"Why does the UN have no sovereignty? The UN is different from the EU in this respect. The member states do not have to transfer any part of their state sovereignty to this international organization. For this reason, the UN does not have any independent rights. Then where do its rights come from? From the member states. There are currently 192 member states, who arc the bosses of the UN. Among whom, the five permanent members in particular, are the big bosses. It is they, the member states, who determine which institution, including the Secretary General of the United Nations, can act and preside on an issueon behalf of the UN……"這是來自《外交,讓世界走向和諧(英文版)》的節(jié)選部分,《外交,讓世界走向和諧(英文版)》系陳健大使40多年外交生涯的縮影,從不同角度記錄了他的外交經(jīng)歷及見聞,極具現(xiàn)實(shí)及理論意義。
CHAPTER 1 THE UN NEEDS CHINA AND CHINA NEEDS THE UN CHAPTER 2 LOW PROFILE FOREVER CHAPTER 3 CHINA'S CURRENT INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL ENVIRONMENT CHAPTER 4 OPENING SPEECH AT 2012 CHINA MODEL UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE CHAPTER 5 CHINA WILL NEVER BE A SUPERPOWER CHAPTER 6 OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES CHAPTER 7 GIVE CHINA'S DIPLOMACY MORE ELBOW ROOM CHAPTER 8 DIPLOMACY REQUIRES BOTH FIRMNESS AND FLEXIBILITY; FLEXIBILITY IS NOT WEAKNESS CHAPTER 9 WE NEED TO RESOLUTELY DEFEND OUR CORE INTEREST, BUT NOT TO AMPLIFY IT CHAPTER 10 MILD BUT FIRM CHAPTER 11 TRANSPARENCY AND CONFIDENCE CHAPTER 12 INFLUENCE IS ALLOWED, INTERFERENCE IS NOT CHAPTER 13 FOR THE SECURITY OF THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION CHAPTER 14 CHINA'S POLICIES TOWARDS ITS NEIGHBORS CHAPTER 15 THE DEVELOPMENT OF SINO-US RELATIONS CHAPTER 16 BIG POWER RELATIONSHIP CHAPTER 17 REBUILDING CONSENSUS ON R2P AFTERWORD