On December, 9 the International Diplomatic Club "Amicability" organized the international online Conference "Political and Social Leaders for Human Rights Support" dedicated to the World Human RIghts day. Global political and social leaders gathered together to discuss today's problems of Human Rights implementation and to work out possible strategies for Humanity to respect Human Rights.
Yuliya Prokip, member of the IDC "Amicability" and a twice world champion in Dancesport was the first to speak. Mrs, Prokip presented her research on history of Human Rights Declaration and its importance nowadays. She stated that respecting Human Rights is inevitable to achieve Global UN Sustainable Goals and to bring balance in the post COVID-19 world.
The President of the International Brics Forum Purnima Anand added that in order to provide and defend Human Rights unity of social leaders is important. Especially significant in this connection are different types of conferences, which promote people-to-people diplomacy. Mrs. Anand also paid attention to the fact that nowadays, during the lockdown humanity must find balance between anti-COVID measures and basic human freedoms.
Abdul Basit Syed, the Vice-President of the IDC "Amicability and the President of the World Humanitarian Drive noted the need to rise awareness of Human Rights around the world. Mr. Syed listed three main objectives of modern Human Rights agenda: education, trade harmony and peace. By reaching them humanity will achieve true progress in Human Rights Sphere.
Dr. Asif Iqbal dwelled on the theme of the connection between pandemic and Human Rights. Nowadays the COVID-19 is a global challenge for the whole world, which implies the need to pay special attention on respecting Human Rights. Dr. Iqbal then raised another important problem connected with Human Rights - situation in Crimea, and stated that international society should take measures to solve it.
The special guest of the Conference was Dr. Martin Weightman, the representative of the EU, who gave more than 20 years of his life to advocating Human Rights. Dr. Weightman gave an overview of the present situation with Human Rights and claimed that Universal Declaration of Human Rights is a manifestation of principles of individual spiritual integrity, which were long formed through religions and social leaders and which we now must respect and promote. Dr. Weightman thinks that alothough humanity now is not an integrated society and we are far from it, we must pursue Human Rights because it it the basic aim of humanism.
Jagdish Sewhani, specialist in sphere of Indian-American integration noted that vaccine against COVID-19 is now a crucial thing for humanity.
The representative of Bulgaria, Plamena Zayachka, said that international system of democracies and Human Rights are now in threat because of COVID-19, and civil organizations and covil society are main actors in providing respect of human rights on all levels.
At the end of the conference the President of the IDC "Amicability" Sergey Dvoryanov proposed to prepare one common document, where common principles and aims of social leaders in sphere of human rights will be written. Later it will be presented on the UN platform.
The final chord was a peace pledge organized by the World Humanitarian Drive. All participants of the Conference stated their awareness of human rights and proclaimed their honest and humanistic desire to respect and promote these rights around the world.
We thank all participants for their outstanding performances and are looking forward to our common future events!