest implementation of the relevant resolutions of the U.N. Security Council and the U.N. General Assembly and immediate ceasefire and end of the fighting. China commends Africa’s important role in working for an end to the conflict in Gaza, including efforts to reach a cessation of hostilities, realize release of hostages and increase the provision and distribution of humanitarian aid. Africa commends China’s great efforts in supporting the just cause of the Palestinian people. We reiterate the crucial importance of achieving a comprehensive settlement on the basis of the two-State solution, and support the establishment of an independent State of Palestine that enjoys full sovereignty based on the 1967 borders and with East Jerusalem as its capital, based on which Israel and Palestine can live side by side in peace. We call for supporting UNRWA in upholding its mandate to avert the humanitarian, political and security risks that would result from any interruption or suspension of its work.

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