Beijing Stresses Development‑Centric UN Agenda

Beijing, September 12 – At a prominent UN Day meeting on September 11, Sun Lei underscored the necessity of placing development at the heart of the United Nations agenda. He commended the UN Office for South‑South Cooperation and reiterated China’s endorsement of Uruguay’s statement on behalf of the Group of 77 and China. Sun highlighted that nations of the Global South pursue common development goals based on independence, self‑reliance, equality and mutual benefit, and called for leveraging South‑South cooperation’s capacity‑building and knowledge‑exchange strengths to achieve measurable outcomes.