COOPERATION TO OFFSET HEADWINDS
"All countries should jointly shape the future of the world, write international rules, manage global affairs and ensure that development outcomes are shared by all," Xi said at Geneva, a place that has long been witness to the development of China's diplomacy.
However, even as China forges new bonds among countries and regions, some countries are under-cutting the efforts. With the United States pulling out of such international commitments, such as the Paris Agreement on climate change, China has won more international recognition for its role for being a responsible country.
"We will continue to pursue a win-win strategy of opening-up, share our development opportunities with other countries and welcome them aboard the fast train of China's development," Xi said at UN Office at Geneva.
That acknowledgement of China's contribution was echoed by UNOG Director-general Michael Moller, who said, "We do need drivers, we need great countries like China to help us make our common goals happen."
According to British scholar Martin Jacques, a professor at Cambridge University, China has provided a new possibility, that is, abandoning the law of the jungle, hegemonism and power politics and the zero-sum game and replacing them with win-win cooperation and co-construction and sharing. This is an unprecedented pioneering work and a great creation to change the world.
In February 2017, Xi's concept of a community with a shared future for mankind was incorporated into a UN resolution for the first time on the 55th UN Commission for Social Development. The idea was also enshrined by the UN Security Council, the Human Rights Council and the First Committee of the UN General Assembly, turning the Chinese concept into an international consensus.
Philipp Charwath, the chair of the 55th session of the UN Commission for Social Development said building a community with a shared future for mankind is "pretty significant" and "in the long run, it profits us all."
"I know the shared benefit is much bigger down the line than a quick win for one country," he added. |