--- SEARCH ---
WEATHER
CHINA
INTERNATIONAL
BUSINESS
CULTURE
GOVERNMENT
SCI-TECH
ENVIRONMENT
SPORTS
LIFE
PEOPLE
TRAVEL
WEEKLY REVIEW
Learning Chinese
Learn to Cook Chinese Dishes
Exchange Rates
Hotel Service
China Calendar


Hot Links
China Development Gateway
Chinese Embassies


National Particularities in HR Protection Highlighted

Chinese Ambassador Sha Zukang said in Geneva Friday that national and regional particularities should be fully considered by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) when it carries out its activities for strengthening national human rights protection mechanism.  

Sha made the remarks on behalf of developing countries in response to High Commissioner Louise Arbour's annual report submitted to the UN Commission on Human Rights, the main UN human rights body.

 

"In her report, the High Commissioner highlighted the importance of strengthening national human rights protection mechanism," Sha said at the 61st annual session of the commission.

 

"Though human rights are universal, the significance of national and regional particularities and various historical, cultural and religious backgrounds must be borne in mind. It is hardly possible to have a uniform human rights protection system," he added.

 

As to economic, social and cultural rights and the right to development, the Chinese ambassador said that although the OHCHR has done a lot to advocate and promote these rights during past years, even today they are still not universally accepted as basic human rights.

 

Many countries, especially developing countries, are still faced with impediments in realizing these rights, especially the right to development, and their reasonable requests have not been met with satisfaction, he said.

 

"There still lacks an international environment conducive to their realization," he added.

 

(Xinhua News Agency March 19, 2005)

China Refutes US Censure on Human Rights
China Urges Int'l Cooperation in Right to Development
Ambassador Criticizes Political Confrontation on Human Rights
Human Rights Commission Should Be Forum for Dialogue: Chinese Ambassador
Print This Page
|
Email This Page
About Us SiteMap Feedback
Copyright © China Internet Information Center. All Rights Reserved
E-mail: webmaster@china.org.cn Tel: 86-10-68326688