Today
we had the opening of the World Family Summit that it’s happening
in Sanya (China). The minister of National Population and Family
Planning Commission of China, Weiqing Zhang, welcomed
all the participants. He said that China is glad to host this Summit
because family is the basis of all human development.
36
children, that represent the 36 different nationalities that exist
in China, offered flowers to the authorities present. The minister
said that these children symbolize all Chinese’s families.
“The children represent the happiness and hope inside the
families”, said Zhang.
Xiulian
Gu, Vice-Chairperson of The Standing Committee of the National
People’s Congress of China and President of The All-China
Women’s Federation, also spoke at the opening ceremony.
Dr.
Deisi Noeli Weber Kusztra, President of World Family Organization
stated that this summit in China represents the realization of a
dream that began in 2001, when the General Assembly of the World
Family Organization decided to discuss family issues in the context
of Development. She affirmed that “we are the generation responsible
for writing the history of the Third Millennium and it’s our
duty to build a better world for the next generation placing family
issues in definitive in the International Agenda”.
Dr.
Najet Karaborni, Senior Interregional Adviser, Office of
the United Nations Under Secretary General, UNDESA, read the message
of the Secretary-General of the United Nations to the Summit. She
also congratulated WFO for the outstanding initiative of doing this
Summit and thanked the Government of the People's Republic of China
for hosting it.
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