South-South cooperation in the area of human rights: Realizing the 'Bandung Spirit'
Adjust font size: A student from Burkina Faso checks crop growth in the field at an agricultural experimental base in Quzhou county, north China's Hebei province, July 23, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua] On September 12, we celebrate the United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation, which expresses the solidarity among the peoples and the nations of the Global South. The groundwork for this southern solidarity was laid during the Bandung Conference, which took place 65 years ago. Attended by 29 newly independent states from Asia and Africa, it was the first South-South meeting of its kind. Indonesi...