China News Service, Beijing, July 5 (Reporter Ying Ni) Tian Xuejun, Vice Minister of Education of China, Director of the National Committee of China's UNESCO National Committee, Director of the Office of the Preparatory Committee for the 44th World Heritage Conference, and Chairman of the 44th World Heritage Conference on the 5th It is pointed out that China firmly opposes Australia's wanton discrediting of China and attempts to pressure the World Heritage Committee through media hype and interfere with the World Heritage Committee's practice of making objective and fair decisions.
The State Council Information Office of China held a press conference in Beijing on the 5th to introduce the 44th World Heritage Convention to be held in Fuzhou, Fujian Province.
Tian Xuejun made the above remarks at the meeting.
He pointed out that the proposal to include Australia’s Great Barrier Reef on the “List of World Heritage in Danger” was initiated by the World Heritage Committee, a professional consulting organization in the field of natural heritage-the World Conservation Union (IUCN), based on reports and data provided by Australia itself. Professional evaluation opinions put forward after research.
In this regard, both the World Heritage Center and the World Conservation Union have made clarifications.
Australia, as a member of the World Heritage Committee, should be aware of this situation, and should pay attention to the opinions of professional evaluation agencies, and earnestly do a good job in world heritage protection, instead of baselessly making groundless accusations against UNESCO and professional evaluation agencies.
Tian Xuejun said that the current World Heritage Conference will review the protection status of the Great Barrier Reef. “As the chairman of the conference, I believe that the committees will be based on the evaluation opinions of professional consulting agencies, based on the spirit, scientific attitude and scientific attitude of the Convention for the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage. The rules of the meeting are discussed and a decision is made."
He emphasized that China's hosting of the 44th World Heritage Conference is to support the global world heritage protection undertaking with concrete practical actions and earnestly implement the Convention.
"As the director of the Chinese National Committee for UNESCO, I would like to emphasize here that China is firmly opposed to Australia's wanton discrediting of China, trying to pressure the World Heritage Committee through media hype, and interfering with the World Heritage Committee's objective and fair decisions. "(Finish)