I thank Special Coordinator Mladenov for his briefing. I have listened carefully to the statements by the representatives of Palestine and Israel. I warmly welcome Mrs. Marsudi, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Indonesia, and thank her for her presence here today and her statement.
The question of P…
I would like to begin by thanking Ms. Zerrougui for her briefing and for her efforts to promote peace and stability in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. I also listened
attentively to the briefings by Mr. Nangaa Yobeluo, President of the Commission électorale nationale indépendante, Ambassador …
I would like to thank Mr. Martin Griffiths, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen, and Mr. Mark Lowcock, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, for their briefings.
We are pleased to note that the parties in Yemen have generally observed the ce…
China has consistently advocated a political solution to the issue of Yemen to support the political process there, with consideration for the long-term interests of the Yemeni people.
China voted in favour of resolution 2451 (2018), on Yemen. The adoption of the resolution safeguards the unity of …
Rural poverty is a formidable challenge facing members of the international community. This is the third year of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, yet 80 per cent of the extreme poor still live in rural areas. Rural poverty is becoming an obstacle to the achievement …
I would like to express my deep gratitude to my colleagues who will be leaving the Council and thank them for their outstanding contribution to the work in the Council.
I thank Special Coordinator Mladenov for his briefing.
At present, hotspot issues in the Middle East are complicated and intertwi…
I would like to thank Special Representative of the Secretary-
General Yamamoto and Executive Director Fedotov for their briefings and their efforts. I also want to thank Ambassador Umarov for his briefing. Over the past two years, under his capable leadership, the Committee established pursuant to…
First of all, I would like to welcome the presence of the President of Serbia, Mr. Aleksandar Vučić, who is in attendance and has spoken at this meeting. I thank the Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Mr. Jean-Pierre Lacroix, for his briefing. I also carefully listened to the state…
At the outset, I wish to thank Special Envoy Martin Griffiths and Under-Secretary-General Mark Lowcock for their comprehensive briefings. Their efforts to restore peace and stability in Yemen and improve the humanitarian situation in the country are highly appreciated.
China welcomes the important …
China abstained in the voting on resolution 2449 (2018), on renewing the measures for cross-border humanitarian assistance to Syria. China is of the view that the international community’s humanitarian operations in Syria should abide by the principles that guide United Nations humanitarian work, as…
The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic has played an important role in maintaining peace and
stability in the Central African Republic, and China supports the extension of its mandate. Meanwhile, the efforts of the relevant parties withi…
I would first like to thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo and Ambassador van Oosterom for their briefings. I welcome Secretary of State Pompeo to the Security Council today.
The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), as a multilateral agreement endorsed by the Security Council, has the effec…
At the outset, I would like to welcome Your Excellency, the Foreign Minister of Côte d’Ivoire, to this Chamber to preside over this open debate. Our thanks also go to Secretary-General Guterres, Mr. Moussa Faki Mahamat, Chairperson of the African Union Commission, and Mr. Jean-Claude Kassi Brou, Pre…
I would like to begin by conveying our condolences on the passing away of former President George Herbert Walker Bush. We express our sympathy to his entire family. President Bush was an old friend of the Chinese people. Over the years, he witnessed and promoted the historical development of Sino-Am…
I thank you, Madam President, for convening today’s meeting. China welcomes the President’s appointment of Ambassador Lana Nusseibeh, Permanent Representative of the United Arab Emirates, and Ambassador Christian Braun, Permanent Representative of Luxembourg, as co-Chairs of the intergovernmental ne…
China welcomes the presence of Mr. Bruno Eduardo Rodríguez Parrilla, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba.
We associate ourselves with the statement made earlier by the representative of Egypt on behalf of the Group of 77 and China.
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development sets…
At the outset, I wish to thank Special Envoy De Mistura for his briefing and express our appreciation for his efforts to facilitate a political settlement of the Syrian issue.
Thanks to the efforts of the Syrian people themselves and with the support of the international community, the situation in…
First of all, I thank the Bolivian presidency for convening today’s meeting. I also thank Secretary-General Guterres and Ms. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director of UN-Women, for their briefings. China also
listened attentively to the statement by Ms. Siniora Atallah, the representative of ci…
China regrets the fact that the Security Council heard a briefing today from the independent international fact-finding mission on Myanmar established by the Human Rights Council. Such practices jeopardize the unity of the Council and are not conducive to ensuring that its members cooperate to joint…
On 18 October, the Plurinational State of Bolivia, China, the Russian Federation and Equatorial Guinea sent a letter to the President of the Security Council (S/2018/938) expressing their opposition to holding this Council meeting to hear a briefing by the Chairperson of the independent internationa…
