by William M. Reilly
UNITED NATIONS chris paul shoes australia , Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- Russia and the United States agreed late Thursday on a U.N. Security Council draft resolution to eliminate chemical weapons from Syria.
Ambassadors Mark Lyall Grant of Britain, Vitaly Churkin of Russia and Samantha Power of the United States emerged from a nearly 90-minute late evening closed-door session of all 15 council members to say they expected the draft resolution to be approved as early as later on Friday.
The Security Council breakthrough came after nearly two weeks of fast-moving diplomatic developments, involving Russia and the United States.
However they said action was still needed by the executive board of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), to which Syria only joined last week.
The tentative agreement worked out Thursday night "is something that is giving good support for the work which will need to be taken by the Syrians, by the OPCW, by the United Nations cheap lebron james shoes australia , by all the interested parties which will be contributing to this process," Churkin said.
"We were also able to include in this draft, endorsement of the Geneva Communique of June 30, 2012," he said, "For a variety of reasons after that communique was adopted lebron james shoes australia for sale , the Security Council was not able to endorse it in a resolution. Now we have succeeded in doing that."
The Russian envoy also said the draft calls for "convening as soon as possible an international conference on Syria, Geneva II, and the work on that track is continuing very actively as well."
"We hope the (Council's draft) resolution will be adopted soon, maybe even tomorrow (Friday) night," he said, "It will depend on a decision of the executive board of the OPCW" on whether it will be able "to adopt its decision on this matter by the time we could convene tomorrow night to have (the council) resolution adopted."
The U.N. Secretariat later announced consultations had been scheduled for Friday on "The Situation in the Middle East lebron james shoes australia ," which would cover the Syria chemical weapons question.
Chen Xiwen, director of the Office of Central Rural Work Leading Group, speaks at a forum at Fudan University. — Photo courtesy of Li GuohuiFudan University
MONEY is driving people from farms and villages to cities in massive numbers in search of work.
But rural Chinese who stay behind amid the country’s biggest economic migration in history aren’t necessarily financially worse off. According to renowned agricultural expert and economist Chen Xiwen, the average net annual income of rural Chinese has increased to 12,336 yuan (US$1,858) last year from 2 cheap kobe bryant shoes australia ,220 yuan in 2003.
Even if we factor in inflation and across-the-board labor cost increases, this income growth is still impressive.
Chen, director of the Office of Central Rural Work Leading Group, says the growth figures are a big solace, but that should not lull us into complacency, for Chinese agriculture is facing major challenges.
During a recent talk at a forum hosted by Fudan University kobe bryant shoes australia for sale , Chen cited earlier remarks by President Xi Jinping in arguing that the main challenge to Chinese agriculture is no longer the scarcity of provision; instead, it is the “structural conflict” observed in the demand-supply equation of certain types of grains. For example, domestic demand for soya beans has remained brisk, yet supply has been caught in a spiral of decline.
To meet demand, a large quantity of beans has to be imported. Chen says that last year alone, China imported about 84 million tons of soya beans kobe bryant shoes australia , accounting for roughly two thirds of global supply.
By contrast, China’s domestic soya bean output totaled only 12 million tons. So China depends on the world for nearly 90 percent of its soya beans, Chen notes.
Another illustration of the “structural conflict” is the growing corn inventory. Although the corn output last year — about 225 million tons — topped that of the two other staple grains, wheat and rice, most of it ended up in warehouses. Foreign-produced corn had to be imported to meet demand, says Chen.
Many things are to blame for this “structural conflict kevin durant shoes australia ,” but Chen believes that they invariably come down to the same conclusion: the quality and competitiveness of Chinese produce and agricultural production as a whole leaves much to be desired.
And this is a thorny issue that must be addressed if further agricultural development is expected, he adds.
In response to some observers’ proposals that China import more agricultural products instead of producing more at a higher cost, Chen says this sounds plausible but will prove problematic.
Over the past 10 years, the global annual grain exports have hovered around 350 million tons, which converted to the Chinese unit of measurement jin equals 700 billion jin. This fell far short of China’s annual demand of 1,300 billion jin of grains.
Chen said even if China’s massive foreign exchange reserves can fund imports www.cheapbasketballaustralia.com , demand still outstrips supply. Moreover, unrestricted importing could have negative political implications.
An increase in China’s demand will inevitably disrupt the established order of global grain trade, contributing to higher prices. In this scenario, the world will again be rife with conspiracy theorists blaming China’s “gluttony” for some countries’ food woes, Chen warns.
Political discretion
Another problem with the proposal of buying a bulk of grain is that China as a WTO member has the legal right to restrict the inflow of foreign agricultural products beyond the grain import quota granted by the WTO. Usually this is done by imposing a punitively high tariff, around 65 percent cheap nike basketball shoes australia , if new imports exceed the quota. For amounts within the quota, the tariff is just 1 percent.
Those who support increasing grain imports must realize that this could be
done only by voluntarily waiving China’s import quota or renegotiating
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