Rubayat E Shams Anik, Senior Research Associate of IPAG, delivered a speech at the Parallel Session 01 on Sustainable Development at the “Second International Forum on the Shared Human Values” held on March 21st to 23rd at Beijing, China. Anik discussed on the importance of good governance for sustainable development. The conference was attended by prominent speakers, including Li Shulei (MP and Head of the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee), José Luis Centella (President of the Communist Party of Spain), Yukio Hatoyama (Former PM of Japan), Fred Mmembe (President of the Socialist Party of Zambia), Abhisit Vejjajiva (Former PM of Thailand), Mushahid Hussain Sayed (Chairman of Pakistan Senate Defense Committee, Pakistan China Institute, George Galloway (Leader of Workers Party of Britain & Former MP), and Prof. Jeffrey Sachs (Professor of Columbia University).