The Chinese delegation would like to thank the Secretary- General for his report on the United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina (UNMIBH), and to thank Mr. Annabi for his briefing.
We have noted that UNMIBH has done some useful work since the end of last year in assisting police restructuri…
The Chinese delegation would like to thank Assistant Secretary- General Annabi for his briefing.
There have been some recent positive developments in East Timor. The transition from the International Force in East Timor (INTERFET) to the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNT…
The Chinese delegation expresses its gratitude to Mr. De Miranda, Minister for External Relations of Angola, for attending this public debate. We also thank Ambassador Fowler for presenting to us, in his capacity of Chairman of the sanctions Committee on Angola, the report by the Panel of Experts.
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I should like at the outset to thank the Secretary-General for his report and Assistant Secretary-General Annabi for the additional briefing he has just given. We would also like to commend you, Mr. President, and the delegation of Bangladesh for convening this open briefing.
We concur with the Sec…
The Chinese delegation welcomes your presence in New York, Sir, to preside over this meeting of the Security Council. We wish to express our appreciation for the efforts made by the Bangladesh delegation, and especially by Ambassador Chowdhury, in arranging this meeting. We would also like to thank …
One month ago we met here with the heads of State of the African countries concerned to explore together ways of resolving the question of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. There was then a unanimous call for the United Nations to dispatch a peacekeeping operation to that country as soon as poss…
The Chinese delegation attaches great importance to Tuvalu’s desire to join the United Nations and has seriously considered its application. The Chinese delegation believes that, as a State Member of the United Nations, a country
In considering the question of Tuvalu’s joining the United Nations, w…
First of all, please allow me to thank you, Mr. President, for personally presiding over this meeting despite your very busy schedule. I would also like to thank the delegation of Argentina for its efforts in arranging this meeting. We are very pleased that the Deputy Secretary- General is here with…
During the recent period the situation in Sierra Leone has remained relatively stable, and the Lomé Peace Agreement is on the whole being implemented. However, as Mr. Annabi pointed out, there are still numerous destabilizing factors within the country, and the situation remains fragile. We are part…
First of all I would like to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. The Chinese delegation will fully support your work. We would also like to thank Ambassador Holbrooke and the United States delegation for their outstanding work last mont…
At the outset, on behalf of the Chinese delegation, please allow me to welcome President Chiluba of Zambia, the Foreign Minister of Namibia and President of the General Assembly, Mr. Gurirab, Foreign Minister Dlamini-Zuma of South Africa, the representative of the Secretary- General of the Organizat…
The Chinese delegation is very appreciative to you, Mr. President, personally and to the United States delegation for all the arrangements you have made. At the same time, we wish to thank the Vice-Minister of External Relations of Angola, Mr. Chicoti, for attending our meeting today and for his sta…
The Chinese delegation wishes to thank Mrs. Ogata for her briefing to the Security Council on the question of refugees in Africa.
We would also like to thank the President of the Council and the American delegation for organizing this open briefing. We appreciate the efforts they have made.
We hop…
First, we want to thank Assistant Secretary-General Annabi for his briefing. The Chinese delegation is very gratified by the continued stability of the situation of East Timor. We are very happy to note that the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) is being smoothly depl…
Exactly one year ago, for reasons known to all, the United Nations arms inspection in Iraq had to be suspended. Since then the Security Council has been deadlocked on the Iraqi issue, and nothing much has been done over the past 12 months. With a view to breaking this impasse, the Council set up thr…
First of all, Sir, please allow me to thank you for convening these meetings of the General Assembly to consider the question of Security Council reform. We are confident that under your guidance our consideration of this matter at this session will be more fruitful.
The Chinese delegation has stre…
At the outset, I should like to thank you, Sir, for convening this open briefing on the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Our thanks also go to Under-Secretary-General Miyet for his briefing on the subject. We are confident that this meeting will help the Council to find solutions to the conflict in…
We would like at the outset to welcome the convening of today’s meeting and to thank the Secretary-General for his statement.
I should like to comment briefly on the questions we are discussing today.
First, on the improvement of the relationship and coordination between the Security Council and t…
We would like to thank the Secretary-General for his report, as well as for the additional briefing given by the Secretariat. We also wish to express our appreciation to the delegation of the United Kingdom for convening this meeting on the question of Sierra Leone.
We wish to thank the Economic Co…
Since the submission of his 1998 report (A/52/871) entitled “The causes of conflict and the promotion of durable peace and sustainable development in Africa”, the Secretary-General has this year submitted a progress report on follow-up (A/54/133), which contains
Over the past year or so, the Africa…
