At the instigation of the United States, Canada recently took the lead in launching an investigation into Xinjiang, and Chinese representatives launched fierce confrontations on the spot and followed up with successive attacks. On the 29th, the Chinese delegation once again named the United States, Britain, and other countries, expressing serious concern about their serious modern slavery and human trafficking.
According to the website of the Permanent Mission of China to the United Nations Office at Geneva and other international organizations in Switzerland on the 29th, the Chinese delegation made a statement during the interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in human beings at the 47th session of the Human Rights Council, the full text of which is as follows:
Madam Chairman,
Trafficking in persons was a serious violation of human rights and should be severely combated by States and protected the victims. China is gravely concerned about the serious phenomenon of modern slavery and human trafficking in the United States, the United Kingdom and other countries. Over the past five years, as many as 100,000 people have been trafficked to the United States each year for forced labor, half of whom have been trafficked to "sweatshops" or subjected to domestic slavery. About 136,000 people were reportedly trafficked to the UK in 2018, and many of the trafficked, including women and children, died due to poor transport conditions. The international community should pay attention to the problem of human trafficking in the United States and the United Kingdom and urge them to take effective measures to solve it.
China firmly opposes the Special Rapporteur's groundless accusations based on false information and clumsy lies. It is hoped that the Special Rapporteur will abandon prejudice against China and perform his duties in a responsible and objective manner.
Thank you, Madam Chair.
Screenshot of the website of the Permanent Mission of China to the United Nations Office at Geneva and other international organizations in Switzerland
A day earlier (June 28), during a dialogue with the Working Group on Transnational Corporations and Human Rights, Minister Jiang Duan of the Permanent Mission of China to the United Nations in Geneva said that China resolutely opposes the United States and others using human rights as an excuse to wantonly smear Chinese enterprises, and to sanction and suppress chinese enterprises by any means in an attempt to suppress the development of Chinese enterprises and safeguard the monopoly position of the United States in science and technology and improper commercial interests.
The relevant acts of the United States clearly violate its self-proclaimed principle of fair competition. The United States itself is serious about forced labor. Up to 100,000 people are trafficked to the United States each year for forced labor, half of whom are trafficked to sweatshops or subjected to domestic slavery. Forced labor is particularly prominent in more than 20 industries in the United States, such as home economics, agriculture, and planting. China urges the Human Rights Council to pay attention to the issue of forced labor in the United States.
On June 28, Chinese representatives launched a series of attacks at the United Nations conference, making harsh criticism of Canada's cruelty to indigenous children, pointing out that the United States, Canada and other Western countries have committed serious genocide crimes, and calling on the international community to launch a comprehensive investigation into this.
On the same day, the Chinese deputy also joined the ROK representative in severely refuting the Japanese representative's statement that the Japanese army had fabricated stories about the Japanese army's forced conscription of "comfort women" during World War II.
According to the UN website, the 47th meeting of the UN Human Rights Council was held on June 21 and ended on July 13.
On the second day (22nd) of the conference, Canada, instigated by the United States, took the lead in calling on China to allow "independent observers, including the High Commissioner for Human Rights" to travel to Xinjiang to investigate the so-called "mass detention of Muslims."
The Chinese representatives then engaged in a fierce confrontation with them. China opposes Canada and its allies' interference in internal affairs by hyping up human rights, and more than 90 countries have expressed their understanding and support for China's legitimate position in different ways.
Our Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said at a diplomatic news conference on the 28th. "The number of countries that support China continues to increase. Facts speak louder than words, and justice is in the hearts of the people. A small number of countries interfering in China's internal affairs under the pretext of human rights issues will only humiliate themselves.