HE Zhipeng said that human rights, as a great achievement in the development of human civilization, has existed for quite a long time. It has experienced the globalization process, in which a consensus is gradually formed on ideas and concepts and this originally Western system has been adopted by the world. Nevertheless, there are still ideologically and culturally based disputes regarding human rights. The theory of “clash of civilizations” is still at work in discussions of human rights.

Mostafa ALAEI said that the world civilization is the melting pot of the fundamental principles inherent in the prominent and pervasive cultures and civilizations. Shared human principles are the foundation and the constituent elements of the universality of human rights.

Boniface LEZONA said that path of human rights development in the background of the diversity of civilization is an interesting proposal, a new approach that China introduced recently, in 2017, to explore how the world can improve the human rights situation, emphasizing on the aspect of a nation as “leader”. The different delegations participating to the South-South Forum on human rights will gather together with China and go on supporting this initiative that it launched, two years ago.

Dheerujlall Baramlall SEETULSINGH said that all human beings are born equal in Rights and in Dignity. However not all human beings are born in the same place and under the same skies. Our origins are different, we come from diverse civilizations and our cultures, customs and religion are different, giving rise to a rich diversity which adds to the beauty of the world. Article 2 of the Beijing Declaration adopted by the First South-South Human Rights Forum in 2017 recognizes Human Rights as an integral part of all civilizations.

Md Mofizur RHAMAN said that climate change is the most daunting issue in the contemporary world. It is now well documented by the UNIPCC and other global and local studies that climate change intersects with incremental dearth of human rights, justice, and global governance across the globe. It undermines the enjoyment of human rights and equitable development as well as leads many to poverty and marginalization.

Michael John HARROLD said that the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development represents a global commitment to making life better for everyone on the planet and, in particular, toeradicating poverty and achieving sustainable development worldwide. Attaining them will require countries to takeaction, both in coordination internationally, and independently at home.

Zhang Guobin said that in the 70 years since the founding of new China, our country has always forged ahead on the path of respecting and securing human rights. Especially, after the reform and opening up, the progress of China’s human rights cause is quite outstanding, and is developed together with China’s economic, political, cultural and social causes to provide the new model for the world’s human rights development.

Ahmed Sekou KEITA, Specialist of Human Rights Affairs, Director of Cabinet of Ministry of Mines and Geology, Guinea, said at the parallel session countering and addressing the new threats and challenges to human rights and development by a new approach through the concept of “Building a Community with a Shared Future for Human Beings and Global Human Rights Governance”.

Liu Cheng said that Globalization is a compelling trend of our times that any force can’t stop. Developing to today, globalization are faced with many challenges, and we need a new mechanism of global governance and a new driving force to address these emerging issues, in a hope that modernization can bring common prosperity and a bright future to all humankind.

Jia Yujiao said, with the development of non-Western countries, the cultural pluralism began to take shape and the human-rights experts and scholars from non-Western countries wanted their voices to be heard in the international community. Against such backdrop, the development of human rights in China has captured the world attention, and two forms of human rights appeared. One is the form deeply rooted in Westerners’ ideologies, and the other is an objective form that gradually evolved and has been tested by human history.

Michael Njunga MULIKITA said that African countries should not only embrace the One Belt and One Road Initiative, but build cooperative synergies with Agenda 2063, if they are to meaningfully give expression to the Right to Development to the peoples of Africa. Both Agenda 2063 and OBOR initiative are premised on a compassionate and inclusive vision of globalization which leaves no one behind.

South-South cooperation is an important tool to promote both: development and human rights while taking into account different national realities, capacities and levels of development and respecting national policies and priorities.

MAN Hongjie said that the public health emergency system is of great significance to the protection of citizens＇ rights of health. The Chinese Government attaches great importance to the development of the public health emergency response system, has established a relatively complete system of legislation and plans, and has established an efficient public health emergency response mechanism.

Gustavo Alejandro GIRADO said that the cooperation between China and other countries that is increasingly expanding is remarkable, and hence the concept of a community with a shared future for humanity is gaining the support of a growing number of people.

Ana Karina ZELEDON LEPIZ said that even though poverty is a global reality, it can be extinguished. In 2017, Costa Rica National Ombuds Institution launched the Poverty and Exclusion Programme. Through this Programme, we aim to promote change in public policies and institutions, with a human rights perspective, to make our country change its strategies in order to accomplish the SDG 1.

Germain MBEGA EBANG said that since the foundation of Sino-Gabonese cooperation, China has occupied an important place that we call a "win-win partnership ". China, to point this out, has long expressed to the Gabonese government its desire to create a development path that would enable the Gabonese people to heal themselves, educate themselves, eat and take charge of their lives.