简介:Since2016,theUnitedKingdomhaschangeditspreviousstanceofnottakingsidesintheSouthChinaSeaissue,andstartedtopressureChinainhighprofile.Severalseniorofficials,includingtheprimeminister,havevoicedtheiropinionsonSouthChinaSeadisputesandthefreedomofnavigation,demandingChinaabidebytheawardoftheso-calledSouthChinaSeaarbitration.In2018,theUKsuccessivelydeployedthreewarshipstotheAsia-Pacificregion,withtheHMSAlbionevensailingintotheterritorialwatersofChina’sXishaIslands(ParacelIslands)withoutpriorpermissiononAugust31,makingittheonlycountrybesidestheUnitedStatesthatconductsfreedomofnavigationoperations(FONOPs)tochallengeChina’slegalregimeandclaimofterritorialwaters.TheseactionsindicateashiftoftheUK’sSouthChinaSeapolicy.
简介:今年以来,西方国家对利比亚的连日空袭和西方驻科特迪瓦维和部队直接参与科国内的战斗,开创了联合国在处理主权国家内部事务问题两个危险的先例。这为霸权主义和强权政治欺压发展中国家尤其是弱小国家开了新的绿灯,将对国际安全与和平和联合国成员国的主权带来严重威胁和后果。为了制止和遏制这种严重违反《联合国宪章》和安理会决议的行径,联合国和国际社会应立即行动起来,一是对《宪章》的有关条款作出明确的定义;二是建立具有法律效力的独立监督机制,审议和监督安理会决议的执行情况;三是安理会立即召开会议审议1973号决议执行情况,提出政治解决利比亚问题的方案。