China attaches great importance to the issue of persons with disabilities in conflict. We support parties to conflicts in providing protection tailored to the special needs of people with disabilities in accordance with international humanitarian law. Efforts should also focus on reducing disabiliti…
I would like to thank Under-Secretaries-General DiCarlo and Lowcock for their briefings this morning.
China follows the humanitarian situation in Syria and supports the United Nations and the parties concerned in their tireless efforts to improve the humanitarian situation in Syria. Last September,…
I welcome Mr. Dramé, Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Mali, to the meeting and thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Annadif for his briefing.
As mentioned by colleagues, a few days ago intercommunal conflict occurred in the Mopti region of central Mali,…
I would like to begin by congratulating Kuwait on assuming the presidency of the Security Council for the month of June. China will fully support your work, Mr. President. I also wish to thank Indonesia for its extraordinary work during its presidency in May.
I would like to thank Mr. Fall, Special…
The political process towards peace in South Sudan has made significant progress since the end of last year. At present, with the joint support of the African Union (AU), the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), countries of the regional and the international community at large, the So…
China thanks Deputy Special Representative Zenenga; Mr. Madeira, Special Representative of the Chairperson
of the African Union (AU) Commission for Somalia; and Assistant Secretary-General Mueller for their briefings.
Since the end of last year, with the concerted efforts of the Federal Government…
I thank Ms. Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for her briefing. We also welcome the Security Council’s unanimous adoption of resolution 2470 (2019), which reflects the Council’s important support for the work of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Ira…
China would like to thank you, Mr. President, and Mr. Meza-Cuadra for this morning’s briefings. The Committee established pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015) concerning ISIL (Da’esh), Al-Qaida and the Taliban and associated
individuals, groups, undertakings and entities…
The situation in Abyei remains generally calm. It has benefited not only from the assistance provided by the
European Union and the international community but also, more importantly, from good cooperation between the Sudan and South Sudan on the relevant issues.
Whether the Abyei issue can be pro…
China thanks High Representative Inzko for his briefing.
China has maintained a consistent position of respecting Bosnia and Herzegovina’s sovereignty, independence, national unity and territorial integrity, while respecting the choice of its people in charting the way forward for their country and…
We are grateful to Mr. Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, and Mr. Parfait Onanga-Anyanga, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Horn of Africa, for their briefings. We support the Special Envoy in his very important new role.
At present, the situation in the Abyei Area …
Recently, thanks to the mediation efforts of Mr. Horst Köhler, Personal Envoy of the Secretary-General for Western Sahara, and the bona fide engagement of the parties concerned and of neighbouring countries, two round-table meetings on Western Sahara have been successfully held. The prevailing atmos…
I was hoping that Ambassador Pierce would still be here so that she would have the opportunity to listen to my response. Instead, after acting like a judge and firing a few questions at us, she simply left.
Ms. Pierce raised a question that Mr. Cohen also touched on. As far as China is concerned, p…
China thanks Assistant Secretary-General Mueller for her briefing and Ms. Nujeen Mustapha for her statement.
China is greatly attentive to the humanitarian situation in Syria, sympathizes with the Syrian people for what they have been going through and commends the efforts of the United Nations and…
At the outset, I wish to thank the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Ms. Mogherini, for her briefing.
As an important partner in cooperation with the United Nations and the Security Council, the European Union (EU) has been actively involved in stren…
At the outset, I would like to thank Equatorial Guinea for the excellent work it carried out as President of the Security Council for the month of February. I also wish to congratulate France on assuming the presidency for the month of March and assure you, Mr. President, of China’s full cooperation…
China voted in favour of resolution 2453 (2019), which the Council just adopted. China upholds the objective and fair position on the issue of Cyprus and respects the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Cyprus. China believes that the issue of Cyprus should be settled based on the…
China thanks Special Representative of the Secretary-General Salamé and Ambassador Schulz, in his capacity as Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011), concerning Libya, for their briefings.
China has been closely following the developments in Libya. We…
China would like to thank Special Representative Zerrougui and Special Envoy Djnnit for their briefings.
Members of the Council recently visited the Democratic Republic of the Congo, enabling us to gain a first-hand and more in-depth understanding of the situation in the country. Through that visit…
The Chinese delegation welcomes the report of the Secretary-General on the work of the Organization (A/73/1).
In the face of the current complex international situation and global challenges, the United Nations continues to advocate multilateralism and promote pragmatic cooperation. In the areas of…
