The Chinese delegation thanks you, Mr. President, for convening today’s open debate, which provides a useful forum for the parties concerned to engage in an in-depth discussion of the situation regarding United Nations peacekeeping and many challenges faced by United Nations peacekeeping operations.…
The Chinese delegation welcomes the holding of this debate. We would like to thank Under-Secretary- General Holmes for his briefing.
This year marks the tenth anniversary of the Council’s first discussion of the protection of civilians in armed conflict. For the past decade, the international commu…
At the outset, I wish to thank Your Excellency Mr. Davutoglu, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Turkey, for presiding over our meeting today. I wish to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. De Mistura and the representative of Iraq for their briefings. This is the last appeara…
The Chinese delegation wishes to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Kosovo, Mr. Zannier, for his briefing. We appreciate the efforts he and the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) have made in safeguarding peace and security in Kosovo and the Ba…
I would, first of all, like to thank Ambassador Takasu, Chairman of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006), for his briefing on the Committee’s work over the past three months. We would also like to express our gratitude to him for the work he has done since ta…
The Security Council was unable to adopt a draft resolution on a technical rollover of the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia, to the deep regret of the Chinese delegation. In fact, the Council was only six hours
away from the deadline. We should have made further efforts. This is not the r…
The Security Council has just adopted resolution 1874 (2009) on the nuclear test conducted by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. On 25 May, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea conducted another nuclear test in disregard of the common objection of the international community. The Chines…
The Chinese delegation has carefully read the report (A/63/812) submitted by the Secretary-General under this item. We very much appreciate the efforts made by the United Nations in promoting global common action to combat HIV/AIDS.
Having made the fight against HIV/AIDS a high priority, the Chines…
The Chinese delegation would like to welcome and thank Mrs. Zainab Hawa Bangura. Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sierra Leone, for her presence at today’s meeting. We would also like to thank Mr. Michael von der schulenburg, Executive Representative of the Secretary-General, and Ambassador John McN…
The Chinese delegation wishes to congratulate Turkey on its assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. We also wish to express our gratitude to the Russian Federation for its presidency of the Council last month.
On behalf of the Chinese delegation, I wish to thank Preside…
China thanks the High Representative, Mr. Inzko, for his briefing and appreciates his efforts to promote the political process in Bosnia and Herzegovina. I would also like to welcome His Excellency Mr. Nikola Špirić, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, to today’s meeting …
We wish to thank Ambassador Mayr-Harting, Ambassador Lacroix and Ambassador Urbina for their briefings on, respectively, the work of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999) (the 1267 Committee), the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) and Committee established pursuant to resoluti…
I am greatly honoured to attend this Security Council meeting on the Middle East as Special Envoy to Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi. I wish to thank the Government of the Russian Federation for this initiative and you personally, Mr. President, for presiding over today’s meeting. My thanks go also to …
The Chinese delegation is pleased to see you, Sir, holding the presidency of the Security Council for the month of May. We also wish to thank Ambassador Heller for his outstanding leadership as President of the Security Council during the month of April.
I wish to thank Ms. Karin Landgren, Represen…
At the outset, I would like to welcome you to New York, Madam President, to preside over this open debate on the issue of children and armed conflict. I would also like to thank Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Deputy Secretary-General Migiro, Special Representative Coomaraswamy, Under-Secretary-Gener…
The Chinese delegation would like to thank you, Sir, for convening this important open debate. We should also like to thank Under-Secretary-General Lynn Pascoe for his briefing.
In today’s world, the nature of conflicts and disputes is undergoing profound changes. Traditional inter-State conflicts …
The Chinese delegation congratulates the Mexican delegation on its assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for April and commends the Libyan delegation for its outstanding work last month. We thank Mr. Hédi Annabi, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for his briefing and als…
We welcome this open meeting of the Security Council. We also wish to thank Under-Secretary- General Pascoe for his briefing.
On 16 December 2008, the Security Council held a ministerial-level meeting on the question of the Middle East (6045th meeting) and adopted resolution 1850 (2008), demonstrat…
China would like to begin by thanking Mr. Zannier, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Kosovo, for his briefing, and to commend the effort by him and the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), which he leads, to maintain peace and stability in Kosovo and the…
The Chinese delegation wishes to thank you, Sir, for convening today’s meeting. We welcome the report of the Secretary-General on the current situation in Somalia (S/2009/132), and we thank Mr. Ahmedou Ould Abdallah, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia, and Mr. Ramtane Lamamr…
