Peng Liyuan, the wife of Chinese President Xi Jinping, and Yoo Soon-taek, the wife of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, on Sunday unveiled at the United Nations in New York a custom-designed stamp honoring people with disabilities as part of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Goals.
In his first speech at the United Nations as China's president, Xi addresses a range of international challenges, including eradication of poverty.
China has made a remarkable contribution as the international community has worked together on sustainable development issues and achieved huge success, saving millions of people from extreme poverty and hunger, through the United Nations Millennium Development Goals, said Wu Hongbo, UN under-secretary-general for economic and social affairs.
Mandarin is one of the six official languages of the United Nations, and translating documents into all those languages is crucial to the smooth functioning of the UN's machinery.
President Xi Jinping announced China's participation in 600 new projects that aim to help developing countries on trade, poverty reduction and other areas, saying that China remains "as committed as ever" to South-South cooperation.
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First lady Peng Liyuan delivered two speeches in English at the United Nations headquarters in New York on Saturday.
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday met with his Nigerian counterpart Muhammadu Buhari, calling for boosting bilateral cooperation and upgrading the two countries' strategic partnership.
