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China, the EU and Latin America : current issues and future cooperation
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12 China theEUandLatinAmerica:CurrentIssuesandFutureCooperation withregardtoglobalgovernanceinthe managementof Weltinnenpolitik globaldomesticpolicy .Withrisingstrengthcomerisingresponsibilities but thereverseisalsotrue.WeallhaveaninterestinparticipatinginUNpeace keepingmissionsorfightinginsecurity forexample intheseasaroundthe HornofAfrica.ItisencouragingthatAsianstatesarenow moreoutspokenin theircriticismsofandengagementinsuchsituationsas Myanmar.Chinahas comearoundtotheviewthatallshouldencourageprogresstowardsdemocracy lestitbecomeadangertosecurityandstabilityintheregion. Withregardtothenew Human Rights Council HRC or UN anti corruptionconventions nooneshouldbeallowedto makeadeclamatoryand acclamatorymockeryofwhatwasmeanttobeaconstructivelearningprocessof bestpractices.RecentbadexperiencespointtotheHRCaspossiblyafailing institution.SimilardeplorabletrendswereseenintheThirdCommitteeofthe UNGA andalltooobviousattacksoncountryresolutions.Thereareother moreencouragingexamples however:theEU welcomedtheAssociationof SouthEastAsian Nations ASEAN fortheestablishmentoftheTermsof Referenceforthe new Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights AICHR on20July2009 whichisagoodbasisfromwhichfuturepartnership couldevolve. Also thepeopleoftheworldwillnotunderstandifsomecountriesobstruct progresswithregardtothe UN Conventionagainstcorruption.Corruption distortsthecriteriabywhichpublicpoliciesarechosen andtherebyundermines theefficiency efficacyandtransparencyofthosepolicies.Corruptionisequally perniciousamongindividualcitizens weakeningthebasictrustthatisatthecore of mostconceptions ofrobust highquality democracy.Politicalcorruption mattersmoreindemocraciesthaninotherregimetypesbecauseiterodestwo basicpillarsofdemocraticregimes:theequalityofcitizensandtheopennessof decisionmaking.Butthoughcorruptionexistseverywhere itseffectsaremore dramaticthepooreracountryis.Wemustcooperateonthefullimplementation oftheUNConventionagainstTransnationalOrganizedCrimeandsupplementary protocolsonthefightagainstorganisedcrimeandthe UN Conventionagainst Corruption. Otherareasforcooperationshouldbementioned notasashoppinglistbut becausetheyhaveobviouspotentialfortrilateralormultilateralcooperation. Clearly therehasrecentlybeenatrendawayfrom multilateralsolutionsand agreementsandtheinfluenceoftheEUhasdecreasedasanormsettingpower. ThegeneralcarrotbasedapproachoftheEUasasoftpowershouldalsobe underlined withitsoffersofassistanceandrespectforthesovereigntyof