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High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, met virtually with Chinese President Xi Jinping. She made these opening remarks and said it was “a priority to engage with the government of China directly to see how we can collaborate on human rights issues domestically, regional and global.” OHCHR

In a historic declaration at COP26, global leaders including Xi Jinping, Joe Biden and Jair Bolsonaro signed the Glasgow Leaders’ Declaration on Forest and Land Use, committing countries to halt and reverse global deforestation over the next decade as part of a multibillion-dollar package to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. UNIFEED

Chinese President Xi said, “Democracy is not a special right reserved to an individual country, but a right for the people of all countries to enjoy,” adding that recent global developments show once again that “military intervention from the outside and so-called democratic transformation entail nothing but harm.” UNIFEED

“Our existence on this planet depends entirely on our ability to protect the natural world around us,” the President of the UN General Assembly Volkan Bozkir said at the opening of the Biodiversity Summit, where activists and senior UN officials are calling for urgent action on biodiversity for sustainable development. UNIFEED

Chinese President Xi Jinping said, facing the coronavirus, “we should enhance solidarity and get this through together. We should follow the guidance of science, give full play to the leading role of the World Health Organization, and launch a joint international response to beat this pandemic. Any attempt of politicizing the issue or stigmatization must be rejected.” UNIFEED

China’s President Xi Jinping said, “China will continue to be a true follower of multilateralism. It will stay actively engaged in reforming and developing the global governance system. It will firmly uphold the UN-centered international system, firmly uphold the international order underpinned by international law, and firmly defend the UN’s central role in international affairs.” UNIFEED

At the opening of the 146th session of the World Health Organization’s Executive Board at WHO headquarters in Geneva, Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus said “both the coronavirus and Ebola outbreaks underscore once again the vital importance for all countries to invest in preparedness, not panic.” WHO

Speaking in Beijing, China, Secretary-General António Guterres said, China’s international trade and economic development plan – known as the Belt and Road Initiative – could contribute to a more equitable, prosperous world, and to reversing the negative impact of climate change. COURTESY OF BELT AND ROAD FORUM

During an official visit, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres met in Beijing with Xi Jinping, President of China, where he congratulated the President on his recent re-election. UNIC BEIJING

As the United States (US) takes over the presidency of the Security Council, Ambassador, Nikki Haley, told reporters that the US administration is looking at the UN with “fresh eyes.” UNIFEED