Speaking at the 3rd thematic discussion session “Promoting respect for cultural diversity for sustainable development” within the framework of the 9th Global Young Parliamentarians Conference on the morning of September 16, National Assembly Deputy Trinh Xuan An - Member in charge of the National Assembly's Committee on National Defense and Security said that cultural diversity is an important foundation for promoting culture in sustainable development and prosperity of nations.
In the current context of globalization, countries need to continue to preserve and promote cultural identity, respect each other's cultural diversity, and share and promote the cultural characteristics of communities for common development.
At the same time, respect countries, cooperate with countries to promote cultural diversity together instead of causing conflicts and contradictions in the current very complicated context....
According to the delegate, in Vietnam and other countries around the world, young people play a very important role in promoting cultural diversity. Young people are creating new forms of cultural promotion such as: Digital art, media art; culture is becoming increasingly diverse thanks to the contribution of young people.
National Assembly Delegate Trinh Xuan An participated in speaking at the discussion session.
To further promote the role and strengths of young people in promoting cultural diversity, delegates said that a comprehensive policy framework is needed to encourage healthy participation of young people.
Parliaments need to play a key role in shaping governance policies; policy makers need to embrace the overarching principles of cultural diversity and incorporate them into youth policies and activities.
Mr. An recommended that national parliaments should affirm the role of culture as a pillar of sustainable development and implement the United Nations 2030 Agenda, promoting the role of culture in development policies at the national, regional and international levels.
Commit to protecting and promoting cultural diversity; creating a favorable environment and ecosystem for culture and cultural diversity; affirming the role of the creative economy and cultural industries; developing a system of cities belonging to the UNESCO Creative Cities Network.
Affirming the role of culture and cultural diversity in the process of solving difficulties and challenges facing humanity today, especially the issue of climate change and preventing the illegal trafficking and transportation of cultural assets.
Panel discussion 3: “Promoting respect for cultural diversity for sustainable development”.
Speaking at the discussion session, the Algerian parliamentarian said that the country always strives to protect cultural diversity and tangible and intangible cultural heritage.
However, the country is currently facing challenges that could affect cultural diversity, with young people now also being victims of violence or discrimination, which in turn affects the population.
Therefore, the Algerian MP believes that there are still many difficulties in finding a balance between importing foreign cultural values as well as protecting the country's cultural values.
However, the MP believes that it is important to create conditions for young people to participate more in community activities and raise awareness to better understand the cultural values of their country. At the same time, it is necessary to nurture and educate young people to respect family and national values.
According to the Luxembourg MP, digital transformation is progressing strongly every day, greatly impacting all fields. There needs to be mechanisms and institutions to better coordinate and manage digital content so that the digital transformation can be effective and achieve its intended purpose.
In addition, there should be mechanisms to encourage cultural and linguistic diversity. In this regard, the role of lawmakers and parliamentarians is extremely important.
Regarding cultural diversity, there are many sustainable development goals related to this area such as education, climate change. It is necessary to refer to the experiences of different localities in these important issues .
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