China has maintained constructive contacts with the UN Office at Geneva, the High Commissioner for Human Rights and others, and encouraged them to perform their duties in an objective and just manner and attach importance to the concerns of developing countries. China contributed funds to the Special Rapporteur on the right to development, invited the Working Group on the Issue of Discrimination against Women in Law and in Practice, Independent Expert on the effects of foreign debt and three Special Rapporteurs including the one on extreme poverty and human rights to visit China, and received members of the Committee Against Torture, Chairperson of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination and others. During these exchanges, China focused on its own agenda, demonstrated goodwill, enhanced trust, reduced misgivings, and helped international human rights agencies to view China’s progress in human rights endeavors impartially and objectively.
继续同联合国日内瓦办事处、人权高专等保持建设性接触,鼓励其客观、公正履职,重视发展中国家关切。向发展权问题特别报告员捐款,邀请法律和实践中消除对妇女歧视问题工作组、外债问题独立专家、极端贫困与人权问题等3名特别报告员访华,接待禁止酷刑委员会委员、消除种族歧视委员会主席等来访,以我为主,展现姿态,增信释疑,引导国际人权机构公正客观看待中国人权进展。
Fifth, we have made fresh headway in increasing our say on human rights issues. China has released the National Human Rights Action Plan and the White Paper on Human Rights, and employed multiple channels such as photo exhibitions, interviews, news articles and briefings to fully and faithfully present China’s understanding of and progress in human rights from different angles; China uses the Human Rights Council, the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly and other important international platforms to express its unequivocal opposition to politicizing human rights issues and interfering in other countries’ internal affairs under the pretext of human rights, and to speak up for developing countries; China takes the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development as an opportunity to actively engage in international assistance. By 2016, China has provided a total of over RMB 400 billion foreign assistance and supported more than 120 developing countries in their efforts to follow through on the MDGs. Parties involved highly commend China’s relevant measures and regard them as support for international peace and development and contribution to the global human rights cause.