I thank Under-Secretary-General Griffiths and Secretary-General Grynspan for their briefings.
The Black Sea Grain Initiative is an important food-export arrangement that was reached through repeated consultations between the United Nations, Russia and Ukraine. Since the signing of the agreement nea…
Since its establishment, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) has made great efforts in promoting the political process and coordinating the support of the international community. China supports the extension of UNSOM’s mandate.
However, there is still need for improvement in r…
I thank Special Coordinator Wennesland for his briefing and welcome the representatives of Palestine and Israel to the meeting today.
I wish to emphasize the following three points.
First, the current situation has once again highlighted the importance of achieving common security. The recent peri…
The Chinese delegation thanks President Donoghue for her report on the work of the International Court of Justice (A/77/4). We pay tribute to all the Judges and staff for their diligence and dedication and express our condolences at the untimely passing of Judge Cançado Trindade.
Since its inceptio…
I wish to thank the Secretariat for its briefing.
Military biological activities bear on international peace and security and the common interests of all humankind. As a country that suffered immensely from biological weapons during the Second World War, China always stands for the complete prohibi…
The United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) diligently implements the mandate bestowed upon it by the Security Council and therefore makes a positive contribution to efforts to achieve a political solution to the question of Western Sahara and the maintenance of overall…
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Pobee and Special Envoy Tetteh for their briefings. I also welcome the Permanent Representatives of the Sudan and South Sudan to the meeting today.
In recent years, the bilateral relations between the Sudan and South Sudan have been improving. That is conducive t…
I thank Under-Secretary-General De Serpa Soares for his briefing.
I understand that the theme of today’s meeting concerns the Secretariat’s performance of its duties, and I will address that issue first.
The Charter of the United Nations establishes regulations for the Secretariat and its staff in…
I thank Special Envoy Huang Xia for his briefing and welcome the presence of the representatives of Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda and South Africa in today’s meeting.
For some time now the countries of the Great Lakes region have been strengthening their solidarity and coope…
I thank Special Envoy of the Secretary-General Pedersen and Director Ghelani for their briefings.
With regard to report of the Secretary-General (S/2022/775) and the briefings we just heard, China would like to emphasize the following four points.
First, we must continue to advance the Syrian- led…
I thank High Representative Nakamitsu for her briefing.
At the outset, I wish to reiterate that China has consistently opposed the use of chemical weapons by any country, organization or individual, under any circumstances. Dialogue and consultation are the only way to resolve the Syrian chemical w…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Bathily for his briefing and welcome the Permanent Representative of Libya to today’s meeting.
Taking a political approach is the only appropriate way to resolve the Libyan issue. According to Mr. Bathily’s briefing, the political process in t…
In recent months we have seen a continuing intensification of the conflict on the ground in Ukraine, an ongoing deterioration of the humanitarian situation and ever bleaker prospects for peace, which China finds extremely worrisome. The nearly eight-month crisis has taken a heavy toll on ordinary pe…
On Monday, we discussed the situation in Haiti in this Chamber (see S/PV.9153). The members of the Security Council expressed their deep concern that Haiti is deeply engulfed in multiple political, security and humanitarian crises. They stressed the need for a political solution to ease the people’s…
China commends Gabon for convening today’s important meeting, and I would like to thank all of the briefers for their statements. Resolution 1325 (2000) ignited the international community’s heightened attention to the special situation of women in conflict, redefined the relationship between women …
I thank Special Representative Rugwabiza for her briefing. I welcome the presence of the Foreign Minister of the Central African Republic and the representative of Rwanda at this meeting.
Currently, the political and security situation in Central Africa is generally improving, and the peace process…
I welcome the Serbian Foreign Minister, His Excellency Mr. Selaković, to today’s meeting. I have listened carefully to the briefings by the Special Representative Ziadeh and Ms. Gërvalla-Schwarz.
Since June 2022, the Kosovo authorities have taken unilateral actions on such issues as identity docume…
I welcome Foreign Minister Diop to this meeting. I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Wane for his briefing.
From the briefing we can see that there has been positive progress in terms of advancing the political transition and peace process and fighting terrorism in Mali. That is…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General La Lime for her briefing. I welcome the presence of the Foreign Ministers of Haiti and the Dominican Republic and other representatives to today’s meeting.
The Secretary-General’s report (S/2022/761) submitted last week and today’s briefing by…
I thank Special Envoy Grundberg and Assistant Secretary-General Msuya for their briefings. China firmly supports their work. I also welcome the Permanent Representatives of Yemen and Saudi Arabia to today’s meeting.
The six-month truce brought a glimmer of hope to Yemen. The people of Yemen and the…