The Lawful Rights of the People's Republic Restored in the UN

China was one of the initiators and founding states of the United Nations, and one of the five permanent member countries of the UN Security Council. After the People's Republic of China was founded on October 1, 1949, Zhou Enlai telegraphed UN Secretary-General Trygve Halvdan Lie (1896-1968) and General Assembly President Carlos Pena Romulo (1899-1985) on November 15 and stated that the delegates of the "nationalist government" could no longer represent China, and that the Central People's Government of the PRC was the sole, legal representative of all the Chinese people. He requested that the UN immediately abolish all the rights of the delegates from Taiwan to represent the Chinese people in the UN. But due to US obstruction, China's lawful seat in the UN had long been held by the KMT authorities who had fled to Taiwan Island.

As the PRC's international prestige continued to grow, starting from the 16th UNGA in 1961, an increasing number of countries began to call for the restoration of China's lawful seat in the UN. The 26th UNGA, held on October 25, 1971, passed Resolution 2758 to restore the PRC's legitimate seat in the UN: 76 votes for, 35 votes against and 17 abstentions. The representatives of the Chiang Kai-shek regime were immediately expelled from the UN and all its subordinate organizations. On the 29th, the Chinese government announced that it would dispatch representatives to the UN.

On November 15, 1971, the PRC delegation headed by Qiao Guanhua (1913-1983) and Huang Hua (1913-2010) attended the 26th UNGA, and Qiao made a speech on behalf of the Chinese government.

The restoration of China's legitimate seat in the UN marked the collapse of foreign powers' hostility toward, isolation and obstruction of the new Chinese government. It was a major victory for China on the diplomatic front.

聯(lián)合國(guó)大會(huì)恢復(fù)中華人民共和國(guó)合法權(quán)利

中國(guó)是聯(lián)合國(guó)組織的發(fā)起國(guó)和創(chuàng)始國(guó)之一，也是聯(lián)合國(guó)安全理事會(huì)的五個(gè)常任理事國(guó)之一。1949年10月1日，中華人民共和國(guó)宣告成立。11月15日，周恩來(lái)分別致電聯(lián)合國(guó)組織秘書長(zhǎng)賴伊和聯(lián)合國(guó)大會(huì)主席羅慕洛，聲明中國(guó)國(guó)民政府代表團(tuán)已無(wú)法代表中國(guó)，只有中華人民共和國(guó)中央人民政府才是代表中國(guó)全體人民的唯一合法代表，要求聯(lián)合國(guó)立即取消臺(tái)灣代表團(tuán)繼續(xù)代表中國(guó)人民參加聯(lián)合國(guó)的一切權(quán)利。但是，由于美國(guó)的長(zhǎng)期阻撓和破壞，中國(guó)在聯(lián)合國(guó)的合法席位一直被敗逃到臺(tái)灣的國(guó)民黨當(dāng)局所占據(jù)。

隨著中華人民共和國(guó)國(guó)際威望的日益提高，自1961年第十六屆聯(lián)合國(guó)大會(huì)起，要求恢復(fù)中國(guó)在聯(lián)合國(guó)合法席位的國(guó)家越來(lái)越多。1971年10月25日，第二十六屆聯(lián)合國(guó)大會(huì)以76票贊成、35票反對(duì)、17票棄權(quán)的壓倒性多數(shù)，通過(guò)2758號(hào)決議，恢復(fù)中華人民共和國(guó)在聯(lián)合國(guó)的一切合法權(quán)利，并立即把臺(tái)灣蔣介石集團(tuán)的代表從聯(lián)合國(guó)組織及其所屬一切機(jī)構(gòu)中驅(qū)逐出去。10月29日，中國(guó)政府宣布派代表參加聯(lián)合國(guó)的工作。1971年11月15日，以喬冠華、黃華為正副團(tuán)長(zhǎng)的中華人民共和國(guó)代表團(tuán)出席第26屆聯(lián)大會(huì)議，喬冠華代表中國(guó)政府發(fā)言。

中國(guó)在聯(lián)合國(guó)和安理會(huì)的合法席位的恢復(fù)，是超級(jí)大國(guó)敵視、孤立和封鎖新中國(guó)政策的破產(chǎn)，是中國(guó)在外交戰(zhàn)線上取得的一個(gè)重大勝利。