Guiding the right direction for promoting the development of the international human rights cause -- President Xi Jinping's congratulatory letter to the high-end forum on global human rights governance triggered a warm response to the high-end forum on global human rights governance
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, June 14th. Title: Guiding the right direction for promoting the development of international human rights -- President Xi Jinping's congratulatory letter to the High-end Forum on Global Human Rights Governance aroused enthusiastic responses
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"China is willing to work with the international community to implement the spirit of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, promote global human rights governance towards a more fair, just, reasonable and inclusive direction, and promote the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind, jointly building a better world."
On June 14, President Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory letter to the high-end forum on global human rights governance, which triggered a warm response from Chinese and foreign guests. They said that President Xi Jinping's congratulatory letter put forward China's proposition on the development of international human rights and global human rights governance, and clarified China's vivid practice of implementing the spirit of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action and respecting and protecting human rights, in order to strengthen global human rights governance and promote the development of international human rights. Guide the right direction.
China's human rights cause has achieved remarkable results and has exemplary significance
"China adheres to the supremacy of the people, adheres to the human rights development path that conforms to the trend of the times and suits its own national conditions, and continuously improves the level of human rights protection in the process of advancing Chinese-style modernization, and promotes the free and comprehensive development of people." In his congratulatory letter, President Xi Jinping profoundly expounded the Chinese concept of respecting and protecting human rights.
The attending guests have a deep understanding of this.
Abahize, Vice Chairman and Rapporteur of the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, stated that China has achieved many accomplishments in protecting human rights. For example, in poverty reduction actions, nearly 800 million people in China have been lifted out of poverty, achieving the United Nations 2030 Agenda poverty reduction goal 10 years ahead of schedule, and contributing over 70% to global poverty reduction. "This is not only a major achievement for China, but also represents a major victory for humanity."
William Jones, President of the Washington branch of Global Strategy Information magazine and Senior Foreign Researcher at the Chongyang Institute of Finance at Renmin University of China, said that China's role in protecting the human rights of its citizens is highly commendable. More importantly, China's call to make development a human right has been widely welcomed by the international community.
The attending guests expressed that different countries have different social and political conditions, historical and cultural traditions, and they must and can only explore a human rights development path that is suitable for themselves based on their own actual situation and people's needs. They believe that the remarkable achievements in China's human rights cause, from building a moderately prosperous society in all respects to solidly promoting common prosperity, are precisely due to adhering to the people-centered development concept and paving the way for human rights development with Chinese characteristics. This has demonstrative significance for the vast number of developing countries.
Contributing China's Plan to Strengthen Global Human Rights Governance
"Guarding Human Rights with Security", "Promoting Human Rights with Development" and "Promoting Human Rights with Cooperation"-In the congratulatory letter, President Xi Jinping systematically elaborated on China's ideas and plans for strengthening global human rights governance.
Participants said that the three propositions put forward by President Xi Jinping are based on the implementation of the Global Security Initiative, the Global Development Initiative, and the Global Civilization Initiative, showing a broad global vision and a far-reaching historical perspective.
"These three propositions are highly consistent with the spirit of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, and have been further developed," said Mao Junxiang, Executive Director of the Center for Human Rights Studies at Central South University.
In 1993, the United Nations held the World Conference on Human Rights in Vienna and adopted the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action. The declaration and action plan emphasize the unity of equality and indivisibility of human rights, and the international community should promote effective international cooperation, reflecting the will of developing countries, which account for the vast majority of the world's population. "Equality, cooperation, and development: the 30th anniversary of the adoption of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action and global human rights governance" is the theme of this forum.
The participants spoke highly of a series of groundbreaking new ideas and initiatives put forward by President Xi Jinping, such as building a community with a shared future for mankind and jointly building "Belt and Road Initiative." it is believed that these new ideas and initiatives contribute important Chinese wisdom to the common development of all countries and the promotion of global human rights governance.
Several attending guests took the role of relevant initiatives in promoting global human rights progress as the theme of their speeches at the forum. Speaking of the significance of jointly building the "the Belt and Road" to global human rights governance, Steven Brauer, director of the Swedish "the Belt and Road" Institute, said that this is the road to peace, the real road to human rights development, and the road to eradicating global poverty. Wei Zhenyu, a senior researcher at the Indonesian Center for Strategic and International Studies, said that the Jakarta Bandung high-speed railway will effectively connect cities and rural areas, stimulate the vitality of local economic and social development, and is a vivid practice of China's practical actions to safeguard and promote human rights development.
Hand in hand, jointly promote the development of global human rights cause
"At present, mankind is once again standing at the crossroads of history, and global human rights governance is facing severe challenges." In the congratulatory letter, President Xi Jinping pointed out the realistic background of the current high-end forum on global human rights governance.
"This is a timely and relevant event," said Robert Kuhn, Chairman of the Kuhn Foundation in the United States.
Several attending guests expressed that as the world enters a new period of turbulence and change, multiple uncertainties and individual countries engaging in politicization of human rights in the international human rights field to maintain their political interests and global hegemonic status pose great challenges to the global human rights cause.
Former Swiss military officer and sinologist Peter He stated that despite commitments from various countries to strengthen cooperation and common development, there are still some hegemonic countries that pursue their goals recklessly, disregarding the interests of other countries; Krispan Kahlu, a member of the Uganda Human Rights Commission, said that the world today is full of tension, conflict, manipulation, and uncertainty, with hegemonic practices, methods, and behaviors occupying a prominent position on the global stage.
Participants said that on the 30th anniversary of the adoption of the Vienna Declaration and Program of Action, President Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory letter to the forum, putting forward China's propositions and plans on strengthening global human rights governance, and declaring that China will work with the international community to promote global human rights governance. The positive willingness to develop in a more fair, just, reasonable and inclusive direction has pointed out the direction for promoting the development of international human rights and injected strong spiritual motivation.
"We look forward to meaningful cooperation to promote the establishment of a human civilization based on human rights, dignity, peace, justice, and equality. We sincerely hope that our friendship and unity will bring peace, human rights, social progress, and achieve our common goals," said Ben Tan, advisor to the National Human Rights Commission of Thailand.
