{"id":118564,"date":"2021-09-25T17:10:43","date_gmt":"2021-09-26T00:10:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=118564"},"modified":"2021-09-25T17:10:43","modified_gmt":"2021-09-26T00:10:43","slug":"65-countries-including-sri-lanka-issue-joint-statement-in-unhrc-against-interference-in-chinas-internal-affairs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2021\/09\/25\/65-countries-including-sri-lanka-issue-joint-statement-in-unhrc-against-interference-in-chinas-internal-affairs\/","title":{"rendered":"65 countries including Sri Lanka issue joint statement in UNHRC against interference in China\u2019s internal affairs"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Courtesy NewsIn.Asia<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<p>Colombo, September 25 (newsin.asia): 65 countries, including Sri Lanka and Pakistan made a joint statement at the UN Human Rights Council on Friday against interference in China\u2019s internal affairs under the pretext of advocating human rights, a newsletter issued by the Chinese embassy in Colombo said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<em>Global Times<\/em>&nbsp;said that the joint statement by the 65 countries was delivered by Pakistan. The statement stressed that respect for sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of states and non-interference in internal affairs of sovereign states represent basic norms governing international relations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hong Kong, Xinjiang and Tibet related issues are China\u2019s internal affairs that brook no interference by any external forces. The joint statement reiterates support for China\u2019s implementation of one country, two systems\u201d in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All parties should abide by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations and the principles of universality, impartiality, objectivity and non-selectivity, respect the right of the people of each state to choose independently the path for human rights development in accordance with their national conditions, and treat all human rights with the same emphasis, said the joint statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It also called upon all states to uphold multilateralism, solidarity and collaboration, and to promote and protect human rights through constructive dialogue and cooperation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The joint statement emphasized that the 65 countries oppose politicization of human rights and double standards. They also oppose unfounded allegations against China out of political motivation and based on disinformation, and interference in China\u2019s internal affairs under the pretext of human rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>GCC Joins Chorus<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, six member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) issued a joint letter supporting China\u2019s position. More than 20 countries expressed their support to China in their national statements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Altogether, nearly 100 countries expressed their understanding and support for China\u2019s legitimate position,&nbsp;<em>Global Times<\/em>&nbsp;said in its report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>END &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, September 25 (newsin.asia): 65 countries, including Sri Lanka and Pakistan made a joint statement at the UN Human Rights Council on Friday against interference in China\u2019s internal affairs under the pretext of advocating human rights, a newsletter issued by the Chinese embassy in Colombo said. The&nbsp;Global Times&nbsp;said that the joint statement by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-118564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118564"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118564\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}