Maintain World Peace and Stability

Maintain World Peace and Stability*

April 21, 2022

“Stability brings a country prosperity while instability may well plunge it into poverty.” Security underpins development. Humanity is a community of indivisible security. A Cold War mindset can only disrupt the global peace framework, hegemonism and power politics can only endanger world peace, and confrontation between blocs can only exacerbate threats to security in the 21st century. All this has been proved time and again. To promote security for all the world, China proposes a Global Security Initiative:

We should stay committed to the vision of common, comprehensive, cooperative and sustainable security, and work together to maintain world peace and security.

We should respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all countries, oppose interference in internal affairs, and recognize the independent choice of development paths and social systems made by peoples of different countries.

We should abide by the purposes and principles of the UN Charter, reject the Cold War mentality, and oppose unilateralism, group politics and bloc rivalry.

We should address the legitimate security concerns of all countries, uphold the principle of indivisible security, build a balanced, effective and sustainable security architecture, and oppose any attempt by any country to ensure its own security at the expense of the security of others.

We should resolve differences and disputes between countries through dialogue, consultation and other peaceful means, support all efforts for peaceful settlement of crises, reject double standards, and oppose any abuse of unilateral sanctions and long-arm jurisdiction.

We should maintain security in both traditional and non-traditional domains, and jointly resolve regional disputes and global issues such as terrorism, climate change, cybersecurity and biosecurity.

* Part of the keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2022.

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