The flag flew at half-mast , a heavy and great mourning. In our country's flag law , it is expressly stipulated that when any national citizen who has made outstanding contributions to China, as well as our country's national leader, dies, a flag-lowering ceremony will be held at half-mast to mourn for them.
This method of silence has formed an unspoken cooperation around the world. Many countries in the world will commemorate the dead through this centuries-old ceremony.
The flag is a kind of cohesion of faith. The seemingly simple way of lowering the flag at half-mast brings strong spiritual power.
The flag slowly rose to the top, and then dropped by a third. It slowly fell like a glorious sun, like a sad ending. The United Nations As an important international organization, it has a high status and has special significance. When some major events and special leaders pass away, the United Nations will also lower the flag at its headquarters to express condolences and respect.
The United Nations has been held six times since its establishment, for China.
The great Chinese leaders actually asked the United Nations to lower the flag to mourn our country several times. This is a kind of affirmation and respect for China. After experiencing a long period of darkness, China finally stood on the world stage as Sunday and played a decisive role. status.
How many leaders have the United Nations lowered their flags for? How great and noble are they?
No. 1: Premier Zhou
After experiencing a long and painful world war in 1945, the United Nations was formally established for the sake of world peace and stability.
After our country restored its legal seat in the United Nations in 1971, our country has been playing an important role and finally let the world see our strength.
The first leader whose flag was flown at half-mast by the United Nations was the great Premier Zhou Enlai.
After the death of Premier Zhou Enlai, the United Nations decided to fly the flag at half-mast for a week to express condolences. As a member of the United Nations, China should enjoy this treatment. The United Nations stipulates that when the head of state or government of a member state dies, it must be held at the New York headquarters and Flags at the Geneva office were flown at half-mast for a day to express condolences.
Premier Zhou is an important national leader of our country. For a long time since the founding of New China, Premier Zhou has played an important role in diplomacy. In diplomatic activities with the United Nations, Premier Zhou has made great contributions. He took great pains to attend diplomatic events and deliver speeches.
Before my country resumed its legal seat in the United Nations, Premier Zhou worked day and night on this. He personally participated in and implemented many major diplomatic decisions.
Premier Zhou is a good prime minister. This is an indisputable fact in the hearts of every Chinese. He is also respected internationally. His words, deeds, and demeanor have always been praised by others.
Premier Zhou's death caused a huge impact and reached a level that attracted worldwide attention.
After receiving the news, the United Nations immediately decided to fly the flag at half-mast for Premier Zhou for seven days. This shows the importance the United Nations attaches to Premier Zhou and its deep sorrow for his passing. However, some representatives of member states expressed opposition to this decision.
Peres Peres, the then-Secretary of the United Nations, was very indignant about this. He said: Which country in the world has a prime minister who only has one wife for his entire life?
Which country's prime minister is loved by the people throughout his life and does not have a single penny in private deposits in foreign banks? This is obvious to all. How can anyone refute all these qualities of Premier Zhou? In the end, those member states that opposed lowering flags to half-mast in mourning for Premier Zhou finally settled down.
On January 8, 1976, Premier Zhou passed away in Beijing. Hundreds of thousands of people Ten Mile Long Street shed tears to see him off. On the 9th, the United Nations lowered its flag to bid farewell to this great man.
In fact, before this, many prime ministers had not had such a ceremony after their death, which was part of the reason for the opposition.
Before the ceremony of lowering the flag at half-mast at the United Nations, the Secretary-General delivered a very short speech, but the words were sonorous and full of power: In order to mourn Zhou Enlai, the United Nations lowered the flag at half-mast. This is my decision for three reasons;
First, China is a civilization The ancient country has countless gold and silver treasures, and uses more renminbi than we can count. But her Premier Zhou didn’t have a penny in savings!
Second, China has a population of 1 billion, accounting for a quarter of the world's population, but its Premier Zhou does not have a child!
Thirdly, China is a big country with a vast land, abundant resources and a large population, but Premier Zhou did not leave ashes after his death, but scattered them in the mountains, rivers and seas of his motherland.
From now on, if the head of any of your countries can do one of these things, the headquarters will still fly the flag at half-mast for him on the day of his death.
The great Premier Zhou dedicated his life to the motherland and the vast soil of China. He was not only respected and loved by the whole country, but also admired by people all over the world.
Second place: Commander-in-Chief Zhu
It was also 1976. In the same year, China’s second important founding leader passed away. He was our great Commander-in-Chief Zhu Zhu De.
Commander-in-Chief Zhu is the founding father of China, the commander-in-chief of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, a great revolutionary, and one of the important founders of New China.
Commander-in-Chief Zhu has been fighting for the cause of the Chinese revolution all his life. He has fought countless battles, and every step he takes is also every step China has taken.
This person who has been at the forefront for the liberation and development of our country has spent his whole life moving towards his wish, which is also the common wish of all leaders of New China.
Commander-in-Chief Zhu has always had a heavy workload. It was the development stage of New China at that time, and everything needed to be done by himself. He forgot to eat and sleep every day, copywriting was so exhausted that his body was about to collapse. Doctors repeatedly I tried to dissuade him and asked him to take a rest and reduce his working hours appropriately, but Commander-in-Chief Zhu refused.
When Premier Zhou passed away, Commander-in-Chief Zhu had just been discharged from the hospital. The employees were afraid that he would be hit by the news, so they decided to wait until Commander-in-Chief Zhu became more stable to tell him. But in the evening of the same day, he saw Premier Zhou on the news on TV. The news of his death, perhaps he also sensed that his old comrade was gone.
The death of Premier Zhou made Commander-in-Chief Zhu extremely sad. The elderly man shed tears for many days.
After experiencing grief, he quickly cheered up. Now Zhu De is 90 years old. Our founding father and great national leader still has not "retired". Because of the death of Premier Zhou, he has taken on more With his official duties, this old man continues to steadily carry the heavy responsibility of the country with his shoulders that are no longer solid.
Such hard work finally made him unable to hold on any longer, and he lost to illness and old age. More than six months after the death of Premier Zhou, Commander-in-Chief Zhu also passed away.
How sad and great, these leaders who have worked hard for the great rejuvenation of New China without any regrets, what kind of respect and gratitude can explain their great achievements.
He left us on July 6, 1976. The United Nations received the news and once again held a mourning ceremony with flags lowered at half-mast for China and this noble Chinese leader from July 8 to 11, because their great spirit is rare in the world. Yes, no matter which country, they will be moved by such a figure.
Third place: Chairman Mao
It was 1976 again. In this sad year, after the deaths of Premier Zhou and Commander-in-Chief Zhu, the United Nations once again lowered the flag to mourn the Chinese leader. In the same year, the flag was lowered three times for China. It was really It is surprising, but for the Chinese people, the death of these three leaders is more and more sad each time.
On September 9, 1976, one of the greatest people in the history of New China passed away. He was our Chairman Mao.
Without Chairman Mao, there would be no New China. This is aptly said.Like many of the founding leaders of the country, Chairman Mao burned his own life to create a fertile soil for the motherland.
In his later years, Chairman Mao's physical condition was very poor. The hard days in the past left him with many root causes of illness, and Chairman Mao never took a serious rest due to work reasons.
As time went by, Chairman Mao was gradually eroded by the disease, but even so, he was unwilling to give up his work. The country was in dire need, and he looked forward to the moment when China would become completely powerful.
Unfortunately, at 0:10 on September 9, Chairman Mao passed away, and the whole country was cast in a gloomy tone.
During this year, one leader after another passed away. They led China into a new chapter but left themselves in the old time. How sincerely they were eager to go further on the road of building a new China. A few steps, a little extra effort.
Chairman Mao's death caused a sensation in the world. All countries that have good relations with China held national flag-lowering mourning ceremonies for him. Chinese embassies in various countries also spontaneously gathered a large number of people to mourn Chairman Mao. At that time, the United Nations was convening the Third United Nations Law of the Sea Conference. When they received the news of Chairman Mao's death, they immediately suspended the meeting. The
meeting was suspended, and then a special meeting was held to commemorate Chairman Mao. Chairman Mao's death triggered an unprecedented mourning ceremony. He was the belief and pride of the Chinese people, and he was also a great man who deserved more respect.
On this day, not only the Chinese people mourned for Chairman Mao, but also many countries, important figures and organizations in the world expressed their sincere condolences for Chairman Mao.
The fourth place: Soong Ching Ling
The flag was flown at half-mast for China three times a year. This is a special attention. China has finally stood in its own place.
The fourth person to lower the flag of the United Nations after 1976 is a bit special. She is the only Chinese woman to ask the United Nations to lower the flag of her own initiative. She is Soong Ching Ling.
Ms. Soong Ching Ling, known as the "Mother of the Nation", was a great patriot and a pioneer warrior of communism. She is the wife of Mr. Sun Yat-sen, and together with Mr. Sun Yat-sen, she has made great contributions to China.
Ms. Soong Ching Ling is a female representative of the new era. Although she was born in a feudal and decadent era, she learned a lot of Chinese and foreign knowledge and is a female representative who has progressed both in thought and moral character.
After Mr. Sun Yat-sen passed away, Ms. Soong Ching Ling chose to continue his career and carry forward Mr. Sun Yat-sen's spirit. She had been persecuted, suppressed, and had fled abroad, but she had never been defeated. The word "give up" will never be lost. It won't be in her dictionary.
She is a woman, but she has accomplished such remarkable achievements. It is precisely for this reason that in an era when men and women were not fully equal, the United Nations took the initiative to lower its flag in mourning for this Chinese woman.
In her lifelong revolutionary career, from the liberation of China to world peace to the establishment of foundations for women and children, whether it was a grand cause or ordinary care, these were the goals Soong Ching Ling devoted herself to. She was indeed like a mother, She is trying her best to build a peaceful and beautiful world bit by bit. Along the way, she has been giving and striving for it.
Our "Mother of the Nation", Ms. Soong Ching Ling, passed away at 8:18 pm on May 29, 1981 at the age of 88. After the United Nations learned of the news, it took the initiative to hold flags at half-mast for half a day of silence in her honor.
Ms. Soong Ching Ling is the pride of women in New China. She inspired Chinese female compatriots and the Chinese people.
Ms. Soong Ching Ling is worthy of praise. She is like many great women in the world. They have a common symbol, which is selflessness and strength, and beautiful qualities that are as numerous and bright as stars.
The fifth place: Comrade Deng Xiaoping
The fifth place for the United Nations to lower its flag in mourning is Comrade Deng Xiaoping, another great figure in our country. As the designer and leader of the economic development of New China, Deng Xiaoping made achievements that surprised the world. China's The economy developed rapidly under his leadership, and one problem after another was perfectly solved. His name is always connected with the economy.
"Time" magazine said of Comrade Deng Xiaoping, "He changed the country and also changed the world."
Comrade Deng Xiaoping is the core leadership of the second generation of the Communist Party. He promoted reform and opening up , proposed " one country, two systems ", and implemented decisions The special economic zone idea implements a number of plans in line with socialist economic development. In just a dozen years, our country has undergone earth-shaking changes, and its economy has grown at an astounding rate.
He was a great politician, diplomat, and military strategist... He had many titles, but he was very humble and peaceful. As the leader of China's development path, Comrade Deng Xiaoping is well-known in China and the world. He and his The story is a miracle.
Comrade Deng Xiaoping's career is reflected in all aspects, because he will not let go of any problem in China's development.
The Sixth Special Session of the United Nations was the first meeting of Chinese representatives after their legitimate rights and interests were restored. At that time, Premier Zhou was seriously ill and unable to attend. At this time, Comrade Deng Xiaoping took over the important task. He participated in this important meeting as the Chinese representative and A speech was delivered at the meeting. This speech was the first formal dialogue between China and the world after its legal seats were restored.
Comrade Deng Xiaoping made this speech on behalf of China. He clarified China's position and determination, and showed the world China's ideas.
There was thunderous applause after the speech, and the effect was outstanding. He left a deep impression on the representatives of the United Nations member states.
This great political figure died in 1997. He ended his life due to illness at the age of 93. Comrade Deng Xiaoping has experienced old age and decline, but no one has ever forgotten him, because he is the founder of the country, and today's rapid development and advanced economy are all due to his leadership.
After the United Nations learned of the death of this great leader, it held a flag-lowering ceremony for him the next day. The contribution of this outstanding politician, rare in the world's political arena, was astonishing.
No. 6: Du Zhaoyu
This is the last Chinese to lower the flag of the United Nations in mourning so far, but unlike the above five, few people know his deeds. He respects him, but in fact many people don’t know much about him. , he is neither the leader of our country nor a great revolutionary, he is the youngest one here.
This hero was just 34 years old when he died. He was in his prime. His name was Du Zhaoyu.
As time goes by, many people may have forgotten him. We often say that heroes live in our hearts, but those great heroes who are not in textbooks, have no anniversaries, and no holidays to commemorate, will they all be forgotten? , and forgetting is real death.
Du Zhaoyu once worked in the Chinese Embassy in India and was later dispatched to the United Nations as a military observer.
06 Israel is invading Lebanon and robbing resources. As a pacifist, our country sympathizes with Lebanon and provides assistance to them for various reasons. Du Zhaoyu, as a military observer, was sent to Lebanon to monitor Israel. Invasion activities prevent transhumanitarian attacks.
But the despicable Israel dropped the artillery shell directly, hitting the house where the four military observers were. After the huge bombardment, all four military observers including Du Zhaoyu died heroically.
This cruel provocation has made our country furious. This is contempt for China. Comrade Du Zhaoyu's sacrifice aroused our anger.
Israel’s attitude towards the United Nations and China makes us realize that only by becoming stronger can these thugs be afraid, and only by becoming stronger can there be real peace.Du Zhaoyu's sacrifice has once again shown us the horror of war. Our country will never tolerate Israel's evil deeds.
Comrade Du Zhaoyu died, and the United Nations lowered the flag at half-mast in mourning for him. However, this time's condolences were not the kind of reverence for a great man, but more of regret. He was a hero who made great contributions to international peace. Contribution, he was a warrior and a father. There was a two-year-old child at home when he died.
This time the flag of the United Nations is lowered to half-mast in mourning, not only for Comrade Du Zhaoyu, he represents the many people who died in the cruel war.
Summary
No one dares to recall how many ups and downs our country has gone through along the way. But fortunately, the leadership of the Communist Party and the company of the great president and leaders have made it possible. Because of them, the clouds and fog that blocked China finally dispersed, and the world On the map, China is so eye-catching. These great people brought us to the world and finally made the world take notice.
What a small country we were once. That’s why the leaders who led China to success are so great. The six flag-lowering ceremonies of the United Nations have demonstrated China’s strength and status. We have won respect by ourselves. These great leaders Leaders gain endless admiration for their great achievements.
