UN Headquarters, New York City - April 29, 2025 ((UNTV - For news purpose only/No archive/Not for other production use)
1. Meeting in progress
2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Sun Lei, deputy permanent representative of China to United Nations:
"Withdrawing from treaties and organizations is not a solution and multilateral cooperation is the right choice. We should resolutely uphold the purposes and principles of the UN Charter, safeguard the UN-centered international system, defend the international order based on international law, resolve disputes through dialogue, and achieve win-win outcomes through cooperation."
3. Attendees
4. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Sun Lei, deputy permanent representative of China to United Nations:
"By arbitrarily imposing tariffs on over 180 countries, the U.S. infringes upon the legitimate rights of other countries, violates the rules of the World Trade Organization (WTO), undermines the rules-based multilateral trading system, and jeopardizes global economic stability. The international community should stand united in resolutely opposing unilateralism, protectionism and economic bullying, jointly safeguarding the WTO-centered multilateral trading system and rules, and promoting beneficial and inclusive economic globalization."

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5. United Nations headquarters

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6. Buildings; flag of UN
7. UN emblem

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8. Various of WTO headquarters, sign; traffic
9. WTO sign, people walking

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10. WTO sign

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11. Various of White House, U.S. national flag

A Chinese representative speaking at a UN meeting on Tuesday called for upholding multilateralism and criticized the U.S. tariffs for plunging global development into greater uncertainty.

Sun Lei, deputy permanent representative of China to the UN, made the remarks at a high-level special meeting of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Forum on Financing for Development, held at the UN headquarters in New York.

Underscoring that today's world is fraught with changes and turmoil as unilateralism, protectionism, and economic bullying run rampant, the representative said developing countries face funding shortages for development and the efforts to implement the Sustainable Development Goals were severely behind schedule.

Sun stressed that in the face of global challenges, no country can remain unaffected. He called on the international community to uphold the principle of solidarity and win-win cooperation to jointly battle challenges and promote common development.

"Withdrawing from treaties and organizations is not a solution and multilateral cooperation is the right choice. We should resolutely uphold the purposes and principles of the UN Charter, safeguard the UN-centered international system, defend the international order based on international law, resolve disputes through dialogue, and achieve win-win outcomes through cooperation," said Sun.

Making an appeal to resolutely maintain the multilateral trading system, Sun denounced the U.S. government's sweeping tariffs.

"By arbitrarily imposing tariffs on over 180 countries, the U.S. infringes upon the legitimate rights of other countries, violates the rules of the World Trade Organization (WTO), undermines the rules-based multilateral trading system, and jeopardizes global economic stability. The international community should stand united in resolutely opposing unilateralism, protectionism and economic bullying, jointly safeguarding the WTO-centered multilateral trading system and rules, and promoting beneficial and inclusive economic globalization," he said.