联合国日庆祝活动点亮希望的灯塔 促进全球团结
中国网讯 10月28日，联合国驻华系统在北京举行第77个联合国日庆祝活动，百余位嘉宾受邀出席，包括中国政府代表、各国大使及来自学术界、企业界和民间团体的合作伙伴。
联合国日庆祝活动嘉宾共同举起“希望的灯塔”
联合国驻华系统以此次庆祝活动为契机，在这样一个全球挑战日益增加的时代，聚焦青年及其对未来的希望和憧憬。本次活动以“今夕何夕”为主题，强调代际团结对实现可持续发展目标的重要性，着眼青年作为2030年可持续发展议程火炬手的角色。
10月24日的联合国日是《联合国宪章》于1945年正式生效的周年纪念。每年一度的联合国日提供了一个契机，重申过去一直指导着联合国自身和国际社会的《联合国宪章》宗旨和原则。
在现场播放的视频致辞中，联合国秘书长安东尼奥·古特雷斯表示：“今天，我们的组织正经受着前所未有的考验。不过，创建联合国，为的就是应对这样的时刻。现在，我们比以往任何时候都更需要在世界的每一个角落贯彻《联合国宪章》的价值观和原则。”
联合国日庆祝活动在场嘉宾共同观看联合国秘书长视频致辞
中华人民共和国外交部副部长马朝旭和其他中国政府代表出席活动，体现了中国过去几十年对联合国工作的重要支持。马朝旭在讲话中指出：“40多年来，联合国驻华发展系统积极与中方分享各国发展经验，动员国际发展资源，为中国改革开放和高质量发展作出积极贡献。希望联合国发展机构继续坚持发展优先，积极参与共建‘一带一路’、全球发展倡议，聚焦发展中国家实际需求和迫切需要，帮助发展中国家更好应对全球性挑战，加快落实2030年议程。中方愿继续支持协助驻华发展机构积极对接中国发展优先事项，推动中国同联合国合作再上新的台阶。”
中华人民共和国外交部副部长马朝旭致辞
联合国发展系统驻华协调员常启德和联合国驻华各机构代表出席活动。常启德在讲话中强调面对气候危机、冲突、日益加剧的不平等和2019冠状病毒病疫情等相互关联的危机，国际社会需要团结一致，携手共进。同时也强调青年的中心地位及其关切，青年参与制定全新的解决方案以加速实现全球可持续发展目标。
联合国驻华系统合影
联合国发展系统驻华协调员常启德在致辞中表示：“我们需要在多边主义中获取力量，寻找解决方案——通过复苏旧的伙伴关系并建立新的伙伴关系，通过聚焦令我们相向而行的议题，而不只是那些分裂我们的问题。这是能让我们子孙后代在一个健康星球上生存，实现和平、尊严与平等的唯一途径。我们必须共同努力，证明全球团结的价值，加倍努力拯救可持续发展目标，给人类发展和人类自己一线生机。”
联合国发展系统驻华协调员常启德致辞
活动上，来自全球的青年代表上台发出自己的声音，呼吁人们在气候变化、健康、教育、就业和创业以及青年赋权和参与几个关键领域采取行动。
青年代表出席联合国日庆祝活动
在这个具有象征意义的时刻，嘉宾们应邀举起手中的一盏盏太阳能灯，向活动主题致敬，宣告本次活动正式结束。期间，中国人民对外友好协会会长林松添阁下、联合国发展系统驻华协调员常启德和青年代表一同登台。现场还举行了其他精彩演出。
联合国日庆祝活动出席嘉宾共同举起“希望的灯塔”
本次活动得到了中国人民对外友好协会的支持，由为你读诗承办。
英文全文如下：
Press Release: A beacon of hope and global solidarity raised at UN Day ceremony
BEIJING, 28 October – As part of its celebrations for the 77th United Nations Day, the United Nations in China hosted a formal ceremony at Prince Jun’s Mansion in Chaoyang District in observance of the occasion. The ceremony saw the attendance of more than 100 guests, comprising representatives from the Government of China, Ambassadors, and invited partners from academia, business, and civil society.
The UN in China used the ceremony to acknowledge a time of increasing global challenges whilst placing focus on youth and their hopes and aspirations for the future. The ceremony, held under the theme, “A Beacon of Hope”, sought to underscore the importance of intergenerational solidarity in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with youth as the torchbearers of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
UN Day, on 24 October, marks the anniversary of the entry into force in 1945 of the UN Charter. Celebrated every year, the occasion offers an opportunity to reaffirm the purposes and principles of the UN Charter that have guided the Organization and the international community for the past 77 years.
Mr. António Guterres, UN Secretary-General, in a video message played at the ceremony, said, “Today our organization is being tested like never before. But the United Nations was made for moments like this. Now, more than ever, we need to bring to life the values and principles of the UN Charter in every corner of the world.”
Representatives of the Government of China, with Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Ma Zhaoxu serving as the Guest of Honour, made prominent appearances at the ceremony, thereby highlighting China’s support as an important contributor to the work of the Organization over the past decades.
His Excellency Ambassador Ma Zhaoxu, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs for the People’s Republic of China, during his remarks, said, “Over the past four decades and more, the UN development system in China has actively shared with us development experience of other countries and mobilized international development resources to contribute actively to China's reform and opening-up and high-quality development. We hope UN development agencies will keep to the development-first approach, take an active part in Belt and Road cooperation and the GDI, focus on the practical, urgent needs of developing countries, and help them better respond to global challenges and accelerate the implementation of the 2030 Agenda. China will continue to support and facilitate UN development agencies in forming synergy with China's development priorities and bring China-UN cooperation to a new level.”
Representatives of the UN in China, led by Resident Coordinator Siddharth Chatterjee, were in attendance throughout the ceremony. The Resident Coordinator used his remarks to stress the need for solidarity and international cooperation in the face of interconnected threats, including the climate crisis, conflict, rising inequalities, and the COVID-19 pandemic, while emphasizing the centrality of youth and their concerns and participation in forging new solutions to accelerate global progress on the SDGs.
Mr. Siddharth Chatterjee, UN Development System Resident Coordinator in China, during his remarks, said,“We need to find strength and solutions in multilateralism—by rekindling old partnerships and forging new ones, by focusing on the issues that bring us together, rather than solely on those that divide us. This is our only path to survival and to peace, dignity and equality on a healthy planet for future generations. We have to work together and prove the value of global solidarity as we redouble our efforts to rescue the SDGs and give human development and humanity a fighting chance.”
During the ceremony, youth representatives fromaroundthe world took the stage to add their voices and offer a call to action in several key areas, including climate change, health, education, employment and entrepreneurship, and youth empowerment and engagement. This segment follows recent momentum from a youth dialogue hosted at the UN Compound in Beijing on 24 October.
In a symbolic moment, guests were asked to raise a number of solar lanterns towards the conclusion of the event, in a nod to the theme of the ceremony. During this, the Resident Coordinator and youth representatives were joined on stage by the President of the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, His Excellency Ambassador Mr. Lin Songtian. The ceremony also featured other performances and other activities choreographed and organized by The Poem for You.
The UN in China gratefully acknowledges the efforts of the supporting organization, the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries and the organizing partner, The Poem for You, towards hosting this ceremony.
