The Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation
adopted a declaration here Sunday, calling for increasing
representation of African countries in the United Nations.
The declaration, which was agreed by leaders of China and 48
African leaders, called for the UN reform and other multilateral
international institutions to make them better meet the need of all
members of the international community.
Through the reform, the United Nations should strengthen its
role, give full scope to the function of the UN General Assembly
and pay greater attention to the issue of development, the
declaration said.
"Priority should be given to increasing the representation and
full participation of African countries in the UN Security Council
and other UN agencies," it said.
The leaders also called for enhancing South-South cooperation
and North-South dialogue and urged the World Trade Organization to
resume the Doha Round of negotiations to promote balanced,
coordinated and sustainable development of the global economy,
according to the declaration.
(Xinhua News Agency November 5, 2006)