I would like to thank the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Guatemala for presiding over today’s meeting. I would also like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Fernández Amunátegui, for his briefing.
Haiti has made some progress in the areas of stability and development …
China firmly opposes the statement made by the Japanese
representative, who not only feels no guilt for Japan’s history of aggression and colonialism, but instead makes remarks that do not hold water at all. China is strongly opposed to such a position.
Japan’s so-called nationalization of the Dia…
On the question of the Diaoyu islands, the Japanese representative once again brazenly distorted history and resorted to spurious, fallacious arguments that defy all reason and logic to justify their aggression of Chinese territory. Minister for Foreign Affairs Mr. Yang Jiechi reiterated China’s fir…
I wish to congratulate Mr. Jeremić on his election as President of the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session. I am confident that with his ability and experience he will successfully fulfil that lofty mission. I also wish
to thank Mr. Al-Nasser for his positive contribution as President at …
I am glad to attend this high-level meeting of the Security
Council on peace and security in the Middle East. It is good to see Mr. Guido Westerwelle chair the meeting.
The Middle East is undergoing unprecedented changes. The political, economic and social impact of the international financial cri…
I welcome the participation of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan, His Excellency Mr. Zalmai Rassoul, and thank him for his presentation on the situation in Afghanistan. I should like also to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Ján Kubiš, for his briefing.
To dat…
I thank Ambassador Osorio, Permanent Representative of Colombia, for his briefing, and I appreciate his efforts to advance the work of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006). China also welcomes the extension of the mandate of the Committee’s Panel of Experts pursuant to resolu…
I welcome Germany’s initiative in convening today’s meeting. I thank Special Representative of the Secretary- General Zerrougui, Under-Secretary-General Ladsous and UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake for their respective briefings. I also listened carefully to the statement made by Mr. Tolbert.
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China abstained on the resolution that was put to a vote just now. Children and armed conflict is an important item for the Security Council. China has taken a constructive approach from the very beginning in the consultations on the resolution. We have repeatedly emphasized that all sides of the Co…
China attaches great importance to the protection of indigenous peoples’ rights. The World Conference on Indigenous Peoples will give us a great opportunity to discuss and deliberate on the protection of indigenous peoples’ rights. We steadfastly support the convening of this World Conference and we…
China would like to emphasize the following three points with regard to the issue of human security.
First, the concept of human security originated with United Nations Development Programme reports on development. Human security is in essence an issue of development. Helping developing countries t…
I thank France for its initiative in convening this meeting, and I welcome Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, who is presiding over the meeting. My thanks also go to Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres for their briefings. I have als…
I would like to thank Special Representative of the Secretary- General Farid Zarif for the briefing he has just given us. I also welcome His Excellency Prime Minister Ivica Dačić of the Republic of Serbia to today’s meeting of the Security Council. I have listened attentively to the statement made b…
We note that, although it has undergone several amendments, the substance of resolution 66/253 B, just adopted, remains unchanged.
China is deeply worried by the increasingly grave situation in Syria and the continued escalation of the crisis. China opposes and condemns all forms of terrorism and v…
I would like to thank Mr. Robert Serry, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and Personal Representative of the Secretary-General to the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority, for his briefing. I have also listened carefully to the statements made by the re…
China is deeply concerned over the increasingly challenging situation in Syria. We oppose terrorism and violence in all their forms and strongly condemn the recent killing of civilians and the bomb attack in Damascus on 18 July.
The top priority of the international community now is to fully suppor…
I would like to thank Colombia for its initiative in holding this open debate on post-conflict peacebuilding, and Foreign Minister Holguín Cuéllar for presiding over today’s meeting. I would also like to thank Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon; Ambassador Gasana and Ambassador Momen, the Permanent Repre…
I thank Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for his briefing. I take this opportunity to thank the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Canada, the facilitator of the third biennial review of the Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy, for his work.
The United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy represents t…
I listened very attentively to the briefing by Mr. Moreno- Ocampo.
At the moment, the political transition process in Libya has entered a critical phase. We hope that the Libyan people will maintain ethnic harmony and safeguard national unity, actively respond to all challenges and achieve at an ea…
I would like to thank Mr. Mahiga, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia, for his briefing. I would also like to welcome to this meeting His Excellency Mr. Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, President of the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia.
The Somali peace process is at a …
