I thank Deputy Special Coordinator Hastings for her briefing and welcome the presence of the representatives of Palestine and Israel at this meeting.
The Middle East peace process remains at an impasse. The relevant United Nations resolutions have gone unimplemented for many years, and the legitima…
I wish to thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Hennis-Plasschaert for her briefing and welcome the Foreign Minister of Iraq to our meeting today.
China strongly condemns the attack in Iraq’s Dohuk governorate on 20 July. We deeply mourn the victims and express our condolences to th…
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Pobee for her briefing and welcome the Permanent Representative of Libya to today’s meeting.
Since 24 December last year, the political transition in Libya has continued to face challenges, and its negative impact on the situation in the country is gradually emer…
The Syrian crisis has dragged on for 11 years and has been a deep calamity for the Syrian people. China pays great attention to this issue. We have always supported the United Nations and the international community in extending humanitarian relief to Syrians in line with the principles of humanity,…
I thank High Representative Nakamitsu for her briefing. I deeply regret the fact that Mr. Arias has declined our invitation once again.
I would first like to reiterate that China firmly opposes any country, organization or individual using chemical weapons under any circumstances. China has always …
I thank you, Sir, for presiding over today’s meeting, and I thank Special Representative Gamba de Potgieter and Executive Director Russell for their briefings. I also listened carefully to Mr. Kumi’s statement. Based on his own experience, Mr. Kumi gave us a thought- provoking account of the endless…
Haiti has been one of the most complicated and intractable challenges on the Council’s agenda. For China, each time the Council discusses the mandate of a United Nations mission, the key has never been whether to renew it or not, nor has it been the length of the renewal. It is about what kind of ma…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Carlos Ruiz Massieu and President of the Truth Commission Francisco José de Roux Rengifo for their briefings. I also listened carefully to the statement by the representative of civil society. And I welcome the presence of Ms. Marta Lucía Ramír…
China welcomes you, Mr. President, to New York to preside
over this meeting. China commends and supports Brazil’s initiative to hold this meeting on strategic communications and adopt a presidential statement. We believe that this meeting will make a major contribution to increasing the effectivene…
China welcomes the Security Council’s adoption of resolution 2642 (2022) renewing the authorization for humanitarian assistance in Syria. We thank Ireland and Norway, as well as Russia and other Council members, for their active efforts over the past few days to promote the final outcome through int…
China would like to thank you for convening today’s meeting, Mr. President. Thanks to the joint efforts by you and the co-Chairs of the intergovernmental negotiations on Security Council reform, Ambassadors Al-Thani and Hermann, the Permanent Representatives of Qatar and Denmark, this session’s inte…
Connectivity is a very important driver for development and revitalization of various countries. China
commends and supports Uzbekistan’s initiative in presenting the draft resolution entitled “Strengthening connectivity between Central and South Asia” in the General Assembly, just adopted as resol…
I thank Special Envoy Grundberg and Assistant Secretary- General Msuya for their briefings.
I also welcome the Permanent Representative of Yemen to today’s meeting.
The truce in Yemen has continued to hold for some time, while the security and humanitarian situations have continued to improve. The…
With regard to the two draft resolutions that were just put to the vote, China abstained in the voting on draft resolution S/2022/538 and voted in favour of draft resolution S/2022/541. We regret that no consensus was reached in the Security Council on extending the authorization of cross-border hum…
First, I would like to congratulate Brazil on assuming the presidency of the Council this month. I wish you every success, Sir. I also congratulate Albania on the successful conclusion of its presidency last month.
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary- General Annadif and Ambassador Fati…
China congratulates the General Assembly on its holding of a first high-level meeting on global road safety, which has great significance for our ability to achieve the road-safety-related targets of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
Road safety is an important aspect of achieving sustai…
The Security Council’s sanctions regime imposed on the Democratic Republic of the Congo were designed to curb the violent activities of armed groups. Regrettably, 18 years after its initial implementation, armed groups in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo remain rampant while …
I would like to thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo; Ambassador Skoog, Head of the Delegation of the European Union; and Ambassador Byrne Nason, Permanent Representative of Ireland, for their briefings. We also welcome the presence of the representatives of Iran and Germany in today’s meeting.
As…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Keita and Ms. Lusenge for their briefings. I welcome the Permanent Representatives of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda and Burundi to today’s meeting.
The recent resurgence of the Mouvement du 23 mars (M-23) has escalated tensions …
The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) has been working tirelessly to achieve the maintenance of peace and stability in Mali for many years. In that regard, troop- and police-contributing countries (TCCs/PCCs) have also made tremendous efforts, which C…
