DATE=3/14/2000
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
TITLE=U-S CHINA - HUMAN RIGHTS  (L-ONLY)
NUMBER=2-260154
BYLINE=STEPHANIE MANN
DATELINE=BEIJING
INTERNET=YES
CONTENT=
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INTRO:  China is demanding the United States stop its 
plan to introduce a resolution criticizing China at 
the U-N Human Rights Commission in Geneva. V-O-A 
Correspondent Stephanie Mann reports from Beijing. 


TEXT:  Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Sun Yuxi 
says the U-S decision to introduce an anti-China 
resolution at the Human Rights Commission is wrong.

At the regular Foreign Ministry Briefing, Mr. Sun said 
the United States should stop interfering in China's 
internal affairs on the pretext of human rights.  

Nearly every year for the past decade at the annual 
Human Rights Commission meeting in Geneva, the U-S 
government has sponsored a draft resolution censuring 
China for its human rights record.  Each time, the 
measure has either been blocked from being presented 
or been defeated in a vote. 

Speaking through a translator, Mr. Sun said practice 
has shown that most countries in the Human Rights 
Commission support China.

            // SUN / TRANSLATOR ACT //

Facts have proved and will continue to prove that if 
the U-S side is bent on having its way it will only 
once again meet with failure. 

            // END ACT //

The U-S sponsored resolution on China is expected to 
come before the Human Rights Commission next week and 
is not expected to be approved.  

            // REST OPTIONAL //

The Foreign Ministry spokesman also criticized the U-S 
Senate for a recent resolution calling for a national 
day honoring Tibet.  Mr. Sun said the Senate 
resolution distorts history and slanders the Chinese 
government.  He said the U-S government has long 
recognized Tibet as part of China, and said China 
demands the U-S Senate abide by that commitment. 

The People's Republic of China has governed Tibet 
since the 1950's.  Chinese troops put down a Tibetan 
uprising in 1959, when Tibet's spiritual leader the 
Dalai Lama fled to India, where he presides over a 
Tibetan government in exile. (Signed)

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Source: Voice of America
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