I would like to thank Under-Secretary-General Feltman for his briefing.
The current situation in eastern Ukraine remains turbulent, with an increase in armed clashes and acts of violence resulting in human casualties and the destruction of property. China is deeply worried and concerned about the s…
China welcomes you, Madam President, to New York to preside over today’s open debate of the Council on inclusive development for the maintenance of peace and security. I wish to thank Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Ambassador Patriota, Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC), for their briefi…
China welcomes the Chilean presidency’s convening of today’s open debate on the Middle East. I thank Assistant Secretary-General ad interim Toyberg-Frandzen for his briefing. China has also listened attentively to the statements made by the Ambassadors of Palestine and Israel.
Today’s meeting is th…
China thanks Chile for taking the initiative to convene today’s meeting on peacebuilding.
I welcome Minister for Foreign Affairs Muñoz to New York to preside over today’s meeting. I thank Deputy Secretary-General Eliasson and Ambassador Patriota for their briefings.
Peacebuilding is an important a…
China voted in favour of draft resolution S/2014/916 on the question of Palestine submitted by Jordan on behalf of the League of Arab States. The draft reflects the reasonable demands of the Arab States, including the Palestinian people, and is in accord with the relevant United Nations resolutions,…
China has stated its position against the Council’s involvement in the human rights situation in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. China has consistently opposed the politicization of human rights issues and the pressuring of countries under the pretext of human rights issues. The Security …
The Security Council has had a very intense month. We adopted eight resolutions, including ones on combating terrorism and cross-border criminal organizations, and issued four presidential statements on the Central African region and the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), among other items. China greatly…
China is opposed to exploiting the existence of large-scale violations of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea as a reason to include the situation in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea in the agenda of the Security Council. The Charter of the United Nations stipulates ex…
China welcomes the Chadian initiative to convene today’s open debate on terrorism and cross-border crime. I thank Under-Secretary-General Feltman for his briefing and Ambassador António for his statement on behalf of the African Union.
Frequent terrorist attacks have taken place recently in Asia, A…
China welcomes the convening of today’s meeting by the Chadian presidency. I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Haysom and Executive Director Fedotov for their briefings. I also thank Ambassador Tanin for his statement.
The year 2014 is crucial in terms of Afghanistan’s political…
I thank Ambassador Quinlan for his briefing. Over the past two years, Ambassador Quinlan and his team have worked hard to promote the Committee’s work. China wishes to express its appreciation and thanks for all of that. China has always attached great importance to the work of the Committee, and we…
China is deeply shocked and saddened by the terrorist attack on a school in Peshawar, Pakistan, on 16 December, which resulted in many casualties, including many children. China condemns this terrorist attack in the strongest terms and expresses its deep condolences to the victims, the injured and …
Pursuant to paragraphs 32 and 33 of resolution 68/128, as Chair of the Kimberley Process for 2014 I wish to present to the current session of the General Assembly the report (A/69/622, annex) on the implementation of the Kimberley Process, and to introduce, on behalf of the Process, draft resolution…
I would like to thank Prosecutor Bensouda for her briefing. We have seen no major changes in the Darfur
situation recently. We support the ongoing efforts of the Government of the Sudan to advance the political reconciliation process, and we welcome the joint efforts of the Government of the Sudan …
The Chinese delegation thanks the Secretary-General for the reports submitted under this agenda item.
In 2014, humanitarian crises caused by natural disasters, armed conflicts and long-standing vulnerability remained complicated and dire. They resulted in increased humanitarian needs, significantly…
China appreciates the convening of today’s meeting. We also thank Ms. Hiroute Guebre Sellassie, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Sahel, for her briefing.
At present, the situation in the Sahel region is generally stable, with continuing economic growth and steady progress in the imple…
First of all, I should like to thank President Meron, Prosecutor Brammertz, President Joensen and Prosecutor Jallow for their respective briefings on the work of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and the Residual Mechan…
This year we have solemnly commemorated the twentieth anniversary of the entry into force of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and taken stock of the achievements made in the past 20 years since the Convention came into force. The Convention provides an important guarantee for main…
China welcomes the convening of this meeting and associates itself with the statement delivered by representative of Bolivia on behalf of the Group of 77 and China. China wishes to state the following views with regard to the report of the Intergovernmental Committee of Experts on Sustainable Develo…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Farid Zarif for his briefing. I welcome the presence of His Excellency Mr. Aleksandar Vučić, Prime Minister of Serbia, who has also made a statement. I also listened attentively to the statement by Mr. Hashim Thaçi.
China respects the sovereig…
