U.N. 's Goals in China

Objective 11: "Support the implementation of the consensus of the UN conventions and conferences by the Government and civil soceity"

The UN will assist China meet global challenges by furthering the implementation of agreements, treaties and protocols under relevant UN conferences, with special focus on rights-based initiatives and environment.

China has endorsed and ratified many important UN conventions and resolutions, and has also agreed to the final documents of almost all of the UN Summits of the 90s. The Chinese Government has also attached great importance to the implementation of these documents and adopted relevant national plans of action. However, there is a big difference in capacity between urban and rural areas; between the Eastern and Western regions; and among different levels of the Government. The achievement of convention goals is still uneven in China: the Eastern region has already achieved many of the goals in the health and education sectors while the situation is falling behind in the Western region. Furthermore, globalisation increasingly affects China as its economy and trade is rapidly being integrated into the world economy and markets. Globalisation may not only have impacts on the economy but will also have repercussions on China’s culture and traditions, society’s norms and values, on regional development and urbanisation.

Promote national adoption of international conventions and advocate for global priorities - The UN expects to take an important role in strengthening China’s capacities to meet these challenges and societal changes and assist China to explore ways in which to facilitate the adoption of these new values and goals at all levels of the government. UN will provide assistance to integrate the UN conventions and the international consensus into China’s domestic legal documents and national plans of actions through official ratification. Monitoring capacity will be strengthened to help China develop indicators and national reporting systems to chart its progress in this regard. Annex E carries the status of signature/ratification of relevant international conventions, protocols and treaties by China. In addition, an important task under this objective will be to assist China through the funding mechanisms of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and Montreal Protocol (MP) so that China will be able to meet global environmental targets.