We thank Mr. Rashid Khalikov, Director of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), for his briefing today. China has closely followed the
humanitarian situation in Darfur. We look forward to the report to be submitted by the joint OCHA- Government of the Sudan assessment team…
The Chinese delegation would like to thank Special Representative Eide for his briefing.
Today, after more than seven years of war, Afghanistan finds itself at a new crossroads. The developments in that country have attracted the world’s attention. On the one hand, the security situation continues …
I would like to thank you, Sir, for presiding over today’s open debate and to avail myself of this opportunity to welcome you in your new post as the Permanent Representative of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya. I would also like to welcome Ms. Zuma, Minister for Foreign Affairs of South Africa, and Mr. L…
The Chinese delegation wishes to thank you, Mr. President, for holding this debate. We also wish to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary- General, Mr. Staffan de Mistura, for his briefing. We also wish to welcome the statement made by the Permanent Representative of Iraq.
Iraqi provinc…
The Chinese delegation welcomes the presence of President Ramos-Horta at this debate of the Security Council. We thank him for his important speech and also the Secretary-General for his very comprehensive report on the situation in Timor-Leste.
We are pleased to note that, following the attacks of…
First of all, the Chinese delegation wishes to congratulate Japan on its assumption of the presidency of the Security Council. We also wish to thank the French delegation for its contribution to the work of the Council. In addition, the Chinese delegation would
like to thank Mr. Michael von der Sch…
We join other colleagues in wishing every success to Ambassador Butagira of Uganda.
I would like at the outset to thank you, Mr. President, for having convened this open debate. My thanks go also to Under-Secretaries-General Alain Le Roy and Susana Malcorra and Special Representative Hédi Annabi fo…
The Chinese delegation would like to thank Under- Secretary-General Holmes for his briefing and express
its appreciation to the various United Nations agencies for their work over the years in the humanitarian field.
The Security Council has been seized with the question of the protection of civil…
We wish to thank the parties concerned for their tireless efforts to reach a consensus on the text of resolution 1860 (2009). Since the outbreak of the conflict, we have consistently supported swift action by the Council to adopt a resolution urging the parties concerned to bring about an immediate …
I would like to thank the French presidency of the Security Council for convening this meeting and Mr. António Guterres, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, for his briefing, which was highly beneficial to the work of the Council.
Over the past year, the Office of the United Nations High…
At the outset, I wish to thank His Excellency Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon for his briefing. We welcome the presence at today’s meeting of His Excellency Mr. Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian National Authority; Mr. Amre Moussa, Secretary General of the League of Arab States; and the For…
The Chinese delegation thanks you, Mr. President, for having convened this emergency meeting of the Security Council. We would also like to thank the Secretary-General for his statement.
China is seriously concerned by the large-scale Israeli air attacks against Gaza that have taken place since 27 …
First I wish to welcome the Foreign Ministers of Belgium and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as well as the Permanent Representative of Rwanda, who are present at our meeting today.
China voted in favour of the resolution just adopted in order to show our support for the United Nations Organi…
First I wish to thank Mr. Serry for his briefing.
The Chinese delegation welcomes the convening of this open debate. The Security Council has just held, on Tuesday of this week, a ministerial meeting on the situation in the Middle East, at which it adopted resolution 1850 (2008). At that meeting, C…
China supports the holding of this high-level Security Council meeting on countering piracy off the coast of Somalia. This meeting and the resolution we just adopted fully demonstrate once again the commitment and confidence of the international community in coming together and fighting piracy. The …
At a time when the Middle East question is at an important juncture, the holding of this meeting of the Security Council is of paramount importance. Since the Annapolis process was launched in November last year, difficult political negotiations started between Palestine and Israel. The internationa…
I would like to thank President Robinson and Prosecutor Brammertz for their briefing on the work of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY). I would also like to thank President Byron and Prosecutor Jallow, on the behalf of the Chinese delegation, for their briefing on t…
The Chinese delegation wishes to thank the Secretary- General for his report entitled “Sport for development and peace: building on the foundations” (A/63/466), which provides a comprehensive assessment of the various programmes and initiatives in that regard carried out by United Nations Member Sta…
China attaches great importance to co-sponsorship. We believe that co-sponsoring draft resolutions is a strong commitment to reflect support and solidarity.
China had expressed willingness to co-sponsor draft resolutions A/63/L.45 and AS/63/L.47. I was in the General Assembly Affairs main office ye…
First of all, I would like to thank Ambassador Grauls for his briefing on the work of the Committee over the last 90 days. Since its establishment and under the diligent leadership of Ambassador Grauls and Ambassador Verbeke, the Committee has successfully undertaken various kinds of tasks. I thus t…
