The High-level Forum on Global Human Rights Governance, co-sponsored by the Information Office of the State Council, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the China International Development Cooperation Agency, was held in Beijing on the 14th, with the theme of "Equality, Cooperation and Development: The 30th Anniversary of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action and Global Human Rights Governance", and more than 300 Chinese and foreign guests from nearly 100 countries and international organizations, including UN agencies, attended the forum to discuss global human rights governance.
The forum set up five sub-forums, including "International Cooperation and Global Human Rights Governance", "Global Development Initiatives and the Realization of the Right to Development", "Global Security Initiatives and Human Rights Protection", "United Nations Human Rights Mechanisms and Global Human Rights Governance", and "Human Rights Protection in the Digital Age".
This is the opening ceremony of the High-level Forum on Global Human Rights Governance filmed on June 14. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Xin
In the hundred gardens of human civilization, countries have different histories, cultures, political systems and levels of development, and different development paths, but the promotion and protection of human rights have become the universal pursuit of the international community. Over the past 30 years, inspired by the spirit of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, the international community has continuously explored ways to effectively promote and protect human rights and promote the sustained development of the international human rights cause.
Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu said that China has always actively participated in global human rights governance, extensively expanded human rights exchanges and cooperation with all parties, and is willing to work with all parties to promote the common values of all mankind, promote the development of global human rights governance in a more fair, just, reasonable and inclusive direction, and promote the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind.
"China will continue to increase global development resources to inject positive energy into human rights governance." Luo Zhaohui, director of the China International Development Cooperation Agency, said that the process of realizing Chinese-style modernization is a process of continuously promoting the development of human rights. China will continue to increase its investment in international development cooperation and strive to narrow the gap between the North and the South and achieve common development for developing countries.
"Human rights have become the achievements and symbols of the progress of human civilization, and respecting and protecting human rights is the basic spirit of modern civilization and the unremitting pursuit of the Communist Party of China." Fu Hua, president of Xinhua News Agency, said that Xinhua News Agency will give full play to the advantages of the world news agency, condense social consensus, strengthen international communication, promote exchanges and mutual learning, and work with media organizations around the world to promote the continuous development of global human rights governance in a more fair, just, reasonable and inclusive direction.
On June 14, the High-level Forum on Global Human Rights Governance was held in Beijing, and more than 300 Chinese and foreign guests from nearly 100 countries and international organizations, including UN agencies, were invited to attend. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Xin
Robert Kuhn, chairman of the Kuhn Foundation in the United States, spoke in his speech about the relationship between people's democracy and human rights development in the whole process of China. Kuhn believes that the Communist Party of China has continuously expanded the people's orderly political participation, strengthened the protection of human rights and the rule of law, and ensured that the people enjoy a wide range of rights and freedoms in accordance with the law, and China's promotion of people's democracy in the whole process is conducive to promoting human rights.
"Safeguarding the vital interests of everyone living on the planet should be the starting point and foothold of global human rights governance." The Commissioner for International Cooperation and Multilateral Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Central African Republic, Mazango Mboa San Syr, said that to make the people of the world the main actors, promoters and beneficiaries of the cause of human rights, the world's major countries must fulfill their due responsibilities.
It is the unremitting pursuit of human society to have equal development opportunities, share the fruits of development and realize the full right to development. At the forum, Chinese and foreign guests discussed in depth the practical significance of the Global Development Initiative, the Global Security Initiative and the Global Civilization Initiative in promoting the development of human rights in the world.
"Countries need to learn from each other, develop together, and continuously improve national governance." Kulkarni, an Indian writer and promoter of India-China friendship, believes that global human rights governance should adhere to the principle of global democracy, that is, all countries, regardless of size, strength or weakness, and the level of economic development, should be equal.
On June 14, participants exchanged views at the forum. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Xin
"The implementation of the global development initiative is another vivid practice of China in promoting the building of a community with a shared future for mankind." Frederick Mtesa, Secretary-General of the Zambia-China Friendship Association and a well-known scholar in Zambia, used the "all-weather" friendship between Zambia and China as an example to vividly expound global development initiatives and the realization of the right to development.
"The Global Security Initiative aims to open up a new avenue for conflict resolution and security, advocating dialogue rather than confrontation and partnership rather than alliance; It promotes win-win rather than zero-sum games. Kraspan Kahlu, a member of the Uganda Human Rights Commission, said that China has not only proposed methods, but also shared experience, injecting new momentum into world peace and development.
"China's global security initiative is fully in line with the latest global trends." Checheybayev Ermek Kanatovich, deputy director of the National Institute for Strategic Studies directly under the President of Kyrgyzstan, said that the Global Security Initiative can become the basis and conceptual framework for solving global security problems, promote national and regional stability, and promote global development.
For a long time, China has actively participated in the work of the UN human rights mechanisms and made positive contributions to building a more fair, just, reasonable and inclusive global human rights governance system.
"Adhering to the purposes and principles of the UN Charter is extremely important for the international community to achieve human rights governance." Liu Xinsheng, human rights expert of the UN Human Rights Council Advisory Committee, said that all countries should support developing countries to participate in global governance, explore ways to promote democratization and the rule of law, and promote the healthy development of global human rights governance.
On June 14, attendees listened to and recorded guest speeches at the forum. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Xin
In the digital era, digital technology has been widely used in national governance and citizens' lives, and in the new environment, how to respect and protect human rights has become one of the important issues of global concern.
"Building a community of common destiny in the network field is an inevitable choice in the information age." Shi Anbin, a professor at Tsinghua University's School of Journalism and Communication, said that in the critical period of digital governance, countries in the Global South should continue the spirit of South-South cooperation, deepen international technical exchanges and cooperation, and stimulate internal innovation.
"Argentina has helped lift hundreds of thousands of people out of poverty by increasing their education and resources through digital means." Stiano, director of the China Research Center of the Institute of International Relations of the National University of La Plata in Argentina, said that in the future, he believes that China will carry out more practical cooperation with Latin America and the Caribbean in digital technology and other fields to make new contributions to the realization of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
Source: Xinhua News Agency