Unity under the banner of multilateralism (harmony)
——The fight against the epidemic is inseparable from the awareness of the community of destiny (46)
unity is strength. Epidemic prevention and control The global blockade war is about human health and well-being, the development and prosperity of the world, and the future and destiny of mankind. The world must unite under the banner of multilateralism
Facing the severe crisis caused by the new coronary pneumonia epidemic, mankind must make the right choice. Strengthen unity and cooperation or seek decoupling and isolation? Promoting multilateral coordination or pursuing unilateralism? A few days ago, President Xi Jinping hosted the China-Africa Solidarity and Anti-epidemic Special Summit in Beijing and delivered a keynote speech, emphasizing the firmness of multilateralism. The summit issued a joint statement, emphasizing the strengthening of solidarity and cooperation between China and Africa, and supporting the United Nations and the World Health Organization to play a leading and coordinating role to overcome the epidemic. At an important moment in the global fight against the epidemic, both China and Africa have made long-term plans for the world and issued a "China-Africa voice" in support of multilateralism, injecting "China-Africa forces" to strengthen international cooperation in the fight against epidemics.
The China-Africa Solidarity Anti-epidemic Summit conveyed the confidence and determination to uphold and promote multilateralism. The summit was jointly sponsored by China and the African Union’s rotating presidency, South Africa, and the China-Africa Cooperation Forum’s co-chairman, Senegal. African Union leaders, African sub-regional organizations’ rotating presidency, and other African country leaders, as well as the African Union Commission Chairman, were invited to attend , The Secretary-General of the United Nations and the Director-General of the World Health Organization as special guests. All parties actively participated in the event, fully demonstrated their willingness to support unity and fight against the epidemic, and fully reflected the international community's attention and support for the prevention and control of the epidemic in Africa and the response to the impact of the epidemic. The Director General of the World Health Organization Tan Desai believes that the China-Africa Solidarity Anti-epidemic Summit is "very important for strengthening solidarity and joint anti-epidemic efforts globally."
Strengthening multilateral cooperation is what the global solidarity fights against. In the face of the virus, the common enemy of mankind, the international community should take the most powerful weapon of unity and cooperation to fight the epidemic and win. "Cooperation" is a high-frequency word for the China-Africa Solidarity Anti-epidemic Summit. The largest developing country joins hands with the most concentrated continent in developing countries to support each other and fight side by side, vividly interpreting the profound connotation of China-Africa Community of Destiny and setting a new benchmark for international anti-epidemic cooperation. The rotating chairman of the African Union and President Ramaphosa of South Africa stated that "Africa-China unity and better multilateral cooperation are the keys to our fight against epidemic disease." United Nations Secretary General Guterres emphasized that to cope with global challenges such as the new coronary pneumonia epidemic, the international community needs to be united and support each other. This is the core of multilateralism.
The epidemic is also a test of global governance. Only by upholding the correct concept and carrying out international cooperation can we think and work hard in the anti-epidemic action to gain real results. "The most basic principle of multilateralism is international affairs. It must be negotiated by all countries. It must be done in accordance with the rules agreed by everyone. It must take into account the interests and concerns of all countries." China and African countries have consistently followed this "most basic principle." In the joint statement of this summit, the two sides reaffirmed their firm support for multilateralism, opposing unilateralism, safeguarding the international system with the United Nations at its core, and safeguarding international fairness and justice. Faced with global challenges, the world needs to adhere to multilateralism even more. This is the current international consensus. When some politicians in individual countries ignored the facts and accused WHO, the UN General Assembly, the European Union, the African Union, the Non-Aligned Movement, the "Group of 77 and China", etc. all expressed firm support for WHO, which also strongly illustrates this a little.
Practice multilateralism and firmly defend international fairness and justice. Only with equal participation of all parties can the multilateral mechanism have vigor and effective synergy can be formed, thereby safeguarding international fairness and justice. Similarly, only by safeguarding international fairness and justice can the vitality of the multilateral mechanism be maintained and the global anti-epidemic force can be united. Some politicians in individual countries have politicized the epidemic, labelled the virus, and engaged in racial discrimination and ideological prejudice. They are completely counter-current and seriously threaten the overall situation of global cooperation against epidemic. Both China and Africa expressed their opposition to politicizing the epidemic and labeling the virus, calling on the international community to jointly prevent discrimination and stigmatization, combat false and false information, and demonstrate a firm will to uphold international fairness and justice. These important consensuses are conducive to promoting international anti-epidemic cooperation and safeguarding the common interests of developing countries.
unity is strength. The epidemic prevention and control of the global blocking war is related to human health and well-being, the development and prosperity of the world, and the future and destiny of mankind. The world must unite under the banner of multilateralism. The China-Africa Solidarity and Anti-epidemic Special Summit issued a strong voice supporting multilateralism and sang the theme of solidarity and cooperation, which played an important role in promoting global solidarity and anti-epidemic.
"People's Daily" (June 21, 2020 02 edition)