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Call for a United World 　　“The international community should continue to go forward hand in hand.” 　　?C President Hu Jintao, September 23, 2009, at the General Debate of the 64th session of the UN General Assembly 　　 　　THE General Debate is the highest platform of the UN General Assembly. During the 64th session, over 140 state leaders spoke on the theme: “Effective responses to the global crises ?C strengthening multilateralism and dialogue among civilizations for international peace, security and development.” 　　President Hu made a speech entitled “Work Concertedly Toward the Future,” specifying China’s views on current international situations and major global and regional issues. He stated, “Faced with unprecedented opportunities and challenges, the international community should continue to go forward hand in hand, committed to peace, development, cooperation and the principles of win-win and tolerance; it should push for the construction of a harmonious world marked by lasting peace and common prosperity, and work unremittingly for the lofty cause of peace and the development of all mankind.” 　　 　　Retrospective 　　 　　Since China returned to the international community, its state leaders have given six speeches at the United Nations, conveying the country’s views and its standpoints on international affairs and important global and regional issues. 　　In April 1974, then Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping led a Chinese delegation to the Sixth Special Session of the UN General Assembly and delivered a speech at the General Debate, where he elaborated on Chairman Mao Zedong’s “Three Worlds” theory. Deng stated that China belonged to the Third World; it would stand firmly against any form of hegemony, and would never exercise hegemony itself. On behalf of China, Deng proposed the establishment of a new international order. 　　In October 1995, President Jiang Zemin went to New York and attended the Special Commemorative Meeting of the UN General Assembly for t