China on Tuesday called on the international community to create conditions for the easing of tension in Syria as exerting pressure through country-specific resolutions is not conducive to resolving differences.

Wang Min, China's deputy permanent representative to the UN, made the remarks after the UN General Assembly Third Committee vote on the draft resolution on the human rights situation in Syria.

"China has always believed that constructive dialogue and cooperation is the only right approach to the promotion and protection of human rights," Wang said in his explanation of vote, "While exerting pressure through country-specific resolutions is not conducive to resolving differences."

China abstained from the vote of the draft resolution, which was adopted with 122 states voting in favor, 13 against, 41 abstained. The resolution "strongly condemns the continued grave and systematic human rights violations by the Syrian authorities."

Stressing that China attaches great importance to the current situation in Syria, Wang said China calls on parties in Syria "to immediately put an end to violence and launch as early as possible the inclusive and balanced political process in order to restore as soon as possible national stability and social order."

China welcomes the mediation plan of the League of Arab States, Wang said. "The international community should play a constructive role in order to create conditions for the easing of tension in Syria," he added.

(Xinhua News Agency November 23, 2011)