The Chinese delegation would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Eide, for his briefing. We would also like to thank Under- Secretary-General Holmes for his briefing. The Chinese delegation welcomes the presence of the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan a…
China welcomes the holding of this emergency meeting of the Council. We would like to thank Mr. Honwana for his briefing.
On behalf of the Chinese delegation, we welcome Prime Minister Dileita of Djibouti to this meeting and thank him for his statement. I would also like to welcome the presence of …
I will be very brief. China thanks Mr. Eliasson and Mr. Salim for their briefings. China has taken note of the fact that the two Special Envoys recently presided over informal consultations on the political process in Darfur in order to pool our collective wisdom to push ahead the political process …
China would, first of all, like to thank Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for his briefing. We appreciate his efforts to safeguard peace and stability in Kosovo and in the Balkans. We have also listened attentively to the statements made by His Excellency Mr. Boris Tadić, President of Serbia, and Mr. F…
I wish to thank Ms. Rice, Secretary of State of the United States of America, for having come to New York to preside over today’s meeting. I am participating in this discussion on behalf of Yang Jiechi, Minister for Foreign Affairs. At the outset, please allow me to convey to Ms. Rice the Minister’s…
The Chinese delegation welcomes Mr. Zebari, Foreign Minister of Iraq, to this meeting. We also thank Special Adviser Gambari and Assistant Secretary-General Warren Sach for their briefings. We would also like to thank you, Ambassador Khalilzad, for your briefing on behalf of the Multinational Force …
The Chinese delegation aligns itself with the statement of Antigua and Barbuda on behalf of the Group of 77 and China.
The Chinese Government attaches great importance to people’s health and earnestly fulfils its commitment to the international community. In recent years, the Chinese Government est…
China would like to thank Prosecutor Moreno-Ocampo for his briefing. China has noted that the Office of the Prosecutor has pursued its communication with the neighbouring countries of the Sudan and the African Union and is continuing its investigation in the case of a peacekeeper who was attacked in…
Allow me to begin by thanking President Pocar, Prosecutor Brammertz, President Byron and Prosecutor Jallow for their respective briefings on the work of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR). We welcome them to …
China wishes to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council this month. We wish to express our gratitude and appreciation to Ambassador Sawers of the United Kingdom for his
outstanding work during his presidency of the Council last month.
China has always re…
The Chinese delegation wishes to thank Under- Secretary-General Holmes for his detailed and informative briefing. The Chinese delegation also appreciates his efforts and his extensive work on the ground since he took office. We express our positive assessment of the work accomplished by the relevant…
I would like to express my thanks to the United Kingdom for taking the initiative to organize this open debate on post-conflict peacebuilding. This open debate provides a forum for the international community to undertake a focused discussion on ways and means to provide more effective assistance fo…
The Chinese delegation wishes to thank the High Representative, Mr. Lajčák, for his briefing and
appreciates his efforts to promote the political process in Bosnia and Herzegovina. I also wish to welcome to today’s meeting His Excellency Mr. Nikola Špirić, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bo…
China respects the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia and understands Georgia’s concern about the status of the internally displaced persons (IDPs) and refugees in Abkhazia. On 15 April 2008 the Security Council adopted resolution 1808 (2008), which explicitly provides for the protecti…
The Chinese delegation would like to thank you, Sir,
for convening this open debate. We would like to thank Ms. Hannelore Hoppe of the Office for Disarmament Affairs for her introduction of the report of the Secretary-General (S/2008/258).
We are glad to note that the issue of small arms has recei…
The Chinese delegation wishes to thank Under- Secretary-General Pascoe for his briefing. We also welcome Ambassador Khalilzad’s briefing on behalf of the Multinational Force in Iraq.
Since the war in Iraq began five years ago in March 2003, the political process, reconstruction and national reconci…
I wish to congratulate South Africa on its assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month.
The Charter of the United Nations assigns primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security to the Security Council. In Chapter VIII of the Charter, the found…
The Chinese delegation wishes to thank the President of the General Assembly for convening this thematic debate on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). We would like to align ourselves with the statement made by the representative of Antigua and Barbuda on behalf of the Group of 77 and China. As…
The Chinese delegation would like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this open meeting on the question of the Middle East. We would also like in
particular to thank the Secretary-General for his presence today, as well as for the statement he has delivered. Moreover, we wish to thank Under-…
The Chinese delegation would like to congratulate Mr. Smith on his assumption of the post of Executive Director of the Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate (CTED). We wish to thank him for his briefing to the Security Council.
We welcome constructive ideas proposed by the representatives at toda…
