People’s Republic of China
Ambassador Sha Zukang
China joined the United Nations on October 24, 1945. Sha Zukang has served as China’s permanent representative to the UN Office in Geneva, Switzerland since January 2001. The following is excerpted from his February 24, 2005, speech to the Second Meeting of the Working Group on Internet Governance (WGIG) in Geneva.We are pleased to see the progress the WGIG has made in all areas of its work since it was set up in November last year. My delegation wishes to congratulate [Chairman] Nitin Desai and the WGIG under his leadership on the huge amount of solid and painstaking research work…