The current political and security situation in the Central African Republic is improving overall. The Government of the Central African Republic is committed to implementing the Political Agreement for Peace and Reconciliation in the Central African Republic and is actively making progress in the i…
At the outset, I would like to thank Secretary-General António Guterres and Secretary-General Dato Lim Jock Hoi for their briefings. I welcome my old friend, Dato Lim Jock Hoi, to New York.
China supports the United Nations in deepening cooperation with regional and subregional organizations, in li…
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Ghassan Salamé, and the Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011) concerning Libya for their briefings. I welcome the new Permanent Representative of Libya, Ambassador Elsonni, to this meeting.
Libya has be…
I thank Deputy Special Envoy Matar for her briefing. The first meeting of the large body of Syria’s Constitutional Committee and the 45-member small body in October last year marked a good start for the Syrian political process. Yesterday Special Envoy Pedersen arrived in Damascus to engage in talks…
We listened attentively to the briefing by Under-Secretary- General Lowcock. At present, a large number of people in Syria remain in need of humanitarian assistance. At the same time, the grave political, economic, security and counter-terrorism situations are complex and closely related to the huma…
The Chinese delegation aligns itself with the statement made by the representative of Guyana on behalf of the Group of 77 and China (see A/74/PV.55). We welcome the report on the work of the Organization (A/74/1) presented by Secretary-General Guterres (see A/74/PV.54). In his briefing, the Secretar…
The Chinese delegation thanks Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo and Assistant Secretary-General Mueller for their briefings.
The question of Palestine has been dragging on for more than 70 years. It is at the root of the turbulence in the Middle East. It is also a wound to the conscience of humankind…
The Chinese delegation wishes to thank Special Envoy Griffiths and Director Rajasingham for their briefings.
China commends Special Envoy Griffiths for his vigorous efforts to advance the political process in Yemen and supports the hard work of the United Nations and relevant agencies to improve th…
I thank Under-Secretary-General Lacroix for his briefing and welcome Foreign Minister Dramé, who is joining today’s meeting via video-teleconference.
We condemn the attack on a camp of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) on 9 January and wish the w…
China offers its deepest condolences to Oman for the untimely passing of Sultan Qaboos.
China condemns the recent terrorist attacks in the Niger. We thank the Council presidency for the two minutes of silence observed in the wake of the terrorist attack in the Niger and on the occasion of the tenth…
China attaches great importance to the humanitarian situation in Syria and supports the international community in stepping up humanitarian assistance to the Syrian people. It also supports the work of the United Nations in the area of humanitarian assistance in Syria. China, too, has provided a gre…
China appreciates Viet Nam’s initiative to convene today’s open debate. We are pleased to see you, Your Excellency Mr. Pham Binh Minh, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, presiding over the meeting. We thank the Secretary-General, Mr. António Guterres, for his briefing, which con…
China welcomes Estonia, the Niger, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Tunisia and Viet Nam to the Security Council as its new elected members. We appreciate the work of the United States as President of the Council in December and congratulate Viet Nam on assuming the presidency of the Council this m…
In my earlier remarks, I set out China’s position on draft resolution S/2019/961, concerning the Syrian
humanitarian issue. I would like to underscore that China firmly rejects the groundless accusations levelled against it by the United States of America and other countries. As is well known, Chin…
China always attaches great importance to the humanitarian situation in Syria, supports the international community in increasing humanitarian assistance to the Syrian people and supports the active work of Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and other international humanitarian agen…
First, I wish to thank Special Envoy Pedersen for his briefing. Because of the strong sunlight behind me, I cannot see him very well. However, I hope that light is a sign of a brighter future for the political process in Syria.
The establishment of the Constitutional Committee is a good start for t…
I thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo, Ambassador Pecsteen de Buytswerve and Ambassador Skoog for their briefings and commend the parties concerned for their efforts.
The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), endorsed by the Security Council, is a significant achievement of multilateral dip…
China thanks Assistant Secretary-General Mueller for her briefing. We also welcome the presence of the Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Kuwait.
At present, many people are still in need of humanitarian assistance in Syria. China commends the fact that the United Nations and various humanitari…
At present, the overall situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo remains stable. In the year since he took office, President Tshilombo Tshisekedi has made great efforts to strengthen his Government’s capacity in governance and security and to promote economic and social development, with po…
China welcomes the most recent written report submitted by Secretary-General Guterres on the implementation of resolution 2334 (2016) (S/2019/938). We thank Special Coordinator Mladenov for his briefing. We also listened carefully to Ms. Raemer’s remarks.
In December 2016, the Security Council adop…
