The 54th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council was held from September 11 to October 13 in Geneva, Switzerland. During this period, people from multiple countries discussed issues related to human rights in various international conferences. On the 19th, the sideline meeting on the theme of "co building the the Belt and Road and the development of world human rights" aroused strong resonance among the participants. This themed side event is organized by the China Foundation for Human Rights Development. Chinese experts and scholars in research fields such as the "the Belt and Road" and human rights introduced relevant information to foreign participants around the theme, and told the story of the "the Belt and Road" cooperation helping to jointly build national economic and social development and improve people's livelihood through a large number of facts, data, videos, pictures, etc. Many foreigners are interested in asking questions to Chinese experts and scholars. The "the Belt and Road" initiative has achieved fruitful results in the past ten years, boosting the investment scale of nearly trillion dollars, achieving thousands of cooperation projects, creating a large number of jobs for the co construction country, and lifting tens of millions of local people out of poverty. The facts elaborated by Chinese experts resonated strongly with the audience. Katrina Fiankang Bokonga, vice chairman of the Swiss Media Club and a senior registered journalist of the United Nations, said in an interview that the "the Belt and Road" initiative is widely praised because its core purpose is cooperation for development. "I have been following the 'the Belt and Road' for a long time, but we don't usually hear many of the information introduced by these Chinese experts in Europe, and I hope we can have more opportunities to learn about this information in the future. With regard to the 'the Belt and Road', we prefer to listen to the voice from China," she said. The cooperation cases introduced by Chinese experts have deeply touched many listeners. Brian de Pierraz, the head of a Swiss import and export enterprise who attended the meeting, told reporters that the joint construction of the "the Belt and Road" initiative has truly connected Europe and Asia. The China Europe Train has made many living goods easily and quickly delivered to consumers, which has really benefited European people. This is an important practice to help Europe improve the human rights situation. Wang Mengmeng, chairman of the Youth Forum of the Swiss Chinese Friendship Association, told reporters that the "the Belt and Road" international cooperation has played a role in promoting the economic development of the co construction country, improving the living standards of the people in the co construction country, and from the perspective of human rights, bringing more protection to the rights and interests of the local people. Peter Kenny, Chairman of the Swiss Association of Foreign Journalists, works for an African media company. He said, "I understand that in China's concept of human rights, human rights protection is closely related to development. Infrastructure construction is the key to development, and I pay particular attention to how the the Belt and Road initiative can help African countries improve infrastructure such as railway transportation, so that African countries can achieve connectivity." Feliz Imery, chairman of a new energy company in Switzerland, said that he was glad to participate in this thematic side meeting, The "the Belt and Road" is very important to the economic development of China and other countries in the world. (New News Agency)