Kinas præsident Hu Jintao og UNESCOs generaldirektør Irina Bokova drøftede torsdag et tættere bistandssamarbejde, oplyser UNESCOs hjemmeside.
SHENZHEN, KINA, 11 August 2011: ”As the largest intergovernmental organization in education, science, technology and culture, UNESCO carries extensive influence,” said President Hu Jintao.
The President also referred to China’s active support of UNESCO programs in the fields of Education for All and the protection of natural and cultural heritage, assuring the Director-General of increased cooperation in the future.
The Director-General praised China’s excellence in education and its ten-year Education Reform and Development Plan Outline (2010-20), asserting that the country had extensive experience, good practices and achievements to share with the developing world. “We are ready to work with you to transmit these good examples to developing countries and to make assessments and evaluations of your achievements.”
To this end, she asked President Hu Jintao to consider establishing a Trust Fund with UNESCO so that “we could work jointly with African countries on education, teacher training and the safeguarding of tangible and intangible heritage where you have such expertise. We would like to see you helping developing countries more through UNESCO. “
Hu Jintao expressed hope that the forthcoming seminar of Africa-China University Presidents, being organized at UNESCO Headquarters in October with support from China, “would go a long way in promoting tripartite cooperation in this regard.”
He also referred to China’s collaboration on the Third International Conference on Technical and Vocational Education and Training, coming up in Shanghai in May 2012, voicing the expectation that the event “would lead to good progress.”
The Director-General is in Shenzhen, described by President Hu Jintao as a “young city and window on China’s reform and opening up,” to address the World University Presidents’ Forum and to attend the opening of the 26th World University Games, which are expected to draw some 13,000 athletes from around the world.
“These are very important games for young people,” said the Director-General, drawing attention to UNESCO’s youth agenda and the upcoming Youth Forum ahead of the General Conference in October.
