NAIROBI Authentic Dallas Keuchel Jersey , Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese government is promoting ecological civilization to catalyze an economic development that is not detrimental to nature and social norms, a senior Chinese official attending the global South-South expo in the Kenyan capital Nairobi said on Monday.
"Ecological civilization and green transformation have become a consensus in China. The government has advocated for an economic growth that is green, inclusive and equitable," Wu Xiaoqing, Chinese vice minister of environmental protection, told the forum.
Wu noted that the 18th Communist Party Congress passed landmark decisions to achieve a green transformation that is beneficial to China and the world.
"The push for an economic growth that is green and inclusive is at the heart of China's future aspirations. China can be a catalyst for the attainment of a carbon free and prosperous planet, " Wu pledged.
He urged developing countries to forge ties and share expertise that would catalyze low carbon transition.
UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner noted that China has reframed its economic development models to include resource efficiency in production and production patterns.
"China's fundamental rethink of its development path is timely as the country plays a critical role in shaping a future global agenda. China has a civilization track record and its decisions will have profound impact in the world," Steiner said.
The executive director sees China playing a leading role in promoting green transformation and shared prosperity in the South.
"The Chinese leadership has made in 2012 ecological civilization the new dimension of sustainable development, together with political, social, economic and cultural dimensions, " Steiner said.
"This has far-reaching effects on green transformation, not only in China but also in the rest of the world, given China's sheer size of being the second largest world economy, and its global reach in trade and investment," he added.
Emerging countries like Brazil, China, India and South Africa are being proposed to mobilize the South to chart a post-2015 development agenda that is inclusive and ecologically sensitive.
Steiner challenged China and other emerging economies to increase their share of trade, investments and technology transfer in developing countries to achieve sustainable development.
TEHRAN, July 17 (Xinhua) -- The possible independence referendum of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region would isolate the Kurds, Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Ali Shamkhani said Monday.
"Although this could be an attractive topic, it will in fact isolate the Iraqi Kurds, will increase pressures on them and will virtually weaken the Kurds and Iraq," Shamkhani said in a meeting with the visiting first deputy for the secretary general of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, Kosrat Rasul.
The stable, secure and unified Iraq will help the progress of the Iraqi nation, he said, adding that the friends of Iraq should support this approach.
Dividing and weakening Iraq will only benefit the enemies of Iraq, he stressed.
On Monday, Iran's army chief Major General Mohammad Hossein also touched upon the threat to the integrity of Iran's neighbors and said that at the time when the Iraqi army have defeated the Islamic State militants, talking of an independence referendum of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region would cause new problems and challenges in the region.
Besides, Iran's Foreign Ministry said earlier that the plan of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region to hold an independence referendum in September was inconsistent with the Iraqi constitution.
"The Kurdistan Region is part of the Republic of Iraq," Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qasemi said, adding that such unilateral decisions would only aggravate the situation in the Arab country.
A united, stable and democratic Iraq would guarantee the interests of all people of that country, he added.
On June 7, Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region announced that it has planned to hold a referendum on independence on Sept. 25 to decide whether to secede from Iraq.
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BEIJING, July 15 (Xinhua) -- China has been making progress in judicial protection of human rights since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in 2012, according to a signed article written by Qi Ju and carried by Xinhua.
The judiciary is the last line of defense to safeguard social fairness and justice. Since 2012, significant achievements have been made in promoting legislation based on rational analysis, strict law enforcement, judicial justice, and observance of the law by all citizens, it said.
The country has strengthened the mechanism of judicial protection of human rights, including efforts to allocate judicial powers and responsibilities in a more rational way, improving the judicial accountability system, promoting judicial transparency and advancing the reform of trial-centered litigation.
China ensures lawyers' right of practice so that lawyers play a bigger role in safeguarding the legitimate rights and interests of parties concerned.
The country has abolished the system of reeducation through labor and established a national judicial assistance system.