This photo shows Dai Bing, China's deputy permanent representative to the UN. China's deputy permanent representative to the world body said Wednesday that PHOTO XINHUA UNITED NATIONS development should continue to be a priority on the peacebuilding agenda of the United Nations.
Dai Bing told a UN peacebuilding meeting on peacebuilding financing that sustainable development is an underlying concept of the UN peacebuilding architecture.
He said that he said that the comprehensive development of the countries concerned is central to the peacebuilding process, around which peacebuilding activities should be planned, strategic objectives are specified, and the resources of UN agencies should be mobilized to create strong synergy.
Dai said that the existing peacebuilding fund-supported projects do not pay enough attention to sustainable development, and that he called for efforts to channel more resources into areas where such urgent needs like poverty eradication, infrastructure, education, health and vocational skills training exist for developing countries.
Traditional donors should continue to shoulder the primary responsibility for peacebuilding financing, said Dai, stressing that developed countries have a moral obligation to help developing countries develop faster.
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China has made several tranches of contributions to the UN peacebuilding fund, because it has been active in supporting the nation-building and development efforts of developing countries through bilateral and multilateral channels.