At the outset, I would like to congratulate France on assuming the presidency of the Security Council. You and your colleagues, Mr. President, can count on the full cooperation of the Chinese delegation. I would also like to congratulate Ecuador on the successful completion of its presidency of the …
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Khiari for his briefing.
Yesterday, at the request of Albania and some other members, the Security Council held an emergency meeting to consider the civilian casualties resulting from the conflict in Ukraine. Today, at the request of the Russian Federation, we ar…
I thank the briefers for their briefings.
More than 80 days have passed since the outbreak of this round of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, and more than 2 million innocent people in Gaza have been plunged into an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe. That is in spite of the fact that both the …
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Khaled Khiari for his briefing.
The Ukraine crisis has continued to drag on with sporadic and destructive attacks. The war has exacted heavy casualties among innocent civilians, and many major civilian objects have been destroyed in the conflict, which China find…
In March, the Security Council mandated the Secretary- General to conduct an independent assessment to promote coordinated positions and actions by the international community on Afghanistan. China thanks the Special Coordinator and his team for their work. We are of the view that the recommendation…
This repeatedly postponed Security Council vote today has received extensive attention by all. Over the past few days, in order to maximize consensus, the delegation of the United Arab Emirates made tireless efforts and resubmitted the draft resolution late last night. We welcome the adoption of res…
I thank Mr. Ebo, Deputy to the High Representative, for his briefing.
We firmly oppose the use of chemical weapons by anybody, under any circumstances and for any purpose, and we hope that our world will be free of chemical weapons as soon as possible. China has always called for the resolution of …
China welcomes the unanimous adoption of resolution 2719 (2023), submitted by the three African members (A3) of the Security Council. China co-sponsored and voted in favour of it. Over the years, the African Union (AU) and African subregional organizations have been actively and independently carryi…
I thank Special Envoy Pedersen and Director Doughten for their briefings.
Syria’s neighbouring environment continues to deteriorate, and the spillover risks of the Palestinian- Israeli situation continue to accumulate. That has had a complex impact on the situation in Syria. Recently, several locat…
I thank Special Representative Otunbayeva and all the other briefers for their briefings.
As the year draws to a close, a year-end review of the Afghan issue will help us to summarize the experiences and lessons learned and start next year off right. Over the past year, the Afghan de facto authorit…
China is taking the floor in explanation of vote on the resolutions concerning country-specific human rights resolutions.
China always advocates the Third Committee conduct its work on the basis of equality and mutual respect, so as to properly address differences in the field of human rights throu…
China would like to explain its vote with regard to resolution 78/190, on combating the glorification of Nazism.
During the deliberations on the draft resolution (A/C.3/78/L.7) in the Third Committee, China made clear its firm opposition to attempts to deny, distort or falsify the history of the Se…
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Khiari for his briefing, and I welcome the Permanent Representatives of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and the Republic of Korea to this meeting.
At present, the Korean peninsula is witnessing ongoing tensions and intensified confrontation. That is not…
I thank Special Coordinator Wennesland and Major General Gauchat for the briefings they just delivered.
Nearly 80 days into the new outbreak of the Israeli- Palestinian conflict, more than 2 million innocent people in Gaza have been suffering an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe. On 11 Decembe…
Drugs are a common threat to human society and the international community has the joint responsibility to control them. Resolution 78/131, on synthetic drugs, which has just been adopted by the General Assembly, confirms the international drug control mechanism based on three United Nations convent…
I would like to thank Mr. Bathily, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya, and the Deputy Permanent Representative of Japan, Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011), concerning Libya, for their briefings. We welcome the Permanent Representative of Lib…
At the outset, I thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo; Ambassador Skoog, the Head of the Delegation of the European Union to the United Nations; and Ambassador Frazier, the Permanent Representative of Malta, for their briefings.
The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) is an important outcom…
I thank Ecuador for convening today’s meeting and welcome Your Excellency, Madam President, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ecuador, presiding over today’s meeting. I thank Under-Secretary-General Nakamitsu, Ms. Aptel and Ms. Mutota for their briefings.
The issue of small arms and light weapons…
I would like to thank Special Representative Haysom and Ambassador Biang of Gabon, in his capacity as Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 2206 (2015) concerning South Sudan, for their briefings. I also welcome the presence of the representative of South Sudan at today’s meeting…
Afghanistan is at a critical stage of peaceful reconstruction. The international community needs to maintain its attention and commitment, strengthen constructive engagement with the Afghan authorities and help Afghanistan to emerge from its humanitarian plight, improve its economy and livelihoods, …
