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UN Headquarters, New York City - March 4, 2026 (UNTV - For news purpose only/No archive/Not for other production use)
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3. SOUNDBITE (English) Fu Cong, China's permanent representative to UN:
"We must firmly reject selective approaches and double standards and eliminate the breeding ground for terrorism by reducing conflicts and poverty and by respecting the diversity of civilizations."

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China's envoy to the United Nations (UN) Fu Cong on Wednesday urged the international community to reject selective counter-terrorism measures and double standards, warning that terrorism's links with conflict, crime, inequality, and emerging technologies pose a grave threat to global peace and security.

Speaking at a UN briefing, Fu said that over the past two decades the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy has played a pivotal role in preventing and combating terrorism, strengthening member states' counter-terrorism capacity, and enhancing international cooperation. But he cautioned that progress has been undermined by the uneven application of counter-terrorism principles, adding that such selective approaches weaken global unity and credibility in the fight against terrorism.

Fu noted that terrorism today is increasingly intertwined with armed conflict, transnational organized crime, social inequality, and the misuse of emerging technologies, interlocking challenges that continue to cast a long shadow over international peace and security.

"We must firmly reject selective approaches and double standards and eliminate the breeding ground for terrorism by reducing conflicts and poverty and by respecting the diversity of civilizations," said Fu.

He stressed that the ninth review of the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy should serve as an opportunity to close these gaps, deepen cooperation, and build greater unity against terrorism, while firmly opposing selective approaches and double standards.