At the outset, I should like, on behalf of the Chinese delegation, to welcome the inclusion on the agenda of the current session the item regarding the cooperation between the United Nations and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW).
Since the Chemical Weapons Convention c…
At the outset, I wish to thank the President of the Security Council for the report he has submitted to the General Assembly at its present session. It contains comprehensive and detailed information about what the Security Council did in a working year that straddled two centuries. Today I take thi…
Like other members, I wish, Sir, to congratulate you on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council. We believe that you will carry out your duties with success, as you have done over the past few days. I wish also to congratulate Ambassador Ouane on his outstanding contribution in Sep…
First of all, I wish to thank you, Mr. President, for calling this public meeting to consider once again the question of East Timor.
The situation is West Timor remains a cause for great concern. United Nations personnel have been attacked and murdered. United Nations officials present at the weapo…
First of all, I would like to thank the Secretary-General for his comprehensive and very informative annual report on the work of the Organization. The report covers in detail all aspects of the Organization’s work in the past year and deserves our careful study.
At the just-concluded Millennium Su…
At the outset, I wish to thank you, Sir, for arranging this formal meeting to consider the question of Kosovo in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
We also wish to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Kouchner, for his detailed briefing. He, along with the United Nations …
Please allow me to extend my warm congratulations to you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly at its current session. I am confident that, with your wisdom and experience, and with the support and coordinated efforts of the member States, the Millennium Assembly will su…
As always, the Chinese delegation has supported you, Mr. President, in all your efforts to achieve a good draft United Nations Millennium Declaration, and the draft text we have just adopted is indeed a good one. The Chinese delegation, moreover, is in agreement with it.
Turning to paragraph 9, bul…
I wish first to thank you, Mr. President, for arranging today’s open meeting. The Chinese delegation also thanks the Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Mr. Annabi, for his comprehensive briefing.
Tomorrow is an important day in the history of East Timor. One year ago tomorrow,…
The Chinese delegation wishes to thank Assistant Secretary-General Annabi for his briefing. We would like to make the following observations regarding the situation in Kosovo.
First, the situation in Kosovo, and in particular the personal safety and security of Serbs and other ethnic minorities, ha…
We wish first of all to thank the Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Mr. Miyet, for his briefing. The Chinese delegation notes that there have been some improvements in the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina since the last time the Security Council met on this item. The United Nat…
The Chinese delegation would like to thank the Secretary- General for submitting to us his report on the question of Ethiopia and Eritrea. We would also like to thank Mr. Miyet for the briefing he has just given us. We also wish to thank the President and the Malaysian delegation for arranging this …
I regret having had to ask for the floor again. Following my earlier statement, Mr. President, you referred to my country incorrectly. I take this
opportunity to reiterate that there is only one China in the world: the People’s Republic of China. The Government of the People’s Republic of China is …
I would like to thank the President very much for preparing the draft resolution before us.
We do not have any difficulty with most of the content of the draft resolution. I would like to make a short comment on paragraph 11 of the annex. We very much understand the non-governmental organizations’ …
The Chinese delegation thanks the Secretary-General for his report and is grateful for the briefing provided by the Assistant Secretary-General, Mr. Annabi.
There has been some gratifying progress recently in East Timor’s political life. After extensive consultations, the National Council was estab…
The Chinese delegation thanks the Secretary-General for his report to the Council on Angola. We also thank Under-Secretary-General Gambari for his briefing.
We welcome the Minister for Social Assistance of Angola, Mr. Malungo, and thank him for his statement.
We also extend our appreciation to you…
The Chinese delegation would like to thank the Secretary-General for his report on children and armed conflict. We are also grateful to the Deputy Secretary- General, Mrs. Fréchette, and to Ambassador Otunnu and Ms. Bellamy for their important statements. Ambassador Otunnu and Ms. Bellamy, in partic…
At the outset, Sir, I wish to welcome your presence among us and to express my satisfaction at seeing you preside over this meeting. I would like also to welcome
the Secretary-General’s important statement on conflict prevention.
It is the Chinese delegation’s long-held view that timely and effect…
I would like at the outset to thank Mr. Annabi for his briefing. We have taken note of the progress achieved by the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) under very difficult circumstances, especially in the areas of infrastructure reconstruction, institution-building, the …
The Chinese delegation is deeply concerned about the negative role played by the illicit diamond trade in the civil war in Sierra Leone.
We believe that the international community must take strong measures to stop the illicit exploitation of and trade in diamonds, to put an end to the rebellion of…
