Humanity has experienced many pains caused by wars in history, especially after the industrial revolution, science and technology developed rapidly and wars continued to escalate. The most painful thing is that the two world wars, especially the second one, swept the world and pa

Humanity has experienced many pains caused by wars in history, especially after the industrial revolution, science and technology developed rapidly and wars continued to escalate. The most painful thing is that the two world wars, especially the second one, swept the world and paid a heavy price, and finally waited for the hard-won peace.

Humankind has reflected and realized that war is not the only way to solve problems. For the sake of long-term peace, dispute resolution has turned to negotiation and exchange, and the United Nations has emerged as the times require, playing an important role in maintaining peace and security.

The United Nations is an international organization headquartered in New York, USA. It includes all internationally recognized sovereign states and has five permanent members: China, the United States, Britain, France and Russia.

The United Nations is committed to global peace and security. It is also full of respect for some people who have made progress for global peace. When these people pass away, they will observe a moment of silence with lowering the flag at half-mast to express their memory.

Since the establishment of the United Nations, the flag has been flown at half-mast seventeen times, and China has six times, affirming their contribution to global peace and development, and expressing condolences for their departure.

Which six times are they?

The People's Good Prime Minister Zhou Enlai

Zhou Enlai joined the Communist Party in 1921. As an important member of the first generation of central leadership, after the war and the founding of New China, he served as Prime Minister of the Government Affairs Council and Prime Minister of the State Council for 26 years, doing his best to build New China. Died in Beijing on January 8, 1976.

The United Nations lowered its flag at half-mast to show respect. United Nations Secretary-General Waldheim delivered a one-minute speech. Zhou Enlai was also the first person in the United Nations to lower the flag at half-mast for our country.

Commander-in-Chief Zhu De

Zhu De, the first-generation leader of the Communist Party of China, experienced hundreds of battles. He successively served as Commander-in-Chief of the Chinese Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army, Commander-in-Chief of the Eighth Route Army, and Commander-in-Chief of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army. He is one of the few military leaders in modern China. Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, despite his advanced age, he has actively participated in military modernization and trained many military talents. Later he was elected as Vice Chairman of the Central Committee, organized many meetings of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, and did a lot of fruitful work. Mao Zedong praised it as "the glory of the people". Died on July 6, 1976 in the background. In response to Zhu De's death, the United Nations lowered its flag for three days.

The great leader Mao Zedong

Mao Zedong can be said to be the founder of New China. He saved the country from danger and led the Communist Party of China to join forces with the Kuomintang to defeat Little Japan. During the civil war, he launched three major battles and pushed the Kuomintang to Taiwan in one fell swoop. On October 1, 1945, Chairman Mao stood on the Tiananmen Square and shouted: "The People's Republic of China has been founded." China ushered in a new era. He can be said to be the most outstanding figure in modern China. On September 9, 1976, Mao Zedong passed away in the background.

Flags at the United Nations headquarters were flown at half-mast that day in mourning, and United Nations Secretary-General Waldheim spoke in praise of his achievements. Leaders or representatives from 105 countries visited the Chinese embassy to express condolences, and flags from 53 countries were flown at half-mast.

Female role modelSong Qingling

followed Sun Yat-sen when he was young and revolutionized for nearly seventy years. During the anti-Japanese war, he actively promoted the cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, and served as an executive member of the National Federation for National Salvation, inspiring more people to participate in anti-Japanese activities. He also launched the "Defense China Alliance" in Hong Kong, dedicated to wartime medical relief and children Welfare work, collecting medical equipment, medicines, cash and other relief supplies from all over the world.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Soong Ching Ling has been responsible for a large number of state affairs for a long time and devoted a lot of energy to the culture, education, health and welfare of women and children. She was elected as a director of the World Peace Council, and has been devoted to the cause of world peace ever since. . On May 29, 1981, Soong Ching Ling died of illness in her residence in Beijing. The United Nations lowered its flag at half-mast in mourning.

Deng Xiaoping, mentor of reform and opening up

Deng Xiaoping devoted himself to the revolution in his early days and participated in the Anti-Japanese War and the Civil War. After Chairman Mao's death, he held high the banner of economic construction, followed the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics, implemented reform and opening up, and implemented one country, two systems, which changed the Chinese economy. He was twice elected as "Person of the Year" by Time Magazine.He died in Beijing on February 19, 1997 at the age of 93. The United Nations flags flew at half-mast in mourning.

People's Martyr Du Zhaoyu

Du Zhaoyu was born in Jinan. He was only 34 years old when he died. He served as secretary to the military attache at the Chinese Embassy in India, and was later sent to Lebanon as a United Nations military observer for China. During this period, Israel bombed an observation post of the United Nations peacekeeping force in Lebanon in southern Lebanon, killing four people, and Du Zhaoyu was among them. The next day, the United Nations Headquarters held a mourning ceremony with flags lowered at half-mast for the peacekeepers who died in the line of duty in Lebanon.

In short, the United Nations lowered the flag at half-mast for China six times. This is a tribute and a condolence. It is the United Nations’ greatest affirmation of its merits.