At first the Asian countries were strongly opposed to this, but on 3 February, at the 10-country Asian foreign ministers 'conference on Phuket Island, mainland Chinese vice-premier and foreign minister Qian Qichen suggested that all the declarations of UN conferences over recent years should be included in the chairman's statement, to counterbalance the Vienna Declaration.
亞洲國家原本強烈反對，但中國大陸副總理兼外長錢其琛二月三日在普吉島舉行的亞洲十國外長會議中，建議將近年聯合國主辦會議的宣言，一併列入主席聲明中，以抗衡「世界人權宣言」。