The Chinese delegation is grateful to Mr. Prendergast, the Under-Secretary-General, and to Ambassador Olhaye, the Permanent Representative of Djibouti, for their briefings. We would also like to express our appreciation to you, Mr. President, for having convened this public meeting. This is the firs…
Like other delegations, the Chinese delegation would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Sergio Vieira de Mello, for his detailed and informative briefing. We appreciate the enormous work done by Mr. Vieira de Mello and his team in extremely conditions.
Although t…
At the outset, the Chinese delegation wishes to express its dissatisfaction and deep regret over the fact that the representative of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia cannot attend today’s meeting. Allowing him to make a statement would not impair any country’s position, while, by not allowing the …
The Chinese delegation expresses its deep regret with regard to the decision just made by the Security Council. The Chinese delegation is of the view that the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is an important country of the Balkan region. It is also a State that is directly concerned and a party to the…
China has always supported the peace process in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and it is in this spirit that we voted in favour of the draft resolution before us.
We note that the text of the resolution still contains elements in support of the Declaration of the Ministerial meeting of the Peace Implement…
I wish to thank Judge Jorda, President of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) for his report and his briefing. The Chinese Government believes that the independence and impartiality of the ICTY, as an organ of international criminal justice, are extremely important. …
First of all, I wish to thank the Secretary-General for his report and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Klein, for his briefing.
The Chinese delegation supports the United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (UNMIBH) and the International Police Task Force (IPTF) in th…
First of all, I would like to thank the President for arranging today’s public meeting to consider the question of Kosovo, of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General for his report and I would like to thank Mr. Kouchner, the Special Representative of the …
I should like to make a few comments on the no-fly zone.
China’s opposition to the no-fly zone is known to all. China has never recognized the so-called no-fly zone. We believe that the report to be submitted by the independent experts should address the impact of the so-called no-fly zone. The rep…
It has been more than three years since the beginning of the oil for food programme for Iraq, a programme that has contributed to easing the humanitarian suffering of Iraqi civilians. Since the sanctions against Iraq have not yet been lifted or suspended, the extension of the programme will help imp…
At the outset, we welcome Ms. Del Ponte to the Security Council for the second time. We thank her for her briefing on the work of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and on her trip to Rwanda.
The cooperation…
I wish at the outset to thank Mr. Annabi for his comprehensive briefing. The Chinese delegation is happy to see that the situation in East Timor is generally stable. We also appreciate the great efforts made by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Vieira de Mello, and his team un…
The Chinese delegation welcomes you to New York, Mr. President, to preside over this open meeting and also expresses its appreciation of the efforts made by Ambassador Fowler and the delegation of Canada for its
Today, armed conflicts continue to rage in many parts of the world, inflicting great ha…
The Chinese delegation welcomes you to New York, Mr. President, to preside over this open meeting. We would also like to welcome Foreign Minister Miranda of Angola, who is attending today’s meeting.
The question of Angola has dragged on for quite a long time. The twists and turns of the peace proce…
Sanctions, as a measure of coercion made available to the Council by the United Nations Charter, have been increasingly applied by this Organization in recent years, targeting more than 10 countries or entities. Some of these sanctions have managed to have certain effects, while the majority have fa…
We thank the delegation of Canada for organizing today’s meeting. Our thanks go also to Mr. Carlsson for introducing the report of the Independent Inquiry. The Inquiry has succeeded in summing up the experiences gained and lessons learned by the United Nations with respect to the massive killings in…
At the outset, we wish like other countries to convey our condolences to the Republic of Tunisia on the passing of its former President.
We also wish to congratulate the delegation of Bangladesh for its excellent work last month in the presidency of the Council.
We thank the Secretariat for its br…
The Chinese delegation would like to thank the Secretary- General for the report that he has provided to us. We also thank the Under-Secretary-General, Mr. Prendergast, for his additional briefing.
Recently, the situation in Guinea-Bissau has remained stable, and Guinea-Bissau’s relations with neig…
I wish first of all to thank the Secretary-General for his report and for his very clear and concise briefing.
The Security Council’s oil-for-food programme, which has been in place for more than three years, has yielded some achievements, but on the whole is far from satisfactory. As observed in p…
First of all, Mr. President, I would like to thank you and the rest of the delegation of Bangladesh for holding this meeting on this important issue and to express my appreciation to the Secretary-General for his statement. Our thanks go also to the delegation of Malaysia for its efforts in enhancin…
