Reuters AlertNet Full site
Homepage | Newsdesk | NGO Latest | Crisis briefings | Country profiles | MediaWatch | Jobs | Alerting | Login

NEWSDESK

UN boss, after China riots, defends right to protest
06 Jul 2009 10:57:09 GMT
 Source: Reuters
GENEVA, July 6 (Reuters) - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, asked about rioting in China in which at least 140 people are reported killed, urged governments on Monday to respect their people's right to protest.

Ban said the position of the United Nations and his own were "consistent and clear" wherever violence emerges.

"All the differences of opinion, whether domestic or international, must be resolved peacefully through dialogue," Ban told a news conference in Geneva when he was asked about the rioting in the capital of China's northwestern region of Xinjiang.

"Governments concerned also must exercise extreme care and take necessary measures to protect the life and safety of civilian populations, and their citizens and also protect the properties and the freedoms of speech, assembly and information," he said.

"This is the basic principle of democracy. That's what I am urging again to all the countries of the world." (Reporting by Stephanie Nebehay; Editing by Richard Balmforth)


AlertNet news is provided by
Email this article       Send comments

NGO latest

•  IFRC warns against the growing burden of epidemics
IFRC - Switzerland

•  Caritas welcomes breakthrough on climate change in Scotland
Caritas Internationalis

•  Children at risk in disasters still being ignored, says report
Plan UK

•  Shift the trafficking spotlight away from sex
World Vision - Asia Pacific

•  Photo Book Raising Awareness of Child Labour to be Presented in Brussels, Geneva, New York
World Vision - USA

MORE >>

Latest news

•  UN boss, after China riots, defends right to protest

•  Recession adds 6 pct to ranks of global poor-UN

•  U.N. chief urges credible elections in Myanmar

•  FACTBOX-China's restive Xinjiang region

•  China says 140 dead in Xinjiang riot,blames separatists

MORE >>

AlertNet news is provided by

Background information

Facts & figures
China Switzerland

Related articles

Breaking stories
 UN boss, after China riots, defends right to protest (1 minute ago)

Recession adds 6 pct to ranks of global poor-UN (1 minute ago)

AlertNet insight
 Did China quake open door to foreign aid groups? (1 minute ago)

Aid agency news feed
 IFRC warns against the growing burden of epidemics (1 minute ago)

Blogs
 Climate talks need a dose of top-level political will (1 minute ago)

Maps
 Tropical storm Nangka (1 minute ago)


Del.icio.us Del.icio.us  |   Digg Digg  |   NewsVine NewsVine  |   Reddit Reddit   
Thumb for /thefacts/imagerepository/RTRPICT/2009-07-06T104947Z_01_PEK14_RTRIDSP_2_CHINA-XINJIANG_mainimage.jpg|/thenews/pictures/PEK14.htm
Thumb for /thefacts/imagerepository/RTRPICT/2009-07-06T104928Z_01_PEK15_RTRIDSP_2_CHINA-XINJIANG_mainimage.jpg|/thenews/pictures/PEK15.htm
Thumb for /thefacts/imagerepository/RTRPICT/2009-07-06T103713Z_01_NIR03_RTRIDSP_2_CHINA-XINJIANG_mainimage.jpg|/thenews/pictures/NIR03.htm
Thumb for /thefacts/imagerepository/RTRPICT/2009-07-06T102832Z_01_NIR02_RTRIDSP_2_CHINA-XINJIANG_mainimage.jpg|/thenews/pictures/NIR02.htm
Thumb for /thefacts/imagerepository/RTRPICT/2009-07-06T102729Z_01_NIR01_RTRIDSP_2_CHINA-XINJIANG_mainimage.jpg|/thenews/pictures/NIR01.htm

A woman jumps out of a bus as demonstrators break the bus windows in Urumqi, Xinjiang Autonomous Region, China July 6, 2009. China calls ethnic unrest that killed 140 in China's ...


More pictures | Galleries
Disclaimers |  Copyright |  Privacy |  Contact Us |  Feedback |  About Us |  RSS XML

Last updated:Mon Jul 6 10:57:54 2009