February 12, 2016

"A Chinese envoy to the United Nations on Thursday stressed the UN Security Council should attach more importance to preventive diplomacy and mediation in solving disputes.

The 15-member UN body should promote the culture of peace, use more political means such as mediation and good offices to address disputes and promote diplomatic solution of crisis and avoid as much as possible resorting to the use or threat of use of sanctions, Liu Jieyi, China's permanent representative to the UN, told a council meeting."

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