Promoting the development of global human rights governance towards a more fair, just, reasonable, and inclusive direction | Global | Human Rights
On June 14, President Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory letter to the High-end Forum on Global Human Rights Governance. President Xi Jinping's congratulatory letter triggered a warm response. Foreign guests at the meeting said that in his congratulatory letter, President Xi Jinping put forward China's proposition on the development of international human rights and global human rights governance, and expounded China's vivid practice of implementing the spirit of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action and respecting and protecting human rights. it plays an important guiding and promoting role in promoting China's human rights cause, promoting international human rights cooperation, and promoting the building of a community with a shared future for mankind.
"China has been tirelessly protecting and promoting human rights, achieving remarkable results."
In his congratulatory letter, President Xi Jinping pointed out: "We advocate safeguarding human rights with security, respecting the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all countries, following the path of peaceful development, implementing global security initiatives, and creating a peaceful environment for the realization of human rights; promoting human rights through development, implementing global development initiatives, enhancing the inclusiveness, inclusiveness and sustainability of development, and ensuring the fair enjoyment of human rights by people of all countries with their own unique modernization paths. Promote human rights through cooperation, respect each other, treat each other as equals, implement the global civilization initiative, strengthen exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations, build consensus through dialogue, and jointly promote the development and progress of human rights civilization." Foreign guests said that the series of important initiatives put forward by China are of great significance to promoting global human rights governance.
"President Xi Jinping's emphasis on safeguarding human rights through security, promoting human rights through development, and promoting human rights through cooperation is impressive." Ackerman Karmatovich Saidov, the first deputy speaker of the Legislative Yuan of the Supreme Assembly of Uzbekistan and director of the National Human Rights Center, said: "China has spared no effort to protect and promote human rights and has achieved remarkable results. China is playing an increasingly important and influential role in the international arena. I also very much agree with President Xi Jinping's important thesis that human rights are historical, specific, and realistic. The national conditions of different countries are different, and there are differences in historical culture, social systems, and economic and social development levels. We must and can only proceed from the actual conditions of the country and the needs of the people. Explore a human rights development path that suits you."
"The Global Development Initiative provides an effective path for the international community, especially developing countries, to realize the right to development, which can stimulate the enormous development potential of many developing countries." Frederick Mtesa, Secretary General of the Zambia China Friendship Association, said, "China has achieved the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda poverty reduction goal 10 years ahead of schedule, making the right to development a reality and setting an example for other developing countries." He emphasized that the international community should actively practice the Global Development Initiative, gather global development consensus, enhance global development capabilities, and achieve equal, mutually beneficial, and win-win development. ".
"In a world full of uncertainty, the Global Security Initiative has played an important role in protecting human rights." Krispan Kahlu, a member of the Uganda Human Rights Commission, stated that the Global Security Initiative advocates for the practice of a common, comprehensive, cooperative, and sustainable security concept, which effectively promotes the right of people of all countries to choose development paths that are in line with their own national conditions. Kahlu said, "China not only proposed methods, but also shared experiences. This has made many countries more convinced that it can be achieved through hard work."
"China adheres to the principle of putting the people at the center and truly safeguards human rights"
Foreign guests believe that China's human rights development path is an important embodiment of the socialist path with Chinese characteristics in the field of human rights, enriching and developing human rights civilization, and providing reference for global human rights governance.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Agriculture, Trade and Barbuda Affairs of Antigua and Barbuda, Paul Green, said that during the COVID-19 epidemic, China adhered to the principle of putting people first and putting life first, guarded the health and well-being of the Chinese people, and actively helped the international community to overcome the epidemic, "fully demonstrating that China has adhered to the principle of putting people first and truly guaranteed human rights".
"When I went to remote mountain villages in China and talked to local villagers, I became more aware of what it means to 'get rid of poverty'. Robert Lawrence Kuhn, Chairman of the Kuhn Foundation in the United States, shared his observations and reflections on China's poverty alleviation and human rights protection efforts.". He said, "China regards poverty alleviation as one of the most important tasks and has successfully eliminated absolute poverty. Eliminating poverty reflects respect and protection of human rights."
Kuhn highly praised China's entire process of people's democracy. He said that China focuses on absorbing public opinion through feedback mechanisms, understanding people's views on new policies through surveys, expanding orderly political participation from all levels and fields, strengthening human rights and legal protection, and ensuring that people enjoy broad rights and freedoms in accordance with the law. "Therefore, promoting full process people's democracy is conducive to promoting human rights."
"Helping people from all countries work together to create a better life"
The attending guests believe that China actively promotes the common values of peace, development, fairness, justice, democracy, and freedom for all mankind, promotes the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind, and will make new and greater contributions to the development of the world's human rights cause.
Aslan Abashize, Deputy Director and Reporter of the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, stated that China is concerned about human rights issues and has made significant efforts to promote the implementation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. At the same time, China has been actively engaged in dialogue and cooperation on human rights, promoting a deeper understanding of human rights issues by the international community, and working together with all parties to promote global human rights governance.
"China's initiative to jointly build the the Belt and Road is of great significance to global human rights governance. It is the road to peace, the road to the development of human rights in the true sense, and the road to the eradication of global poverty." Stephen Brauer, director of the Swedish the Belt and Road Institute, believes that the the Belt and Road initiative to jointly build the Belt and Road promotes the countries along the road to strengthen connectivity, achieve mutual benefit and win-win results, and benefit the people of all countries. "This is a very important initiative that advocates a spirit of cooperation that helps people from all countries work together to create a better life."
"The unity of the international community is the key to promoting global human rights governance." The President of the Ivorian National Human Rights Council, Nazata Sangare, believes that no country, no matter how powerful, can solve the global problems facing humanity alone. "Therefore, we must work together, just like today, to cross national borders, establish a long-term vision of actively listening, seeking common ground while reserving differences, promote global human rights governance towards a more fair, just, reasonable and inclusive direction, promote the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind, and jointly build a better world."
