WU Wenyang

 

Abstract: The world today is facing poverty, global warming, terrorism, refugee crisis and other global challenges. However, the rise of unilateralism and confrontation mentalities makes it extremely difficult to achieve international solidarity. International Solidarity is a principle underpinning contemporary international law, and is essential in promoting economic, social and cultural rights, and overcoming widespread poverty, inequality among countries, climate change, and international security challenges. Promoted by the United Nations, international solidarity is also gradually gaining recognition as an emerging collective human right. The proposal to build a community with a shared future for human beings is a proposal that calls for international solidarity, it pledges support for multilateralism and partnership, and joint efforts to build an open, inclusive, clean and beautiful world that enjoys lasting peace, universal security and common prosperity. “A community with a shared future for human beings” and international solidarity complement each other, both of them are not limited to the state, but show respect for individuals and peoples; both are based on sovereign equality of the states, encourage mutual respect and tolerance but not confrontation; both aim to narrow North-South differences and remove inequality among countries, enable developing countries to participate in international governance on an equal footing, and have the capacities to better respect, protect and fulfill human rights; both rely on the UN platform and call for the world to tackle global challenges together. The proposal to build a community with a shared future for human beings not only conforms to the principle of international solidarity, but will also help international solidarity attract more attention and play a more important role.

 

Keywords: A community with a shared future for human beings；international solidarity；international cooperation；multilateralism