Chinese President Xi Jinping stressed upon the world to follow the path of peace, development and advancement and jointly address global threats and challenges, in his address to the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).
Xi addressed the 76th session of the UNGA from Beijing via video link and delivered his speech titled “Bolstering confidence and jointly overcoming difficulties to build a better world”, on September 21, 2021.
Observing that the world is once again at a historical crossroads, Xi termed peace, development and advancement for humanity as irresistible.
He called for bolstering the confidence of the people, jointly addressing global threats and challenges, and working together to build a community with a shared future for mankind and a better world for all.
“We must strengthen solidarity and promote mutual respect and win-win cooperation in conducting international relations,” he remarked.
Xi observed that military intervention from the outside and so-called democratic transformation entail nothing but harm.
“We need to advocate peace, development, equity, justice, democracy and freedom, which are the common values of humanity, and reject the practice of forming small circles or zero-sum games,” he maintained.
He also called for realising the need to pursue dialogue and inclusiveness over confrontation and exclusion. “China has never and will never invade or bully others, or seek hegemony,” Xi added
He stressed following the “basic norms governing international relations underpinned by the purposes and principles of the UN Charter”
