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“Museums are important places to protect and inherit human civilization, and cultural and museum workers have a glorious mission and great responsibility.” On July 8, General Secretary Xi Jinping replied to the old experts of the National Museum of China, encouraging the majority of cultural and museum workers to adhere to the correct political direction and be firm. Cultural confidence, deepen academic research, innovate exhibitions, promote the activation and utilization of cultural relics, promote exchanges and mutual learning between civilizations, protect, inherit, and display the outstanding achievements of Chinese civilization, and make new contributions to the development of cultural and motto and the construction of a socialist cultural power. .
Cultural relics carry splendid civilization, inherit history and culture, and maintain national spirit. They are the precious heritage left by our ancestors and the profound nourishment for strengthening the construction of socialist spiritual civilization. Bamboo slips and wooden slips that record ancient history, Qin bricks and Han tiles that have gone through thousands of years of vicissitudes, exquisite Dunhuang frescoes, exquisite ceramic utensils… Precious cultural relics are not only cultural relics that witness history, but also precious nourishment for spiritual blood. wealth. “Dialogue” with cultural relics can not only enrich people’s spiritual and cultural life, but also make us feel the continuous inheritance of string songs, arouse the mind of thousands of years, touch the broad and profound civilization, and strengthen cultural confidence. We should give full play to the role of museums as “big schools”, so that cultural relics can be better integrated into daily life.
Strengthen cultural self-confidence and demonstrate cultural charm. From the popularity of programs such as “If National Treasures Can Talk” and “National Treasures”, to the popularity of cultural and creative products in the Forbidden City, and then to the vigorous development of the Cloud Museum, each cultural phenomenon has inspired us. To protect from generation to generation, it is even more necessary to keep pace with the times and be brave in innovation. Actively promote the activation and utilization of cultural relics and make more cultural relics come alive. This is the voice of the times and the expectation of the masses.
Source: People’s Daily Online – People’s Daily
Author: Chen Ling
Editor: Chen Gang
July 9, 2022
The UK government says all new public buildings in England must have separate toilets for men and women.
“It is very important that women feel safe and comfortable when using public facilities and that their needs are respected,” said Kemi Badenoch, the UK government’s equality minister.
“It’s common sense to make sure men and women have separate toilets at the same time and place.”
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Gender neutral toilets welcome users to choose which toilet to use according to their gender identity
The British government said the increasing number of “gender-neutral” toilets was leaving women feeling “unfairly disadvantaged” and increasing their queue times.
But trans rights groups have defended gender-neutral toilets, saying gender-neutral toilets protect trans people from discrimination.
Like others who don’t follow the gender dichotomy, trans people face the challenge of being harassed when using male or female toilets, trans rights groups say.
When government officials announced the above policy, they also emphasized the difference between gender-neutral toilets and gender-neutral toilets. The former is a toilet with several cubicles, but users share queuing and hand-washing facilities, while the latter is completely independent (with hand-washing facilities included). Compartments, both men and women can use.
The government has stated that gender-neutral toilets should be provided in new public buildings if there is enough space, but gender-neutral toilets cannot be installed at the expense of women’s toilet space.
Officials said the changes, proposed last year, guaranteed women’s right to use “appropriate facilities”, some of whom may need to use toilet facilities more often because of pregnancy or biological reasons.
The new policy will also require changes to relevant building codes and guidance to be implemented, and a technical consultation will be launched this fall to review how to improve gender-neutral and accessible toilets.
Posted in: 10/07/2022 – 15:21
A local official has warned that millions of residents of opposition-held areas in northwest Syria might be deprived of vital humanitarian aid within weeks. The panic came following Russia vetoed the Security Council’s extension of the UN’s mandate for cross-border aid delivery. This mechanism, which allows the transfer of aid through a single crossing on the Syrian-Turkish border, through which aid can be transferred to the areas controlled by the fighting factions in Idlib, without passing through the areas controlled by the Syrian government, expires on Sunday.
Residents of opposition-controlled areas Syrian may be deprived of Vital humanitarian aid Within weeks, that’s what a local official has warned if the Security Council does not extend the UN’s mandate that expires on Sunday to deliver aid across the border.
Russia used its veto on Friday during a vote by the United Nations Security Council on a draft resolution to extend the mechanism for the delivery of humanitarian aid across the border to Syria without the consent of Damascus for one year, and Moscow only accepted the extension of the mandate for six months.
The non-permanent members of the council may propose a new nine-month extension in an effort to find a solution. But no new agreement had been reached until Sunday morning, threatening to deprive millions of this aid.
This mechanism, which allows the transfer of aid through the Bab al-Hawa crossing, ends on Sunday اThe Syrian-Turkish borderThe only way through which aid can be transported to the areas controlled by the fighting factions in Idlib (northwest) and its environs, without passing through the areas controlled by the Syrian government.
An ‘inadequate’ contingency plan
“As of today, there is no clear information regarding the mechanism that will be dealt with during the coming period,” Mazen Alloush, director of the public relations office at the Bab al-Hawa crossing (northwest), told AFP.
He added that “there is an emergency plan for the partner organizations of the United Nations working in the liberated areas” in the event that the mandate of the United Nations is not extended, but “it is not enough for the citizens’ needs for more than one month.”
The Bab al-Hawa crossing was closed on Sunday for the second consecutive day due to the Eid al-Adha holiday.
Alloush explained that in the event that no mechanism is found for the entry of aid across the border, the Bab al-Hawa crossing “will remain open to the movement of travelers, patients and relief convoys” not affiliated with the United Nations, including aid from Turkish charities.
Senior UN officials and aid workers have repeatedly warned that aid delivery in this way cannot replace UN cross-border operations, both in scope and scale.
The UN mechanism has been in force since 2014, and allows the transfer of aid through the Bab al-Hawa crossing on the Syrian-Turkish border for more than 2.4 million people in the Idlib region (northwest), which is under the control of jihadist and opposition groups.
More than 4,600 aid trucks crossed the border this year alone, most of which carried food items, according to data from the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
FRANCE 24/AFP
