RIO DE JANEIRO, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) -- Although judoka Popole Misenga from the first-ever Refugee Olympic Team (ROT) on Tuesday expressed his hope for a medal at the Rio 2016 Olympics, he and his teammates dreamed more.
Originally from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Misenga now lives in Brazil as he has children here and learns Portuguese.
"They give me a chance to reach an Olympic Games and I am ready. I will demonstrate what I learned there and that moment is coming," Misenga told a press conference.
Ten refugees including Misenga will participate in the Rio Olympic Games under the Olympic flag as the International Olympic Committee formed the unique team for athletes that have fled conflict-driven countries and regions.
The team includes five runners from South Sudan, two swimmers from Syria, two judokas from the Democratic Republic of Congo and a marathon runner from Ethiopia, besides five coaches and five other officials.
Yolande Mabika Bukasa, who is also from the Democratic Republic of Congo, dyed her hair blonde.
"I have changed my hair style to build a new life and to organize everything new, a new story, a new house, a new place, including the color of my hair," Bukasa said.
With the new image, the black-belt judoka Bukasa felt happy to look into the future as she hoped sports could give strength not only to her, but also to all the refugees as well.
"We want to show the world that we are capable of performing as any team. We are here as role models for all the refugees of the world."
The 18-year-old swimmer Yusra Mardini left hometown Damascus for her dream of swimming.
"There are a lot of problems in our country but you also remember all the good times," said Mardini, who will attend the women's 100m butterfly and 100m freestyle swimming in Rio.
"A lot of things happened and it was really bad but when you remember that life had not stopped for you, at some point you have to move on.
"I want everyone (there) to think of their dreams because a lot of people there have forgotten their dreams."
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BEIJING, Dec. 8 (Xinhua) -- The first "South-South Human Rights Forum" was concluded in Beijing Friday, calling for efforts to safeguard people's right to development.
The two-day forum, themed "Building a Community of Shared Future for Humanity: New Opportunities for South-South Human Rights Development," saw more than 300 officials attend cheap nike air max 2018 shoes , including scholars and representatives from over 70 countries and international organizations.
According to the Beijing Declaration issued at the forum, participants agreed that the right to subsistence and the right to development were the primary basic human rights.
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The participants agreed in the declaration that Chinese President Xi Jinping's proposal to build a community of shared future for humanity was "a major concept which conforms to the trend of the times, fits the requirements of development, and reflects the pursuit of a new human social value."
Xi sent a congratulatory letter to the forum Thursday, calling on the international community to respect and reflect the will of the people in developing countries in human rights development.
Xi said that human rights worldwide could not be achieved without the joint efforts of developing countries cheap air max 2018 shoes , which account for more than 80 percent of the world's population. He stressed that human rights must and can only be promoted in light of specific national conditions and people's needs.
Xi called on developing countries to uphold both the universality and particularity of human rights and steadily raise the level of human rights protection.
"The Chinese people would like to work in concert with people in other developing countries and beyond to advance development through cooperation, promote human rights through development, and build a community with a shared future for human beings," the message read.
The message was read by Huang Kunming, member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee cheap air max shoes , at the opening ceremony of the forum.
"The important thought on building a community with a shared future for human beings proposed by Xi offered Chinese wisdom and solutions toward a more fair and reasonable global human rights governance," said Huang, who also heads the publicity department of the CPC Central Committee.