At the outset, let me express my appreciation to the delegation of Japan for taking the initiative to organize today’s briefing. I also thank Ms. Wallström, Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, and Ms. Mayanja, Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Ge…
I should like at the outset, on behalf of the Chinese delegation, to thank the President of the General Assembly and all Member States for their sincere expressions of condolence and support regarding the earthquake that struck Yushu, Qinghai Province, in China. We are particularly grateful to the P…
At the outset, I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this open debate. I also take this opportunity to thank the Member States for their care and support for the work of the Security Council.
The Charter of the United Nations entrusts the Security Council with the solemn responsib…
At the outset, I would like to thank the Foreign Minister of Japan for having travelled to New York to preside over today’s meeting. I would like to thank Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon for his statement. I welcome Foreign Minister Rassoul of Afghanistan, the Minister of Defence of Sierra Leone, the…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening today’s open debate.
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A strong earthquake struck the Yushu region in Qinghai province in China today. The earthquake caused heavy losses in terms of the lives and property of the local people. The central and local Governments have respon…
On behalf of the Chinese Government, I wish to commend the convening of this High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development. The Chinese delegation aligns itself with the statement made by the representative of Yemen on behalf of the Group of 77 and China.
The global economy is slowly emerging fr…
I wish to thank the delegation of Gabon for its initiative to convene this open debate on the impact of illicit arms trafficking on peace and security in the Central African region. I would also like to thank Deputy Secretary-General Migiro for her statement, as well as Mr. Costa, Executive Director…
I would like to thank Under-Secretary-General Alain Le Roy for his briefing on the situation in Afghanistan. China expresses its readiness to fully support the work of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) and of the newly appointed Special Representative of the Secretary-Gene…
At the outset, I would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. I would also like to express our appreciation to our French colleagues for their very effective work in the month of February.
I should also like to thank Amb…
I wish to thank France for having convened this meeting of the Security Council. I also wish to thank Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon for his statement and Executive Director Costa for his briefing.
The 2005 World Summit Outcome (General Assembly resolution 60/1) emphasizes that drugs, transnational…
The Chinese delegation welcomes Mr. José Luís Guterres, Deputy Prime Minister of Timor-Leste, to the Council and thanks him for his statement. We congratulate Ms. Ameerah Haq on her assumption of the post of Special Representative of the Secretary- General for Timor-Leste and thank her for her compr…
The Chinese delegation thanks the French delegation for organizing today’s thematic debate. I welcome Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and thank him for his statement. I also welcome the presence of the Executive Representative of the Secretary-General Michael von der Schulenburg, Under-Secretaries- Ge…
I welcome His Excellency Mr. Kanat Saudabayev, Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan, to the Security Council and thank him for his briefing on the activities of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). I wish Kazakhstan success during its chairmanship of the OSCE.
While the Securit…
The Chinese delegation would like to thank you, Madam, and Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for the briefings on the latest developments after the earthquake and the international relief efforts in Haiti. We thank the delegation of Brazil for submitting resolution 64/250 on the earthquake in Haiti to t…
I shall now make a brief statement in my capacity as the representative of China.
We would like to congratulate the Afghan people on the election of their new national leader. China hopes that the new Afghan Government can be established and carry out its functions as soon as
possible. We support …
The Security Council has just adopted resolution 1907 (2009). China abstained in the vote on that resolution. In that regard, I wish to make three points.
First, China has always firmly supported the peace process in Somalia. China has maintained friendly relations and cooperation with successive T…
The Chinese delegation welcomes the note by the Secretary-General under this agenda item (A/64/365). We also welcome the Assembly’s debate on global health and foreign policy.
Over the past year, the international financial and economic crisis has posed grave challenges to global public health. The…
At the outset, I should like to thank Ambassador Takasu for his briefing on the progress in the work of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006) over the 90-day reporting period. We should like to thank him for his efforts since he assumed the Chairmanship of the…
I would like to thank Burkina Faso for taking the initiative to hold an open debate in the Security Council on the question of drug trafficking under the agenda item “Peace and security in Africa”. Mr. President, I welcome your presence here in New York today to preside over our meeting in person. I…
The Chinese delegation would like to thank Under- Secretary-General John Holmes for his introduction. I should now like to make a few comments under this agenda item.
According to the Secretary-General’s report, there was a declining trend in the frequency of natural disasters in the past two years…
