I would first like to congratulate you, Madam President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council in September. We know this is a difficult
month and we wish you luck. We also thank the United Kingdom for presiding over the Council in August.
China is of the view that the situa…
China wishes to thank you, Sir, for convening today’s meeting.
We are very honoured to submit the annual draft report of the Security Council for the year 2017, and we hope that it will be formally adopted today. I wish to take this opportunity to thank all Council members for their spirit of coope…
China thanks Director John Ging for his briefing. We have taken note of the latest report of the Secretary-General (S/2018/777) on the cross-border humanitarian assistance.
Currently, the Syrian humanitarian situation continues to face challenges. Parties in Syria must proceed while considering the…
China congratulates the United Kingdom on assuming the presidency of the Security Council. We thank Sweden for its work and its presidency of the Security Council in July. China is also grateful to Special Envoy Martin Griffiths and Director John Ging for their briefings.
The conflict in Yemen has …
China thanks Mr. Lowcock, the Under-Secretary- General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, and Ms. Gamba, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, for their briefings.
China takes note of the Secretary-General’s recent report on cro…
China would like to thank you, Madam President, for presiding over this meeting. We are also grateful to Special Representative of the Secretary-General Zewde and Mr. Chergui for their briefings. We deeply appreciate your efforts, Madam President, to promote the partnership between the United Nation…
Madam President, China welcomes the fact that you have travelled to New York to preside over our meeting. China thanks Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed and Ms. Bineta Diop, African Union Special Envoy on Women, Peace and Security, for their briefings.
China welcomes the joint visit by the Un…
The Chinese delegation listened carefully to the presentation delivered by Secretary-General Guterres and has taken note of his report on the issue of the responsibility to protect (A/72/884). We would like to make the following observations.
First, we must uphold the principle that the Governments…
China thanks Mr. Onanga-Anyanga, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the Central African Republic, Mr. Nébié, Special Representative of the African Union to the Central African Republic, and Brigadier General Herminio Teodoro Maio, Force Commander of the European Union Military Train…
China has consistently maintained that constructive dialogue and cooperation should be carried out on a basis of equality and mutual respect when addressing differences in the field of human rights. We reject the politicization of human rights issues and the practice
of exerting pressure on other c…
China maintains its consistent position on country- specific resolutions on human rights. We oppose the adoption of such resolutions. We believe that human rights can be promoted and protected only through constructive dialogue and cooperation. On the basis of that principled position, we voted agai…
