Fifteen years ago, the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) was convened in Egypt. Representatives of 179 countries gathered in Cairo to sign the Programme of Action (see A/CONF.171/13/Rev.1), which identified goals and established timetables. ICPD was a milestone in the his…
The Chinese delegation wishes to thank you, Mr. President, for having convened today’s meeting. We welcome the report submitted by the Secretary- General on recent developments in the situation in Somalia (S/2009/503). We also thank Mr. Pascoe and Mr. Boyd for their briefings. We welcome the partici…
First of all, I wish to thank the Vietnamese Government for initiating this open debate of the Security Council and Your Excellency, Mr. President, for presiding over this meeting in person.
Nine years ago, the Security Council adopted resolution 1325 (2000), a milestone document that has laid the …
First, I would like to thank you, Madam President, for presiding over today’s meeting in person and the Secretary-General for the statement that he has just made.
China condemns all acts of violence against women in conflict situations, including sexual violence. We call on all parties to conflicts…
I should like to thank Mr. Eide, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan, for his briefing. We also welcome the presence of Mr. Spantâ, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan and thank him for his statement.
We are closely following the elections in Afghanistan, which w…
The Chinese delegation welcomes Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s report on the work of the Organization (A/64/1). I take this opportunity to express my appreciation and gratitude to Mr. Ban Ki-moon for his diligent work and outstanding performance over the past year.
Deepening economic globalization…
First of all, I wish to thank you, Madam President, for convening today’s meeting. We would also like to warmly welcome to the Security Council His Excellency Mr. William Jefferson Clinton, United Nations Special Envoy for Haiti, and Her Excellency Mrs. Michèle Duvivier Pierre-Louis, Prime Minister …
The Chinese delegation would like to thank Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon for his report (A/63/1) on the work of the Organization. The report has reviewed the progress made by the United Nations in various fields over the past year and has described current and future tasks and challenges facing the…
I wish to thank Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for his presence and his statement. I also thank him for his report (S/2009/362), submitted pursuant to resolution
1820 (2008). We also welcome the presence of the Deputy Secretary-General at this meeting.
Ten years ago, the Security Council adopted re…
The Chinese delegation thanks you, Sir, for convening today’s open debate. We also thank the Department of Peacekeeping Operations and the Department of Field Support for their joint report on charting a New Horizon for United Nations peacekeeping. I further thank Under-Secretaries-General Le Roy an…
I wish at the outset to thank Mr. Ould Abdallah, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia, for his briefing. We highly appreciate Mr. Ould Abdallah’s unremitting efforts over the years in drawing the attention of the international community to the need to resolve the question of S…
The Chinese delegation wishes to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Angelo,
for his briefing on the work of the United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic and Chad (MINURCAT). We welcome the Permanent Representatives of the Central African Republic and Chad p…
First of all, I would like to thank you, Sir, for convening this open meeting and Assistant Secretary- General Fernandez-Taranco for his briefing on the situation in the Middle East.
Over the past six months, the Middle East peace process has had its ups and downs. Early in the year, the conflict i…
The Chinese delegation welcomes this General Assembly debate on the responsibility to protect. It is a very good opportunity for Member States to exchange views on the concept.
The responsibility to protect is a new concept that emerged at the beginning of this century. The 2005 World Summit Outcom…
The Chinese delegation would like to thank Under- Secretary-General Le Roy for his briefing on the latest developments in the Sudan and the progress made in the deployment of the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID). We also welcome the presence of Mr. Mikhail Margelov, S…
I wish to thank you, Mr. President, for making a special trip to New York to preside over today’s meeting. We welcome the report of the Secretary-General
(S/2009/304) and wish to thank him for his presence and his presentation. Our thanks also go to Ambassador Muñoz and Mr. McKechnie for their resp…
At the outset, I would like to thank President Winter and Prosecutor Rapp of the Special Court for Sierra Leone for their briefings. We also welcome the presence at this meeting of the representative of Sierra Leone.
We have taken note of the fact that over the past two years the Special Court has …
I wish at the outset to thank Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for his briefing. We also thank the Permanent Representative of Myanmar, Ambassador U Than Swe, for his statement.
China places high value on the Secretary- General’s visit to Myanmar in early July. We greatly appreciate the efforts he has…
The Chinese delegation wishes to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this public debate on the situation in Somalia. We would also like to thank Under-Secretary-General Lynn Pascoe and Under- Secretary-General Susana Malcorra for their briefings on the most recent developments in that country an…
First of all, I wish to congratulate Turkey on such a successful presidency of the Security Council this month. I wish to thank you, Mr. President, for your outstanding contribution. The presidency of the Security Council is something that all diplomats aspire to. We hope that your work and life dur…
