President Xi Jinping delivered an important speech at the 75th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations on the 21st.
Xi Jinping pointed out that 75 years ago, the people of the world won the great victory of the world anti-fascist war through bloody battles. This is the victory of justiceBabaylan, the victory of the people. After mankind experienced two tragic wars in the first half of the last century, the United Nations was born in Babaylan and went through an extraordinary journey for 75 years. World peace and development open a new chapter.
The 75 years of the United Nations are the 75 years of rapid development of human society. We have experienced a profound and extensive scientific and technological development and industrial revolution, and are ushering in a new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation at a larger and deeper level. The world’s social productivity has been greatly liberated and developed. Human beings’ ability to overcome difficulties and transform the world has been unprecedentedly improved.
The 75 years of the United Nations have been 75 years of profound changes in the international situation. The vast number of developing countries have won national liberation and national independence, more than 1 billion people have been lifted out of poverty, and billions of people embarked on the journey of modernization, which has greatly enhanced the power of world peace and development and profoundly changed the world pattern.
The 75 years of the United Nations have been the 75 years of rapid development of multilateralism. The world has many and big problems. Global sexual challenges are increasing, and they should only be solved through dialogue and cooperation. We have discussed and worked together, and working together has become a broad consensus of the international community. After the storm, there is a rainbow. After repeated tests, the United Nations Komiks is still full of vitality, embracing more than 7 billion people towards the United StatesThe yearning for a good life, the UN Charter remains an important guarantee for world peace and development.
Xi Jinping stressed that the world today is undergoing major changes unseen in a century, and the sudden outbreak of the new crown pneumonia epidemic is a severe test for the whole world. Human beings have entered a new era of interconnection, and the interests of all countries are closely linked and their destiny are closely linked. Global threats and challenges require a strong global response. Faced with new situations and new challenges, we must think seriously: What kind of United Nations does the world need? How should the United Nations play its role in the post-epidemic era?
Xi Jinping put forward 4 suggestions on this.
The first is to be fair. Mutual respect and equality between countries of all sizes and big countries is the requirement of progress of the times and is also the primary principle of the UN Charter. No country has the power to take over international affairs, dominate the fate of other countries, and monopolize the advantages of development, and cannot do whatever it wants in the world, engaging in hegemony and domineering. Unilateralism has not yet emerged. We must adhere to consultation, joint construction and sharing, and all countries must jointly safeguard universal security, share the fruits of development, and jointly grasp the destiny of the world. We must effectively increase the representation and voice of developing countries in the United Nations, so that the United Nations can reflect the interests and wishes of most countries in a more balanced manner.
The second is to strictly enforce the rule of law. The purposes and principles of the UN Charter are the fundamental principles for handling international relations and an important cornerstone of the stability of the international order. Cinema must be maintained without waver. The relations and interests of various countries can only be coordinated by systems and rules. We cannot listen to anyone’s fist if we have a big fist. Major powers should take the lead in being advocates and defending the international rule of law, keep their promises, do not engage in exceptionalism, and do not adopt double standards.Nor can international law be distorted, infringe upon the legitimate rights and interests of other countries and undermine international peace and stability in the name of the rule of law.
The third is to promote cooperation. Promoting international cooperation is the original intention of the founding of the United Nations and is also an important purpose of the UN Charter. Relying on Cold War thinking, drawing lines with ideology, and building zero-sum games cannot solve the problems of our country, nor can we cope with the common challenges faced by mankind. What we need to do is to replace conflict with dialogue, consultatively replace coercion, win-win instead of zero sum, combine our own interests with the common interests of all countries, strive to expand the convergence of common interests of all countries, and build a harmonious and international family of cooperation.
The fourth is to focus on action. To practice multilateralism, you cannot sit and discuss it. You must start and do it. You cannot just prescribe prescriptions and not see any effect. The United Nations should take solving problems as the starting point and guided by visible results, balance the promotion of security, development and human rights, and especially take the implementation of the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, and take the opportunity to take addressing non-traditional security challenges such as public health as the priority direction of the United Nations’ work, place development issues in a global macro framework, and pay more attention to promoting and protecting the right to survival and development.
Xi Jinping stressed that China is the first country to sign the UN Charter, a founding member of the United Nations, and the only developing country among the permanent members of the Security Council. We will always be practitioners of multilateralism, actively participate in the reform and construction of the global governance system, firmly safeguard the international system with the United Nations as the core, firmly safeguard the international order based on international law, and firmly safeguard the core role of the United Nations in international affairs.
Xi Jinping finally emphasized that the world is standing at a new historical starting point. Let us reiterate our firm commitment to multilateralism, promote the building of a community with a shared future for mankind, and achieve greater unity and progress under the banner of the United Nations!