On October 25, President Xi Jinping attended the 50th anniversary meeting of the People’s Republic of China to restore the legal seat of the United Nations and delivered an important speech in Beijing.
In about 20 minutes of speech, the word "common" appeared 24 times.
"Common" is not only the high-frequency words of speech, but also the "general" and "soul" of speech——
These five "commons" have pointed out the direction for the UN member states to jointly promote unity and cooperation, jointly respond to challenges, and jointly build a better world under the new situation.
Looking back on the series of speeches made by President Xi in the United Nations forum in recent years, the word "common" runs through all the time——
More than 10 days ago, at the 15th Conference of the Parties Leaders Summit of the Convention on Biological Diversity, advocated the building of a community of life on earth;
Last month, at the general debate of the 76th United Nations General Assembly, it was proposed to build a global development community;
In the general debates of the 70th session of the United Nations General Assembly in 2015 and the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly in 2020, President Xi advocated the common values of peace, development, fairness, justice, democracy, and freedom for all mankind, and promoted the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind. .
Why is "common" repeatedly emphasized on the occasion of the United Nations?
Looking around the world, the evolution of major changes unseen in a century has accelerated, and the uncertainty of instability has risen significantly.
Facing the fluctuating new crown pneumonia epidemic, facing the increasingly prominent problem of unbalanced development, facing regional disputes and global challenges such as terrorism, climate change, network security, and biosecurity, mankind urgently needs to find an effective solution together plan.
Everyone remembers that from the United Nations Headquarters in New York in 2015 to the Palais des Nations in Geneva in 2017, President Xi systematically explained the concept of building a community with a shared future for mankind on the United Nations arena, profoundly answering the question of the times of "what happened to the world and what shall we do". It has been widely recognized and responded positively by the international community.
In recent years, the "Community of a Shared Future for Mankind" has been written into United Nations documents many times, and it has been transformed into a common action for people of all countries to create a better and happy life.
On September 28, 2015, President Xi Jinping attended the General Debate of the 70th United Nations General Assembly at the United Nations Headquarters in New York and delivered an important speech entitled "Joining Hands to Build New Partnerships for Win-Win Cooperation and Building a Community of Shared Future for Mankind".
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However, in the turbulent and intertwined world situation, individual big powers still pursue unilateralism, hegemonism, and power politics, and still believe in a zero-sum game of self-reliance, you lose and we lose, and the mentality of combining to use and disagreeing to discard is based on international rules. The "exceptions" in front of us...All of these are harmful to mankind's joint response to global challenges.
As the most universal, representative and authoritative intergovernmental international organization composed of 193 member states, the United Nations is the core of the international system and an important channel and carrier for building a community with a shared future for mankind.
It is the original intention of the establishment of the United Nations and the important significance of the existence of the United Nations to seek "common ground" through full consultation and unite to meet various challenges in "harmony without difference".
The world is colorful.
With 193 member states, it is inevitable that there are various differences and disagreements.
How can we find "common" power in "different"?
On October 25, 2021, President Xi Jinping attended the 50th anniversary meeting of the People’s Republic of China to restore its legal seat in the United Nations and delivered an important speech in Beijing.
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In this speech, President Xi focused on further explaining the "common value of all mankind" and the "community with a shared future for mankind", so as to help countries transcend contradictions and disputes and seek "common" clear principles and paths, giving people profound enlightenment——
What is "the common value of all mankind"?
Peace and development are our common cause, fairness and justice are our common ideals, and democracy and freedom are our common pursuit;
How to promote the construction of a "community with a shared future for mankind"?
Not substituting one system for another system, not substituting one civilization for another civilization, but for countries with different social systems, different ideologies, different historical cultures, and different levels of development to co-exist and share rights in international affairs , Sharing responsibilities, forming the greatest common divisor for building a better world.
"A world under heaven" is the pursuit and ideal of the Chinese people; "harmony without difference" is the wisdom and mind of the Chinese people.
The "common value of all mankind" and "community with a shared future for mankind" advocated by President Xi embodies the dialectical unity of "different" and "universal". In this turbulent and changing world, it provides ideological guidance for mankind to cope with challenges together.
In his speech, President Xi once again emphasized "true multilateralism."
International affairs should be handled by everyone through consultation, the future and destiny of the world should be controlled by all countries, and international rules should be formulated and abided by everyone. This is the essence of true multilateralism, and it is also the persistence and achievement of "different". The key to "common" and respecting and tolerating "differences" in "common."
At the historic moment of the 50th anniversary of the restoration of the legitimate seat of the United Nations, we will transcend differences with "common" and gather strength with "common", conveying the responsibility of great powers on the right side of history and the side of human progress, showing that they are heading for greatness. The rejuvenated Chinese nation has a historical consciousness of "seeking great unity for the world".
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