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Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
BEIJING, May 20 (Xinhua) — Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, will attend the signing ceremony of the Convention Establishing the International Mediation Organization (IMO) in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on May 30, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said on Tuesday.
As Mao Ning recalled at a regular briefing for journalists, in 2022, China and about 20 countries with similar positions jointly put forward the initiative to establish an IGO. Thanks to their joint efforts, negotiations on the Convention Establishing the IGO were completed, and all parties agreed to locate its headquarters in Hong Kong.
The official representative announced that nearly 60 countries from Asia, Africa, Latin America and Europe, as well as about 20 international organizations, including the UN, will send high-ranking representatives to the signing ceremony on May 30. The Global Forum on International Mediation will be held in the afternoon of the same day to discuss “mediation of interstate disputes” and “mediation of international investment and commercial disputes.”
According to Mao Ning, the establishment of the IGO is a response to the common need of all countries for peace, stability and development, and is in line with the modern trend of cooperation for mutual benefit. The new organization will combine the advantages of all major legal systems and promote the development of global governance in the area of the rule of law in a more just and reasonable manner.
“We invite more countries to actively support the establishment of the IGO and participate in it, and coordinate the activities of the IGO with the existing international dispute settlement mechanisms to mutually enhance effectiveness, so as to jointly provide more opportunities and ways for resolving international disputes through effective and peaceful means, and better safeguard international fairness and justice,” the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman added. –0–