China thanks President Agius, President Meron and Prosecutor Brammertz for their briefings on the work of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals.
Over the past six months, the ICTY has continued to make it progress…
China conveys its deepest condolences to the victims of the terrorist attacks that recently took place in Afghanistan and the United Kingdom. We hope that the injured have a swift recovery. China strongly condemns terrorist acts in all their forms.
China commends Bolivia’s initiative to convene thi…
I would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Ms. Mindaoudou, for her briefing and welcome Foreign Minister Amon-Tanoh to today’s meeting.
China congratulates Côte d’Ivoire on its election as a non-permanent member of the Council for the 2018-2019 term and looks forward…
Relevant Security Council resolutions include explicit provisions against any launches by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea using ballistic missile technology. China is opposed to the launches conducted by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. Resolution 2356 (2017), adopted by the Coun…
I wish to thank Under-Secretary-General O’Brien for his briefing.
Recently, thanks to the joint efforts of the international community, the political settlement of the Syrian issue has gained momentum. Recently concluded Geneva talks have made progress, while the last round of Astana dialogue has c…
China commends Uruguay for taking the initiative to hold today’s open debate on the protection of civilians in armed conflict and specifically on the protection of civilians and medical care in armed conflict. China welcomes Foreign Minister Mr. Nin Novoa for coming to New York to preside over today…
China wishes to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for South Sudan, Mr. Shearer, for his briefing.
Thanks to the concerted efforts of all South Sudanese parties and the international community, the political reconciliation process in South Sudan has made some progress recentl…
Let me begin by thanking Under-Secretary-General Lacroix and the Force Commanders of the four missions for their informative briefings.
China would like to pay tribute to the Force Commanders and peacekeepers of all United Nations peacekeeping forces in active service for their extraordinary courag…
I would like to thank Uruguay for convening today’s meeting and Special Representative Ján Kubiš for his briefing.
Under the leadership of Prime Minister Al Abadi, the Iraqi Government has made progress in promoting reform of Government institutions, facilitating national reconciliation, fighting t…
I thank High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina Valentin Inzko for his briefing.
China respects the independence, sovereignty, national unity and territorial integrity of Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as the choice of the Bosnian people in determining their country’s future. We support the…
I would like to thank Uruguay for convening today’s meeting. China has listened carefully to the statements by Mr. Raisedon Zenenga, Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia, and by Mr. Francisco Caetano Jose Madeira, Special Represe…
China thanks the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), Mr. Tanin, for his briefing. China welcomes the presence of Her Excellency Ms. Nela Kuburović, Minister of Justice of Serbia, and thanks her for her state…
China thanks Uruguay for its initiative to convene today’s open debate and Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Cancela for presiding over the meeting.
China thanks Deputy Secretary-General Mohammed and Under-Secretary-General Dieng for their briefings. China also listened carefully to the statement m…
China welcomes the unanimous adoption of resolution 2352 (2017), renewing the mandate of the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA). The resolution embodies the will of the Council, while taking into account the concerns of the affected countries and the troop-contributing countrie…
I would like to thank Ambassadors Umarov, Aboulatta and Llorentty Solíz for their briefings. The Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015) concerning Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (Da’esh), Al-Qaida and associated individuals, groups, undertak…
I thank you, Sir, for convening this briefing on United Nations cooperation with the European Union (EU). China listened attentively to the briefing given by Ms. Mogherini, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy.
As the largest organization of regional int…
China would like to congratulate Uruguay on taking up the presidency of the Security Council. We will continue to support its work and would like to thank the United States for its leadership during the month of April. We also thank Ms. Bensouda for her briefing.
China is closely following the deve…
Western Sahara is currently facing a complicated situation. What is urgent now is to maintain stability in the region and create a favourable condition for relaunching the political process.
The Security Council has just adopted resolution 2351 (2017), renewing the mandate of the United Nations Mis…
The continued escalation of tensions on the Korean peninsula in recent times has cause widespread concerns in the international community. If the tensions on the
peninsula are not kept under control, in particular in the case of unexpected events, it is highly likely that the situation will take a …
It is an honour and pleasure to attend this important meeting of the General Assembly today to witness the adoption of the United Nations strategic plan for forests 2017- 2030, a new political commitment of the international community on sustainable forest development. On behalf of the State Forestr…
