China’s permanent representative to the United Nations Fu Cong Photo: VCG

Fu Cong, China’s permanent representative to the United Nations, strongly opposed and rejected the actions of certain countries, including Australia and the US, for hyping up the alleged human rights issues in China. Fu stated that these countries are “reaching new lows in their practice of double standards” before the world, by downplaying the situation in Gaza, while launching attacks and smearing China’s Xinjiang region, on Tuesday.

Fu’s remarks came after Australia, the US, among others once again resorted to lies to provoke confrontation over human rights in China, in the General Discussion of Item 71 Human Rights at the third committee of the General Assembly’s 79th session, according to the official website of the Permanent Mission of China to the UN.

Over 100 countries expressed support for China’s just stance on issues related to its Xinjiang and Xizang regions at the UN, showcasing a strong voice from the international community, said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian on Wednesday. This support highlights how the actions of a few Western countries, including Australia and the US, which politicize human rights issues, are unpopular and destined to fail, said Lin. 

The human rights situation that should gather the most attention at the committee this year is undoubtedly that of Gaza. Australia and the US, among a few others, played down this living hell, while unleashing attacks and smears against the peaceful and tranquil Xinjiang, said Fu.
 
This revealed, once again, the true intentions of Australia and the US to use human rights as a pretext to interfere in China’s internal affairs and curb its development, and to broadly suppress developing countries that adhere to an independent and autonomous foreign policy, Fu noted.

If the death of more than 40,000 civilians in Gaza and the starvation and the displacement of millions of women and children are not enough to awaken the conscience of a few Western countries, and not enough for them to stop sending weapons and ammunition that have claimed the lives of countless Palestinian civilians, then “their so-called protection of human rights of Muslims is nothing but the biggest lie,” said the Chinese envoy.

A total of 80 countries, including a large number of Muslim countries, issued a joint statement in support of China, opposing the interference in the internal affairs of other countries through human rights issues, according to Fu.
 
It is clear to the whole world that China’s Xinjiang and Xizang have remained stable and prosperous, where all ethnic groups live together in harmony. The so-called assessment report on Xinjiang is fraught with lies and deception. It is purely a product of coercion of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) by the US and a few others, said Fu.

This report was long ago rejected by the Human Rights Council, and is totally illegal and invalid. The fact that Australia and the US, among a few others, attempted a totally different narrative on this matter is nothing short of a manifestation of their own helplessness and desperation, being unwilling to accept their own defeat, Fu noted.
 

Global Times