UNITED NATIONS - China called for renewed efforts to break the impasse of the Conference on Disarmament (CD) given differences remained among concerned parties, a Chinese envoy to the United Nations said here on Wednesday.

"Since the beginning of this year, parties have displayed positive intention and constructive approach to advance the work of the CD. However, differences still remain to be bridged," said Wang Min, deputy permanent representative of the Chinese Mission to the UN, when addressing a follow-up meeting to the high-level meeting on the issue of disarmament.

To revitalizing the work of the CD and push forward multilateral disarmament negotiations, the authority of the CD must be respected and maintained, said Wang. "As the single multilateral disarmament negotiating forum, the Conference on Disarmament is irreplaceable by any other international mechanism."

Wang also noted that the legitimate security concerns of member states should be fully respected and appropriately addressed both at the time of launching negotiations and during the negotiating process.

"It is for this very purpose that we engage in serious negotiations on multilateral arms control treaties and it is also the necessary precondition for universal support for and compliance to such treaties," he told the meeting.

In the face of deadlock and difficulties, CD member states should use political wisdom and fully mobilize diplomatic creativity to keep the momentum of launching the Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty (FMCT) negotiations and spare no efforts in seeking workable ways to push the CD to carry out substantive work on issues related to the FMCT, Wang said.

The ambassador expressed his hope that all sides respect each other's legitimate security concerns, continue dialogue and consultations in a serious, equal, open and transparent manner with a view to reaching agreement on the program of work of the CD as early as possible so that substantive work on various items can be started.

"China is willing to work with others and redouble efforts to promote the healthy development of the cause of multilateral arms control and disarmament and to maintain world peace and security," he added.