China’s UN envoy stresses importance of defending UN Charter

TREE NEWS update: China’s deputy permanent representative to the UN, Sun Lei, said on the 23rd at the UN General Assembly’s Sixth Committee that the UN Charter is the solid foundation of contemporary international law and has the highest effect within the international legal system. Speaking under the agenda item on the report of the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization, he stressed the importance of defending the Charter, calling it the fundamental basis for handling international relations.