Mr. Foreign Minister, the Chinese delegation welcomes your presence here in the Security Council to preside over this important meeting. We welcome also the presence of Mr. Siméon, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Haiti, and we wish to thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Valdés for …
First of all, I would like to thank Ambassador Muñoz for his briefing. We have noted with satisfaction that over the past year, under his excellent leadership, the Committee has made effective efforts to promote the implementation of Security Council resolution 1526 (2004). The Committee carefully s…
At the outset, I would like to welcome the President and to thank him for having travelled to New York from afar to personally preside over today’s meeting. His having done so clearly demonstrates that he and his country attach great importance to the United Nations, the Security Council and the iss…
It is of special significance for the General Assembly to discuss human rights education today, on Human Rights Day.
The Chinese delegation has taken note of the evaluation report on the United Nations Decade for Human Rights Education submitted by the High Commissioner for Human Rights (E/CN.4/200…
The Chinese delegation would like to thank Ambassador Motoc for briefing us on the work of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004). We appreciate the work he has done in his capacity as Chairman of that Committee.
Over the past seven months since the adoption o…
The first presidential election in the history of Afghanistan has been successfully concluded. Mr. Karzai won the election and was formally inaugurated on 7 December. China warmly welcomes that major achievement in Afghanistan’s political and peace process, and sincerely congratulates President Karz…
The Chinese delegation subscribes to the statement made by the representative of Qatar on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, and wishes to express its appreciation to the Secretary-General for his report on the observance of the tenth anniversary of the International Year of the Family (A/59/176).…
We were all saddened by the passing away not long ago of Mr. Arafat, Chairman of the Palestinian National Authority. I wish to take this opportunity, once again, to express our deep condolences on the death of Chairman Arafat. His lifelong dedication to the restoration of the legitimate national rig…
First of all, I would like to thank the Secretary-General for his report (S/2004/907) and Mr. Jessen-Petersen for his additional information. I have listened attentively to the important statement of Mr. Cović. I wish to take this opportunity to express appreciation to Mr. Jessen- Petersen for his a…
We listened carefully to the reports of President Meron and Prosecutor Del Ponte of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and of President Møse and Prosecutor Jallow of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR). We express our appreciation to the Tribunals for their…
It is my honour to introduce draft resolution A/59/L.30, entitled “Enhancing capacity-building in global public health”, under agenda item 55.
Enhancing capacity-building in global public health is an important element of the Millennium Development Goals. Three of the eight goals are health-related…
At the outset, I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for having convened this open briefing of the Council this afternoon on the question of Somalia. This attests to the international community’s attention to and concern about Somalia and demonstrates its valuable support for the efforts to prom…
Today is a praiseworthy and memorable day in the history of the Security Council. More than 30 years have elapsed, and now all the members of the Security Council have once again travelled thousands of miles and have come to the continent of Africa to hold meetings devoted to the question of the Sud…
This year marks the tenth anniversary of the entry into force of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. That “constitution of the sea”, which came into being after nearly 10 years of intense negotiations
and consultations, has not only codified all the available customary internationa…
First, I thank the Secretary-General for his progress report on the United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor (S/2004/888). I also welcome the appointment of Mr. Sukehiro Hasegawa as the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Timor- Leste, and I thank him for his briefing.
In the…
We are deeply concerned at the current situation in Côte d’Ivoire. We condemn the air raid conducted against the French peacekeepers. We are also concerned about the civilian casualties caused by this conflict. We call upon the various parties to exercise restraint so as to avoid further escalating …
Before making my statement, I wish to express my condolences for the passing away of President Arafat. The Chinese Government and its people are deeply saddened by the passing away of President Arafat. The President of China has already sent a message to the people of Palestine and to the Palestinia…
The Chinese delegation would like to thank the representative of Qatar for the statement he delivered on behalf of the Group of 77 and China. The Chinese delegation also wishes to thank the Secretary-General for the reports he has submitted under this item and contained in documents A/59/93, A/59/33…
First of all, I would like to thank Director General ElBaradei for his detailed report on the work of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) over the past year. We are glad to see that, with the joint efforts of the secretariat and all member States, the Agency carried out plenty of work duri…
I wish to thank you, Mr. President, for convening and presiding over this important meeting. I also thank the Secretary-General for his comprehensive report (S/2004/814) and thank Under-Secretary-General Mr. Guéhenno, Mrs. Arbour and Ms. Obaid for their briefings.
Women have become the most directl…
