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the right to development. Uzbekistan was convinced that China’s devotion to its international
obligations would foster a continuation of the fruitful and integrated work covering the broad
spectrum of human rights.
536. Pakistan highlighted the fact that China, in spite of being the most populous country in the
world, was realizing many of the Millennium Development Goals ahead of time, and that these
best practices should be replicated by other States. It noted that China, as a responsible global
power, had always looked after the rights and interests of the developing world, the
acknowledgement of which had been reflected in the statements made during the review. China’s
acceptance of a range of recommendations made in the fields of civil, political, economic, social
and cultural rights and the establishment of an inter-agency working group to systematically
analyse and implement these recommendations reflected the seriousness that it attached to
human rights. Pakistan noted the promulgation of China’s first national human rights plan of
action and the new plan on the pharmaceutical and health-care system.
537. Sri Lanka welcomed the State’s continuous role in striving for harmony, balance and fair
play in the Council, and pointed to the three contributions of the Chinese Communist Party to
human rights: (a) the elimination of serfdom and slavery in China, including in the province of
Tibet; (b) the emancipation of women; and (c) the exemplary conduct of the Chinese revolution
with regard to prisoners of war. It was particularly pleased that China had accepted a great
majority of recommendations, including those made by Sri Lanka, and that China had rejected
those proposals contributing to ethnic division and extremism. Sri Lanka admired China’s policy
concerning matters of ethnic identity and thought it could learn from China’s formula.
538. The Russian Federation noted that China had expressed its willingness to implement the
overwhelming majority of recommendations received, particularly those relating to the exercise
of economic, social and cultural rights and that China intended to make further large-scale efforts
to achieve the goals that it had set for itself in the promotion and protection of human rights. The
Russian Federation pointed out that the dynamically developing Chinese economy played a vital
role in consolidating efforts by the international community to find a way out from the world
financial crisis.
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