China wishes to thank you, Mr. President, for convening today’s meeting.
November has proved to be a very busy month. The Council has adopted resolutions extending the mandates of the United Nations Mission in the Republic of South Sudan (resolution 2187 (2014)) and the United Nations Integrated Pe…
I thank Under-Secretary-General Feltman and Secretary General Stock of INTERPOL for their briefings.
Under the Charter of the United Nations, the Security Council shoulders the main responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security. For many years, the Council has used a combin…
Today the United Nations is celebrating the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, which serves as yet another reminder to the international community that it is urgent to find a solution to the question of Palestine.
The question of Palestine is an important root cause of the…
I wish to thank Ambassador Oh Joon for his briefing. China appreciates the great deal of work done by Ambassador Oh Joon and his team over the past two years at the helm of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004).
Currently, the international fight against prol…
I would like to thank Mr. Nabarro and Special Representative Banbury for their briefings. I also listened attentively to Mr. Mauget’s presentation.
The Ebola outbreak in West Africa has recently slowed down somewhat, and the number of new cases in Liberia and Guinea has fallen, showing that the int…
China welcomes the report submitted to the General Assembly by the Secretary-General on the situation in Afghanistan (A/69/540) and supports the Assembly’s adoption today of draft resolution A/69/L.20, on Afghanistan.
After several decades of war and turmoil, the Afghan people have entered a crucia…
China welcomes the Australian initiative to hold an open debate on counter-terrorism today. We welcome your coming to New York, Madam President, to preside at this meeting. I thank Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon; Ambassador Quinlan, Chair of the Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1989 …
The current international situation is undergoing profound changes. All manner of new threats and challenges continue to emerge one after another. Interlinked security issues, traditional and non-traditional, require joint responses from the international community. The international community expec…
China welcomes the Third International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS), which was successfully held from 1 to 4 September in Apia. We also welcome the adoption of the outcome document, the SIDS Accelerated Modalities of Action (SAMOA) Pathway (Samoa Pathway). We would like to exp…
The Chinese delegation wishes to thank you, Sir, for convening today’s meeting. We welcome your appointment of the Permanent Representative of Jamaica, Ambassador Rattray, as Chair of the intergovernmental negotiations on Security Council reform. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank A…
I thank Assistant Secretary-General ad interim Toynberg- Frandzen, Ambassador Apakan and Ambassador Tagliavini for their briefings just now.
While the overall security situation in eastern Ukraine has been stable recently, violent attacks have continued to take place and have caused loss of life an…
The Chinese delegation voted in favour of resolution 69/14, on cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). China appreciates the effective cooperation between the United Nations and the OPCW. At the same time, we believe that the OPCW s…
I wish to thank Ms. Bensouda for her briefing.
China is deeply worried at the worsening situation in Libya. The priority for the time being is for the parties in Libya to place the interests of their country and people first, comply with relevant Council resolutions and the commitments made at the …
I would like to thank High Representative Inzko for his briefing.
In recent times, the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina has remained stable. There has been positive progress in economic development and building the rule of law. China welcomes that development.
China respects the sovereignty, in…
China endorses the extension of the mandate of the European Union-led peacekeeping force (EUFOR) and welcomes the continuing positive role that EUFOR plays in maintaining peace and stability in Bosnia and Herzegovina. We voted in favour of today’s resolution 2183 (2014). Meanwhile, I would like to p…
The Chinese delegation welcomes the report on the work of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) (seeA/69/255), introduced by Director General Yukiya Amano.
Over the past year, the IAEA has been diligently fulfilling its duties under its Statute and has made great efforts and substantial ach…
We wish to thank you, Madam President, for having convened today’s meeting. We appreciate in particular Argentina’s success in presiding over the Council during the month of October. We welcome the five countries recently elected to serve on the Council for the 2015-2016 term, namely, Angola, Malays…
I would like to thank Under-Secretary-General Feltman for his briefing. I have also listened attentively to the statements made by the representatives of Palestine and Israel.
The Palestinian-Israeli situation is currently very fragile, and China is deeply concerned about the continuing conflict be…
The Chinese delegation welcomes Argentina’s initiative in convening today’s open debate. I would like to thank the Secretary-General for his briefing. I would also like to thank Ms. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director of UN-Women, and Assistant Secretary- General Mulet for their briefings. Ch…
I wish to thank Assistant Secretary-General Fernandez-Taranco and Assistant Secretary-General Šimonović for their briefings.
China notes that, since the signing of the Minsk agreements between the Ukrainian Government and eastern militias at the beginning of September, there
have been no large-sca…
