The Chinese Permanent Mission to the United Nations held the kickoff meeting of the "Group of Friends on Global Governance" (referred to as the "Group of Friends") at the United Nations headquarters in New York on the 9th, and the Group of Friends was officially established. Fu Cong, the Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations, presided over the meeting, and representatives from nearly 40 founding member countries of the Friends Group from various regions of the world attended. On December 9th, the launch meeting of the "Friends of Global Governance Group" was held at the United Nations headquarters in New York, and the "Friends of Global Governance Group" was officially established. Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhang Fengguo, photographed by Fu Cong, stated that China has put forward a global governance initiative, emphasizing the five core concepts of sovereignty equality, adherence to international rule of law, practicing multilateralism, advocating people-oriented, and focusing on action orientation. This is another important public good provided by China to the world, contributing Chinese wisdom and solutions to the reform and improvement of global governance. Under the guidance of the Global Governance Initiative, China proposes to establish a Group of Friends with the aim of strengthening exchanges and cooperation with all parties on major issues in the field of global governance, and promoting the construction of a more just and reasonable global governance system. China is willing to work together with members of the Friends Group to continuously improve the mechanism of the Friends Group, deepen exchanges and cooperation, and contribute to the reform and improvement of global governance. On December 9th, at the United Nations headquarters in New York, representatives of founding member countries attended the launch meeting of the "Friends of Global Governance Group". Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Zhang Fengguo. Participating countries enthusiastically spoke up, highly recognizing and supporting the global governance initiative, warmly welcoming the establishment of the Friends Group, appreciating China's leading role in global governance, and looking forward to the Friends Group strengthening policy communication and practical cooperation, injecting new impetus into maintaining multilateralism, reforming, and building the global governance system. After the meeting, the Friends Group issued a joint statement emphasizing that the establishment of the Friends Group is an important step in implementing global governance initiatives, to jointly safeguard the achievements of World War II victory, support the role of the United Nations, coordinate actions on major global governance issues, and sincerely invite more like-minded countries to join. Fu Cong stated in a media interview after the meeting that members of the Friends group highly praised the Global Governance Initiative and emphasized the need to jointly uphold international fairness and justice, support the United Nations in playing its role, and improve global governance under the guidance of the Global Governance Initiative. The Friends Group is an open and inclusive platform, and we believe that more like-minded countries will join in. China is willing to work together with other countries to fully implement global governance initiatives on the United Nations platform, promote the construction of a more just and reasonable global governance system, jointly build a community with a shared future for mankind, and create a better future for mankind. Pakistan's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Asim Ahmad, stated in an interview that the proposal of global governance initiatives is very timely, given the multiple crises facing the world today and the decreasing confidence of the international community in multilateralism and the role of the United Nations. This initiative is based on multiple initiatives previously proposed by China, reflecting a global perspective and China's leadership. Pakistan fully supports this initiative. Pakistan will work together with China to promote this initiative. The Permanent Representative of Burundi to the United Nations, Zefirin Manilatanga, said that Burundi greatly appreciates the global governance initiative proposed by China. The world is facing many challenges today, and no country can tackle them alone. The establishment of a group of friends is crucial. Under the framework of the Group of Friends, Burundi will work together with its members to address the challenges facing the current multilateral system, such as geopolitical tensions, inequality and climate issues. Cuba's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ernesto Soweron, stated that Cuba warmly welcomes and supports global governance initiatives. Building a community with a shared future for mankind requires such initiatives. This will contribute to the democratization of international relations and align with the common interests of countries in the global South. It will not only help maintain the unity of countries in the global South, but also safeguard their interests in the multilateral arena. (New Society)