I thank France for its initiative to convene today’s meeting and Foreign Minister Le Drian for presiding over it. I would also like to thank Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed, Director-General Robert Mardini and Ms. Grosjean for their briefings.
As we speak, the coronavirus disease continues …
China welcomes the presence of Vice-President and Foreign Minister of Colombia Ms. Marta Lucía Ramírez at today’s meeting and thanks Special Representative of the Secretary-General Ruiz Massieu for his briefing. We also listened carefully to the briefing by the civil society representative.
This ye…
China welcomes the fact that the Council unanimously adopted resolution 2585 (2021), on the extension of the delivery of humanitarian assistance in Syria. China attaches great importance to the humanitarian situation in Syria and supports the international community and United Nations agencies in sc…
China welcomes the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Egypt, Mr. Sameh Shokry Selim; the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Sudan, Mrs. Mariam Al Mahadi; and the Minister of Water, Irrigation and Energy of Ethiopia, Mr. Seleshi Bekele Awulachew, to today’s meeting.
China thanks the Minister for Forei…
I welcome the appointment of Mr. Annadif as Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa (UNOWAS) and the Sahel and his first briefing to the Security Council in his new capacity. We expect Special Representative of the Secretary-General Annad…
I wish to thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Keita for her briefing. I also listened attentively to the statement made by Ms. Kibambe as a representative of civil society. I also welcome the representative of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to today’s meeting.
The current po…
At the outset, I congratulate France on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for this month, and I would like to thank Estonia for having successfully presided over the Council last month. I thank Under-Secretary- General DiCarlo and Acting Under-Secretary-General Rajasingham for their br…
I thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo, Ambassador Skoog and Ambassador Byrne Nason for their briefings.
The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) is a diplomatic outcome achieved through hard work by all parties that engaged in the consultations
and negotiations. It is an example of success…
China attaches great importance to peace and stability in Africa, including the situation in Mali, supports the peace process and political transition in Mali and supports the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) in playing a positive and constructive ro…
I thank the representative of the Secretariat for his briefing. China takes note of Mr. Inzko’s letter to the Secretary-General on the selection of the next High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The Dayton Peace Agreement has outlined the role of the Security Council in the appointment of…
China congratulates the new Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which was successfully formed
last month, and welcomes its focus on restoring national stability and improving people’s livelihoods and well- being in the next stage of governance.
We support the international communit…
China thanks Special Envoy Pedersen and Ms. Hussain for their briefings. We welcome the presence of Special Envoy Pedersen and express appreciation for his efforts to promote the implementation of resolution 2254 (2015) and advance the work of the Syrian Constitutional Committee.
The Syrian issue s…
I, too, would like to thank Special Coordinator Wennesland for his briefing.
On 22 May, the President of the Security Council issued a press statement welcoming the announcement of a ceasefire in Gaza (SC/14527). However, it is worrisome that less than a month later, the Israeli Government approved…
I wish to welcome His Excellency Mr. João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço, President of the Republic of Angola, and the representative of the Central African Republic, the representative of the Republic of the Congo and the representative of Chad to the meeting today. I thank Special Representative of th…
China thanks Secretary-General Guterres, Acting Under- Secretary-General Rajasingham, of the Office for the
Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), and Ms. Ibrahim for their briefings.
We also welcome the participation of the representatives of Syria, Iran and Turkey in today’s meeting.
Chin…
China highly appreciates the leading role of, and outstanding contributions made by the President of the General Assembly in advancing the intergovernmental negotiations on reform of the Security Council. The draft oral decision on the rollover of the intergovernmental negotiations, proposed by the …
I congratulate Mr. Haysom on his appointment as the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for South Sudan, and I thank him for his briefing today. I also listened carefully to the briefing by Mr. Rajab Mohandis. I welcome the representative of South Sudan to today’s meeting.
Next month, S…
Since the Security Council deliberations in February, Haiti has not yet emerged from the crisis and the country is still in chaos. The Secretary-General’s report (S/2021/559) and the briefings by Special Representative La Lime and the non-governmental organization representative just now described t…
China would like to thank you, Mr. President, for holding today’s meeting. China fully supports the rollover draft decision on the intergovernmental negotiations on Security Council reform that you have distributed and supports the introductory remarks that you have just made. During the past year, …
China thanks Estonia for its initiative to convene today’s open debate. We thank Ambassador King, Chair of the Informal Working Group on Documentation and
Other Procedural Questions, as well as Ms. Sievers and Ms. Landgren for their briefings.
The Security Council bears the primary responsibility …
