A Chinese senior advisor on Thursday stressed the importance of
promoting human rights development for the construction of a
harmonious world.
"Human rights development is a prerequisite for the construction
of a harmonious world," said Luo Haocai, vice-chairman of the
National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative
Conference (CPPCC), China's top advisory body.
Luo made the remark in a meeting with officials from South
Africa, Brazil, Ukraine and Indonesia attending an international
symposium on human rights which opened on Wednesday in Beijing.
He said China held that every country had the right to choose
its own social system and way of human rights development and the
human rights of the people of small, weak and developing countries
should be respected.
Luo suggested different countries promote mutual understanding
through dialogue, enhance development through exchanges and achieve
progress through cooperation.
Luo also briefed guests on China's economic and social
development and the system of the CPPCC.
Jody Kollapen, chairman of the Human Rights Commission of South
Africa, said he was encouraged by China's leadership in the human
rights issue and he had noticed the common desire of Chinese people
to live in harmony during this visit.
Kollapen said the world faced many problems, such as poverty,
underdevelopment and suffering, and during the symposium officials
from different countries had gathered to discuss the promotion of
world development.
The three-day symposium sponsored by the China Society for Human
Rights Studies has drawn more than 70 human rights experts,
scholars and officials from 19 countries in Asia, Africa, Europe
and America.
(Xinhua News Agency November 23, 2006)