I thank Special Representative Gamba de Potgieter and the other briefers for their statements.
Children are the most innocent victims and most vulnerable group in need of assistance in armed conflicts. Globally, 150 million children are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance. Ensuring smooth hum…
At the outset, I would like to congratulate Malta for assuming the presidency of the Council for this month. The Chinese delegation will fully cooperate with you, Madam President, and your colleagues. I also commend Japan for all its efforts serving as the presidency of the Council last month.
Yest…
In 2006, the Security Council adopted resolution 1718 (2006), imposing sanctions, including an arms embargo, on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. Over the past decade or so, the Council has adopted more resolutions to continue to strengthen the sanctions against the Democratic People’s Repu…
Today the Security Council held another procedural vote on whether to convene an open meeting on the twenty-fifth anniversary of NATO’s bombing campaign against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. We find the situation and the result of the voting disappointing
and regrettable. At a similar vote on…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Bintou Keita for her briefing. I have listened attentively to the statement by Ms. Jacquie-Anna. I welcome the Permanent Representatives of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda to this meeting.
Over the past period, the eastern part…
I thank Special Coordinator Tor Wennesland for his briefing.
Yesterday the Council adopted resolution 2728 (2024), with 14 votes in favour and one vote in abstention. The resolution demands an immediate ceasefire in Gaza for the month of Ramadan, leading to a lasting, sustainable ceasefire.
After …
I would like to thank the Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004), Ambassador De La Gasca, for his briefing.
Over the past year, the Committee, under the leadership of Ambassador De La Gasca, has actively carried out its work, strengthened its communications with the p…
Twenty-five years ago, without the authorization of the Security Council and bypassing the United Nations, NATO flagrantly launched a military strike against the sovereign State of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, thereby starting an illegal war in the Balkans. Twenty-five years have passed since…
China voted in favour of resolution 2728 (2024), which was just now put to the vote. We thank Algeria, Mozambique and other elected Council members for their efforts.
On Friday, the Security Council voted on the other draft resolution on the situation in Gaza (S/2024/239), proposed by the United St…
China voted against the draft resolution that has just been put to the vote (S/2024/239). I would like to explain China’s position and the relevant considerations as follows.
More than 160 days have passed since the outbreak of the Gaza conflict. In the face of a human tragedy in which more than 32…
I thank High Representative Nakamitsu and Mr. Matthew Hoh for their briefings.
The Security Council has considered the issue of arms supplies to Ukraine on many occasions, and the Office for Disarmament Affairs has briefed the Council multiple times. All parties have been very clear about each othe…
I thank Special Envoy Pedersen and Assistant Secretary- General Msuya for their briefings.
In the light of their briefings and recent developments, I would like to make the following three points.
First, since the outbreak of the current round of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, Israel, over the …
I thank the representatives of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the World Food Programme for their briefings. I welcome the presence of the representative of the Sudan at today’s meeting.
As the briefers noted, …
I welcome you, Madam President, to the Council to preside over this meeting, and I thank Secretary-General Guterres and the other briefers for their briefings.
The complete prohibition and thorough destruction of nuclear weapons and the eventual establishment of a nuclear weapon-free world is an ab…
I thank Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo for her briefing.
It has been more than two years since the breakout of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict and the total escalation of the Ukraine crisis. In the course of more than two years, we have seen too much misery and too many human tragedies unf…
China voted in favour of resolution 2727 (2024) extending the mandate of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) based on its support for the work of the United Nations and for Special Representative Otunbayeva.
China hopes that UNAMA, under the leadership of the Special Repres…
I would like to thank Special Envoy Grundberg and Ms. Wosornu for their briefings and welcome the presence of the representative of Yemen at today’s meeting.
The growing tension in the Red Sea is indeed worrisome. The attacks and military operations in question have resulted in casualties, which we…
I welcome your presence, Mr. President, and thank you for presiding over this meeting today. I thank Under- Secretary-General DiCarlo and Ambassador França Danese, Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission, as well as the two representatives of civil society, and welcome them. I am pleased to attend tod…
I welcome Mr. Borrell Fontelles, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, to today’s meeting.
Cooperation between the United Nations and regional and subregional organizations is clearly provided for in the Charter of the United Nations. Such cooperation is…
China would like to thank Ms. Karin Landgren and Ambassador Yamazaki Kazuyuki for their briefings. We also thank non-Security Council members for their interest and active participation in this meeting.
Working methods speak to our way of thinking. The Council’s working methods reflect how we perce…
