Xinhua Times Commentary | The much-awaited initiative of our times - one of a series of comments on the significance of the establishment of the International Day for Dialogue among Civilizations

Release time:Jun 11, 2024 06:33 AM

Beijing, June 10 (Xinhua) -- The long-awaited initiative of the times: One of a series of comments on the contemporary significance of establishing the International Day for Dialogue among Civilizations

Recently, the 78th UN General Assembly unanimously adopted the resolution proposed by China to establish the International Day for Dialogue among Civilizations, and established June 10 as the International Day for Dialogue among Civilizations. At a time when multiple crises and challenges are intertwined and the world is entering a new period of turbulence and change, the establishment of the International Day for Dialogue among Civilizations has pushed the world to focus on the issue of dialogue among civilizations and promoted exchanges and harmonious coexistence among different civilizations. It is timely and popularly welcomed.

Looking around the world today, human society has once again reached the crossroads of history. As geopolitical conflicts heat up and regional conflicts arise one after another, peace deficits, security deficits, development deficits, and governance deficits continue unabated. Human coexistence faces multiple challenges. Finding a way for civilizations to coexist harmoniously has become a major issue facing human society. On March 15, 2023, Chinese President Xi Jinping proposed the Global Civilization Initiative, issuing a sincere call to the world to further promote exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations and promote the progress of human civilization, which has received positive response from the international community. The UN General Assembly’s resolution on establishing the International Day for Dialogue among Civilizations fully reflects the core essence of the Global Civilization Initiative. The UN General Assembly resolution emphasizes that the achievements of all civilizations are the common wealth of human society, advocates respect for the diversity of civilizations, highlights the important role of dialogue among civilizations in safeguarding world peace, promoting common development, enhancing human well-being, and achieving common progress, and advocates inter-civilization exchanges among different civilizations. These concepts of equal dialogue and mutual respect echo China’s propositions.

After the adoption of the UN General Assembly resolution, 14 countries participated in the core group of the resolution, and 83 countries participated in the joint signatures, which fully demonstrates that the global civilization initiative conforms to the trend of the times and meets the needs of the times. Chinese ideas and Chinese solutions are increasingly becoming international consensus. Maher Ihsan, an expert on Syrian political issues, believes that the UN General Assembly’s adoption of the resolution establishing the International Day for Dialogue among Civilizations “reflects that China’s global civilization initiatives are constantly taking root and being transformed into more public goods that serve all mankind.” .

How to treat different civilizations is related to the progress of human civilization and the world's peaceful development. Civilizations should dialogue, not exclude; they should communicate, not replace. Only equal and inclusive dialogue and communication among civilizations can eliminate discrimination and prejudice and enhance understanding and trust. If you understand me and I understand you among different countries, different nationalities and different civilizations, the truth will become clearer and clearer, and things will become easier and easier. China proposed that the UN General Assembly establish the International Day for Dialogue of Civilizations to give full play to the important role of dialogue among civilizations in eliminating discrimination and prejudice, enhancing understanding and trust, promoting people-to-people exchanges, and strengthening unity and cooperation, and inject positive energy into the unity of human society to cope with common challenges. Viren Pichawonpad, director of the Thai-Chinese "Belt and Road" Research Center, believes that the adoption of the resolution reflects the important consensus among all parties on respecting the diversity of civilizations. The establishment of the International Day for Dialogue of Civilizations is of great significance in promoting exchanges and mutual learning among human civilizations and the process of world peace and development.

In the face of global challenges such as the intensification of climate change and the destruction of biodiversity, no country can cope with it alone. All countries need to work together and work together to build consensus through exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations, seek wisdom and nutrition from different civilizations, and seek The solution. To this end, all parties should, in accordance with the provisions of the UN General Assembly resolutions, advocate respect for the diversity of civilizations, promote the common values of all mankind, attach importance to the inheritance and innovation of civilizations, actively promote people-to-people exchanges and cooperation, and realize the beautiful vision of common prosperity and progress of human civilizations.

Today, when the future and destiny of all countries are closely linked, the inclusive coexistence, exchanges and mutual learning of different civilizations play an irreplaceable role in promoting the modernization process of human society and prospering the world's garden of civilizations. Facing common challenges, the only way out for mankind is to work together and live in harmony. On the way forward, China will work with other countries in the world to transcend civilizational barriers through civilizational exchanges, transcend civilizational conflicts through mutual learning among civilizations, transcend civilizational superiority through civilizational coexistence, seek "commonness" while tolerating "differences", and respect "differences" "Seek "Great Harmony" and work together to write a new chapter in building a community with a shared future for mankind.

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