The Chinese delegation welcomes the report submitted to the Security Council by the Secretary-General on the protection of civilians in armed conflict and thanks the Secretary-General for his presentation just now. We would also like to take this opportunity to express our appreciation to you, Mr. P…
The popular consultation held in East Timor two weeks ago provided a historic opportunity for the final settlement of the issue of East Timor through peaceful means. The initial decision of the Indonesian Government and its good cooperation afterwards established conditions for the realization of th…
After a quiet winter, large-scale military conflict has broken out again on the battlefield in Afghanistan. The vicious circle of negotiating in the winter and fighting in the summer has been rolling on in that country for 20 years now. How to effectively push the peace process forward and put an ea…
Like other delegations, we would like to express our sincere
On 7 July this year, the Government of Sierra Leone and the Revolutionary United Front of Sierra Leone (RUF) signed a Peace Agreement at Lomé. Sierra Leone’s civil war, which lasted for more than eight years, is finally over. The Chinese …
The Chinese delegation thanks the delegation of Malaysia for its efforts in convening this important meeting.
The Chinese delegation also thanks Ambassador Fowler for his very detailed briefing; for having paid two
The situation in Angola has deteriorated in recent days. The fighting between the G…
Allow me first of all, on behalf of the Chinese Government and people, to express our most profound condolences on the passing away of King Hassan II of Morocco. We also wish to express our sincere sympathy to his Majesty, Mohammed VI, the royal family of Morocco and the Moroccan Government and peop…
The Chinese delegation attaches importance to the desire of Nauru to be admitted to membership in the United Nations, and has carried out serious study with regard to its application. In considering the admission of Nauru to the
On the basis of this principled position, the Chinese delegation canno…
The flames of war which have been raging for 79 days on the soil of Yugoslavia have finally died out.
More than two months ago, without authorization from the Security Council, the United States-led North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) blatantly launched military strikes against the sovereign …
China is deeply disturbed by the current humanitarian crisis in the Balkans and has profound sympathy for the over 700,000 Kosovar refugees who have been left homeless and separated from their loved ones. We have a saying in China: “Nothing on Earth is more precious than human life and no benevolenc…
We have listened attentively to the statements that have just been made, every one of which expressed sympathy and condolences to the Chinese Government and the families of the victims. For this, we wish to express our thanks.
However, we have also heard an absurd argument made to the effect that, …
China supports the extension of the mandate of the United Nations Mission in the Central African Republic (MINURCA). Recently, conflicts have repeatedly broken out in many areas of Africa. However, the Central African Republic has maintained relative stability and has smoothly carried out legislativ…
The Chinese delegation voted against the draft resolution a short while ago. We have always maintained that United Nations peacekeeping operations, including preventive deployment missions, should not be open-ended. The situation in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia has apparently stabilized…
The Chinese delegation wishes to take this opportunity to declare its support for the Secretary- General’s proposal to extend the appointment of Rubens Ricupero as Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). We also wish to convey our heartfelt congratulatio…
The Chinese delegation is very pleased to see Mr. Lloyd Axworthy, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada, preside over today’s formal meeting of the Security Council. We thank Mr. Cornelio Sommaruga, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC); Ms. Carol Bellamy, Executive Di…
We would like to thank you, Sir, for convening today’s meeting. We also wish to thank Mr. Vieira de Mello, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, for his briefing on humanitarian activities relevant to the Security Council. We appreciate the positive efforts of the Office for the Coordina…
We wish to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting today, which, in our view, will be
The Chinese delegation agrees generally with the Secretary-General’s analysis of the situation in Sierra Leone. We commend the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Monitoring Group (ECOM…
This afternoon the United States and the United Kingdom started a military attack against Iraq which violated the United Nations Charter and norms governing international law. We were deeply shocked by this act, and we condemn it.
It must be pointed out in particular that with the joint efforts of …
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted shortly after the end of the Second World War, and it is a matter of significance that we are solemnly commemorating today the fiftieth anniversary of the Declaration. The Declaration was the first international instrument to spell out systematic…
This has been a troubled year for Afghanistan, with a multitude of major incidents and events taking place in the country. China is deeply concerned by the fact that fighting has continued in Afghanistan and that a political solution to the conflict remains elusive. We condemn the harm done to Unite…
The Chinese delegation endorses the further strengthening and enhancement of the cooperation between the United Nations system and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), so as to enable those two organizations to play a better and more constructive role in ensuring peace and…
