The Darfur issue has attracted world attention and remains one of the top items on the Security Council’s agenda. The African Union, at the request of the Government of the Sudan, has invested enormous energy and efforts in helping to stabilize the situation in Darfur. China has, all along, highly c…
The Chinese delegation wishes to thank Under- Secretary-General Gambari for his briefing.
In the past month the Middle East region has undergone two bloody conflicts. The peoples of Palestine, Lebanon and Israel all incurred heavy and saddening costs. We are deeply distressed and gravely concerned …
The Chinese delegation would like to thank the Secretary-General for his report (S/2006/628) and Special Envoy Ian Martin for his briefing. We would also like to welcome His Excellency Mr. José Luis Guterres, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Timor-Leste, who is here among us once agai…
We wish to welcome you, Sir, and to thank you for personally presiding over today’s meeting. We would also like to welcome Secretary-General Kofi Annan and the foreign ministers who are participating in this meeting.
Since the Lebanon-Israel conflict broke out on 12 July, China has repeatedly calle…
I wish at the outset, Sir, to welcome you and to thank you for coming to New York to preside over today’s meeting. We are grateful also to the Secretary-General, Mr. Kofi Annan, for his presence at our meeting. I wish further to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for West Afri…
Since the beginning of this year, the Iran nuclear issue has attracted increasing international attention. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has conveyed to the Security Council a number of reports and resolutions related to the Iran nuclear issue.
China has all along indicated that pur…
At the outset, the Chinese delegation would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Ms. Coomaraswamy; the Executive Director of UNICEF, Ms. Veneman; the representative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Mr. Melkert; and the World Bank representative, Mr. B…
The Chinese delegation would like to thank Mr. Nambiar, Special Adviser of the Secretary-General, and
Under-Secretary-General Egeland for their briefings this morning.
In recent weeks the Security Council has been seized of the worsening situation in the Middle East. The Council convened an emerge…
Since the beginning of this year, various United Nations reforms, such as the establishment of the Human Rights Council and the Peacebuilding Commission, have all enjoyed positive progress. Many new measures have been adopted for Secretariat management reform and the ongoing consultations on mandate…
The Chinese delegation wishes to thank Under- Secretaries-General Guéhenno and Gambari for their briefings, which were extremely helpful for us to gain a timely understanding of the crisis between Lebanon and Israel.
In its recent stage the situation between Lebanon and Israel has been made drastic…
First of all, we would like to thank Ms. Kane for her briefing.
We are deeply disturbed by the recent escalation of tension between Israel and Palestine. China has consistently advocated the settlement of the Palestinian-Israeli dispute through peaceful means. We oppose any military action that wou…
I wish at the outset to thank Under-Secretary-General
Egeland for his briefing. We appreciate the enormous efforts made by the United Nations agencies over the years in the field of the protection of civilians in armed conflict.
In recent years, the Security Council has paid increasing attention t…
At the outset, Sir, I would like to thank you for personally presiding over this meeting. I would also like to thank Under-Secretary-General Nicolas Michel and Judge Rosalyn Higgins for their statements.
At the United Nations summit last year, world leaders reaffirmed their commitment to the purpos…
I should like at the outset to thank the Secretary- General for his report as well as Mr. Søren Jessen- Petersen for his supplementary briefing. We wish to express our regret at Mr. Jessen-Petersen’s upcoming resignation. Over the past two years, he has made an outstanding contribution to the work o…
The Chinese delegation would like to thank Mr. Ian Martin, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Timor- Leste, for his briefing on the most recent developments in Timor-Leste. We also express our appreciation for the statement made by the Permanent Representative of Timor-Leste on behalf of the…
At the outset, I wish to thank President Pocar and Prosecutor Del Ponte of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) as well as President Møse and Prosecutor Jallow of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) for the reports on their respective tribunals.
Chi…
The special session of the General Assembly on HIV/AIDS held here five years ago adopted the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS and has played an important role in focussing global attention on HIV/AIDS and in coordinating and enhancing global HIV/AIDS prevention and control efforts.
In the past…
The Chinese delegation would like to thank Ambassador Mayoral, Løj and Burian for their briefings on the work of the 1267 Committee, the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) and the 1540 Committee, respectively. China would like to make the following comments, and express its hopes, with regard to thos…
It has been the consistent view of China that the principle of respect for sovereignty, independence, territorial integrity and non-interference in domestic affairs should be upheld in international relations. That is also the core principle in the foreign policy of China. It is also a fundamental p…
In Abuja on 5 May, the Sudanese Government and the Sudanese Liberation Movement signed the Darfur peace agreement, marking a turning point in the Sudanese peace process.
China welcomes the convening by the Peace and Security Council of the African Union of a ministerial meeting on 15 May, at which …
