China doesn't fear US anti-China motion on human rights

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China doesn't fear US anti-China motion on human rights

China is not in fear of the United States introducing an anti-China motion at the 60th sessionof the UN Commission on Human Rights, said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Kong Quan Tuesday.

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China is not in fear of the United States introducing an anti-China motion at the 60th sessionof the UN Commission on Human Rights, said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Kong Quan Tuesday.

Kong said at the regular press conference that China cannot understand why the United States would decide on making an anti-China motion on human rights.

China has improved its human rights situation in recent years and China published Tuesday a white paper titled "Progress in China's Human Rights Cause in 2003" to help the international community toward a better understanding of the human rights situation in China.

Kong said the white paper points out achievements as well as shortcomings in China's human rights fields, noting that China will continue to try to help its citizens enjoy better human rights.

Kong said all countries should calmly exchange different opinions on the basis of equality, so as to promote the development of the international human rights cause.

Kong said China has entered more than 20 international conventions on human rights, including two major conventions, the "International Convention on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)" and "International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR)".

China has put forward its report on implementing the ICESCR to the United Nations, said Kong, adding that China's State Council has established a working group to speed up ratifying the ICCPR.

China to confer on human rights with UK, Germany and Australia

China will hold a new round of human rights talks with Britain, Germany and Australia, Foreign Ministry spokesman Kong Quan said at a regular press conference Tuesday.

Kong said the Chinese government always maintained that human rights dialogues should be based on equality and mutual respect, so that different countries can narrow their differences, enlarge consensus, learn from each other and achieve progress. In recent years, he added, China has carried out wide-ranging dialogues and communication on human rights, which gained fruitful results.

China, after consultations with other parties, will hold the 11th human rights dialogues with Britain in London on May 13-14, and the fourth dialogues with Germany in Berlin from 24 to 28 the same month. China will also hold the eighth dialogues on human rights with Australia in July, noted Kong.

Moreover, Kong said, the Evaluation Mission of the United Nations High Commissioner's Office on Human Rights is also invited to visit China from May 17 to 25.

China is willing to join hands with all parties concerned to achieve positive results, the spokesman said.

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