(250620) -- UNITED NATIONS, June 20, 2025 (Xinhua) -- Fu Cong (C, front), China's permanent representative to the United Nations, speaks during a Security Council open debate on poverty, underdevelopment and conflict at the UN headquarters in New York on June 19, 2025. China's permanent representative to the United Nations on Thursday stressed the need to address the root causes of conflict from a development perspective.
Poverty and underdevelopment are the major root causes of conflict. Many hot-spot issues remain long unresolved and require comprehensive solutions, Fu said. (Xinhua/Xie E)
