The 63rd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council unanimously adopted the resolution "Barrier-free Construction to Promote the Enjoyment of Human Rights for All" proposed by China on behalf of 47 countries on the 5th.

When introducing the draft resolution, Jia Guide, Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations Office at Geneva and other international organizations in Switzerland, said that the construction of a barrier-free environment provides an important guarantee for all types of groups to participate in social life equally and conveniently and fully realize various human rights.This draft resolution focuses on the aging of the population and is committed to promoting barrier-free and age-appropriate construction; it focuses on the opportunities and challenges brought by emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, and calls on countries to adhere to the principles of innovation, inclusiveness, openness, fairness, security, and reliability in the development and use of emerging digital technologies to promote barrier-free information exchange.

Many countries, including Cuba and Egypt, spoke highly of China’s efforts in promoting the concept of “accessibility for all” and pointing the way for the future development of accessibility.All parties believe that the resolution calls for providing technical assistance to developing countries and promoting international cooperation in related fields, which meets the needs of developing countries.After the resolution was passed, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and many countries congratulated China.

In 2024, the Human Rights Council passed a Chinese-sponsored resolution of the same name for the first time, which was the first accessibility resolution in the history of the United Nations.This year marks the first anniversary of President Xi Jinping’s global governance initiative and the third anniversary of the implementation of the Accessible Environment Construction Law of the People’s Republic of China.The Human Rights Council once again adopted China and other resolutions proposing accessibility for everyone, which is of great significance to the international community in further promoting and protecting the human rights of various groups, actively responding to aging, and strengthening global governance and standard setting in related fields.