China News Service, Beijing, October 31 (Reporter Wei Xi) The 75th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations and the 2020 UN Day commemorative activities hosted by the United Nations in China will be held in Beijing on the evening of October 30.
More than 200 guests from UN agencies, the Chinese government, diplomatic missions, international organizations, the private sector and the media attended the event.
Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu sent a video speech for the event.
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Over the past 75 years, the United Nations has made unremitting efforts to realize the long-term vision of the Charter; maintaining peace, promoting cooperation, and creating conditions to improve people’s living standards.
This year, the world has suffered a huge impact from the new crown pneumonia epidemic.
As countries around the world strive to ensure the safety and livelihood development of their people, the United Nations is determined to build a fairer and more sustainable post-epidemic world.
Amakobe Sande, the acting UN Coordinator in China, said in her speech that the desire to revive multilateralism and realize the "United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development" through the "decade of action" is stronger than ever.
We must test how we have achieved "better reconstruction" through various efforts in response to the epidemic to ensure that "no one is left behind" and "no country is left behind."
She praised China's two major progress in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals: great achievements in poverty reduction in rural areas, and actions taken to address climate change, striving to achieve carbon neutrality by 2060.
She emphasized that the United Nations will unswervingly work with the Chinese government to jointly achieve sustainable development goals.
"As an advocate and practitioner of sustainable development, China has incorporated the implementation of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development into its national medium and long-term development strategy, and while achieving its own development, it contributes to supporting and driving global development." Ma Zhaoxu Point out in the speech.
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This year, the United Nations also launched the United Nations 75th Anniversary Global Dialogue Initiative (UN75) globally.
More than 1 million people from all member states of the United Nations gave their answers to the question "The future we want, the United Nations we need".
In China, the "Chinese Youth Dialogue on the Future" series of activities co-sponsored by 12 United Nations agencies to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations attracted nearly 50 million people online.
The United Nations system in China recently launched the "2045 I Want" social media campaign to further promote the UN75 one-minute survey: cn.un75.online.
This social media event encourages the public to spend one minute expressing their vision for the future.
Many organizations participated in the United Nations Day as supporting units, including the International Teochew Regiment Association, China Nordic Innovation and Entrepreneurship Base, Beijing Meiling Charity Foundation, Kangzhi Pharmaceutical, Shenzhen One Foundation Charity Foundation-Chaoshan Mother Charity Fund , Century Changhe Group, Hainan Nanguo Food, Shanghai Medical Nutrition Medicine, Global Green Technology Development Center, Baochi Technology, etc.
Hong Jiangyou, the chairman of the International Teochew Regiment, the support unit of this event, said that the United Nations has made important contributions to maintaining international peace and security and promoting common development in the world over the past 75 years.
As an international social organization, the International Teochew Regiment has the responsibility and obligation to promote the progress and development of the international society, and is willing to join hands with the United Nations to contribute to the realization of sustainable development goals.
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