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Spokesperson of the Chinese Foreign Ministry Refutes the So-called Fact Sheet of the US Department of State on the Outcomes of the 50th Session of the UN Human Rights Council
2022-07-16 00:07


Recently, when answering questions from the media at the press conference, the spokesperson of the Chinese Foreign Ministry, Mr. Wang Wenbin has refuted the so-called fact sheet of the US Department of State on the outcomes of the 50th Session of the UN Human Rights Council. He has also shared the fact at another press conference that around 100 countries have supported Chinas position on issues related to Xinjiang, Hong Kong and Tibet at the same HRC session by making joint or individual statements. Following are the transcripts of the questions and answers.

CCTV: The US Department of State on July 12 released a fact sheet on the outcomes of the 50th Session of the UN Human Rights Council, which mentions that the US publicly condemned China’s human rights record. Do you have any response to this?

Wang Wenbin: This fact sheet might as well be called the US’s “violations of human rights” rather than “outcomes of human rights”. Under the false pretext of “genocide” and “forced labor”, the US has slapped sanctions on businesses and individuals in Xinjiang to cut Xinjiang off the global industrial chain and inflict forced unemployment, forced poverty, and forced decoupling on Xinjiang. This has seriously undermined the right to employment and development of the Uyghurs and people from other ethnic backgrounds in Xinjiang. The US fact sheet also criticizes human rights in Afghanistan. This is ironic and preposterous. Isn’t the US the main cause of the human rights tragedy in Afghanistan? When will the US bring the killers of innocent Afghans to justice and return the $7 billion life-saving money to the Afghan people?  

What the US should release is a report on its own human rights. It should give people like George Floyd their freedom to breathe back, keep American children away from the fear of being shot, and save American lives struggling under the pandemic.

China News Service: At the 50th session of the UN Human Rights Council on June 14, Cuba delivered a joint statement on behalf of nearly 70 countries to voice support for Chinas position on issues related to Xinjiang, Hong Kong and Tibet and to express opposition to interference in Chinas internal affairs under the pretext of human rights. Do you have any comment on this? 

Wang Wenbin: On June 14, Cuba delivered a joint statement on behalf of nearly 70 countries at the 50th session of the UN Human Rights Council. The joint statement stressed that Xinjiang, Hong Kong and Tibetan affairs are Chinas internal affairs; we oppose politicization of human rights and double standards, or interference in Chinas internal affairs under the pretext of human rights; we maintain that all parties should abide by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations and respect the right of the people of each state to choose independently the path for development in accordance with their national conditions; the international community should uphold multilateralism, strengthen solidarity and coordination, respond jointly to global challenges, advance world peace and development, and promote and protect human rights. Dozens more countries either have voiced or are ready to voice their support to Chinas justified position in their separate statements or by sending joint letters.

As an old Chinese saying goes, A virtuous mind is not alone. It can always find company.Once again, nearly a hundred countries at the Human Rights Council spoke up for justice. And once again, the attempt of a handful of Western countries to attack and smear China on Xinjiang, Hong Kong and Tibet has been thwarted. This fully shows that political manipulation through human rights issues and interference in other countries internal affairs will find no support and will never succeed. For those very few Western countries, desperately repeating the lies and rumors only further exposes their hidden political agenda and malicious intention. Whatever stunt they pull, they would never stop the Chinese peoples solid steps toward development and progress. China will not waver in its resolve to uphold its sovereignty, security and development interests. 

There is a Chinese proverb, A thief crying stop the thief. Facts show that it is those few Western countries that ignore and trample upon human rights. Oblivious to the serious human rights problems at home, they often criticize and lecture other countries condescendingly on human rights. They have waged numerous wars to invade other countries that killed nearly a million people and displaced tens of thousands. They are the No.1 origin of human rights tragedies in the world. A word of advice for these Western countries: Please keep your hypocrisy, arrogance and prejudice to yourselves and stop using human rights as a pretext to interfere in other countries internal affairs and hold back their development. The days are over for you to ride roughshod over the developing countries. 



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