This year marks the 80th anniversary of the victory of the World Anti-Fascist War and the founding of the United Nations. Eighty years ago, in the face of the dark and evil forces of fascism, people of different countries, ethnic groups, social systems and ideologies united in exchange for a victory for justice and peace, opening the chapter for mankind to rebuild the post-war order and pursue lasting peace. Over the past 80 years, under the theme of peace and development, and driven by the wave of scientific and technological innovation, humanity’s material civilization has flourished unprecedentedly, world connectivity has deepened unprecedentedly and humanity has increasingly become a community with a shared future. Eighty years later, changes unseen in a century are evolving at an accelerated pace. The changes in the world, the times and history are unfolding in ways never before seen.
Humanity is once again at the crossroads of unity or division, dialogue or confrontation, win-win or zero-sum. As representatives of the youth of all nations, we are deeply aware of the value of peace and of the responsibility of the younger generation. Only by cherishing peace and maintaining solidarity can mankind have a bright future. To this end, we solemnly launched the World Youth Peace Initiative, calling on youth across the globe to unite to protect peace, promote development and create a future together. We call on young people to be guardians of world peace.
History cannot be tampered with, justice must be defended, and peace must be maintained. Young people of all countries should draw wisdom from history and take concrete actions to cherish and defend peace and to oppose all wars and violence. We will oppose all unilateralism, hegemonism and protectionism, jointly safeguard the victory of World War II, joint maintain the international system with the UN at its core and the international order based on international law, practice true multilateralism, and contribute our youthful energy to safeguarding world peace. We call on young people to be pioneers of mutual learning among civilizations. Maintaining world peace requires, first and foremost, the creation of intellectual barriers. Young people of all countries should uphold the view of equality, mutual learning, dialogue and inclusiveness in civilization, and use civilization-based exchanges to overcome estrangement, civilization-oriented mutual learning to overcomes conflict, and civilization-dependent coexistence to overcomen superiority, so as to contribute their youthful wisdom to the harmony of civilizations and mutual understanding among peoples of all countries.
We call on young people to be advocates for win-win cooperation. Development is the cornerstone of peace. Young people from all countries should uphold the concept of win-win cooperation and common development, and use bilateral and multilateral mechanisms and regional platforms. We should deepen and expand cooperation among youth, actively participate in the implementation of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the outcomes of the Future Summit, and inject youth impetus into bridging the global development deficit and achieving more inclusive and inclusive global development. We call on young people to be actors in the response to climate change. Climate change threatens humanity’s common home planet.
Young people from all countries should actively participate in global climate change actions in the spirit of “joining the same team” and demonstrate their youthful responsibility for innovative solutions to global climate issues, improving global ecological governance and jointly addressing global challenges. We call on young people to be promoters of science and technology for good. Scientific and technological progress brings opportunities to world peace as well as challenges. Youth across the world must rise to the forefront and shoulder their responsibilities in emerging fields such as artificial intelligence, promote scientific and technological achievements for the benefit of all humanity and the inclusive development of digital technologies, and provide youth solutions to improve global science and technology governance and build an inclusive, just and sustainable global future. Eighty years ago, ancestors lit the darkness with unity; Eighty years later, young people should define the future with their actions.
We will take the victory of the World Anti-Fascist War and the 80th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations as a new starting point to “work together for peace” and work together to build a community with a shared future for mankind.