China commends Ghana’s initiative to hold this high- level meeting and welcomes your presence in New York, Madam Minister, to preside over it. I thank Secretary- General Guterres for his statement. I also thank Assistant Secretary-General Pobee, Commissioner Adeoye, Ms. Robinson and Ms. Landgren fo…
China voted in favour of draft resolution S/2022/821, submitted by the Russian Federation, in which article VI of the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) is invoked requesting the Security Council to initiate an investigation into compliance violation.
I would like to explain China’s position.
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First of all, I congratulate Ghana on assuming the presidency
of the Security Council for the month of November. Mr. President, I believe the Council will achieve every success under your leadership. I would also like to take this opportunity to congratulate Gabon for successively presiding over th…
In October this year, general elections were held in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The process was peaceful and smooth. The post-election political situation remained stable. Relevant disputes were properly resolved within the legal framework. This demonstrates the capability, willingness and determinatio…
I thank Under-Secretary-General Griffiths and Secretary-General Grynspan for their briefings.
The Black Sea Grain Initiative is an important food-export arrangement that was reached through repeated consultations between the United Nations, Russia and Ukraine. Since the signing of the agreement nea…
I thank Mr. Salvatore Sciacchitano for his briefing.
In May last year, the Security Council discussed the forced landing of a Ryanair flight by Belarus under “Any other business” in internal consultations. Since then, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has been responsible for the…
I thank Special Coordinator Wennesland for his briefing and welcome the representatives of Palestine and Israel to the meeting today.
I wish to emphasize the following three points.
First, the current situation has once again highlighted the importance of achieving common security. The recent peri…
I wish to thank the Secretariat for its briefing.
Military biological activities bear on international peace and security and the common interests of all humankind. As a country that suffered immensely from biological weapons during the Second World War, China always stands for the complete prohibi…
I thank Under-Secretary-General De Serpa Soares for his briefing.
I understand that the theme of today’s meeting concerns the Secretariat’s performance of its duties, and I will address that issue first.
The Charter of the United Nations establishes regulations for the Secretariat and its staff in…
I thank Special Envoy of the Secretary-General Pedersen and Director Ghelani for their briefings.
With regard to report of the Secretary-General (S/2022/775) and the briefings we just heard, China would like to emphasize the following four points.
First, we must continue to advance the Syrian- led…
In recent months we have seen a continuing intensification of the conflict on the ground in Ukraine, an ongoing deterioration of the humanitarian situation and ever bleaker prospects for peace, which China finds extremely worrisome. The nearly eight-month crisis has taken a heavy toll on ordinary pe…
On Monday, we discussed the situation in Haiti in this Chamber (see S/PV.9153). The members of the Security Council expressed their deep concern that Haiti is deeply engulfed in multiple political, security and humanitarian crises. They stressed the need for a political solution to ease the people’s…
China commends Gabon for convening today’s important meeting, and I would like to thank all of the briefers for their statements. Resolution 1325 (2000) ignited the international community’s heightened attention to the special situation of women in conflict, redefined the relationship between women …
I thank Special Representative Rugwabiza for her briefing. I welcome the presence of the Foreign Minister of the Central African Republic and the representative of Rwanda at this meeting.
Currently, the political and security situation in Central Africa is generally improving, and the peace process…
I welcome the Serbian Foreign Minister, His Excellency Mr. Selaković, to today’s meeting. I have listened carefully to the briefings by the Special Representative Ziadeh and Ms. Gërvalla-Schwarz.
Since June 2022, the Kosovo authorities have taken unilateral actions on such issues as identity docume…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General La Lime for her briefing. I welcome the presence of the Foreign Ministers of Haiti and the Dominican Republic and other representatives to today’s meeting.
The Secretary-General’s report (S/2022/761) submitted last week and today’s briefing by…
I thank Special Envoy Grundberg and Assistant Secretary-General Msuya for their briefings. China firmly supports their work. I also welcome the Permanent Representatives of Yemen and Saudi Arabia to today’s meeting.
The six-month truce brought a glimmer of hope to Yemen. The people of Yemen and the…
At the outset, I would like to welcome Foreign Minister Adamo and thank him for presiding over today’s meeting. I also welcome the Colombian Foreign Minister and the Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission to this meeting. I thank Special Representative Ruiz Massieu for his briefing. I also listened c…
I did not intend to speak a lot on this occasion, since we will hold closed consultations following this open briefing. But now that the representative of the United States has made a second statement, I believe I have to speak in response. I will mention three points.
First, the recent launches by…
I listened to the briefing by Assistant Secretary- General Khiari.
We have taken note of the recent launches by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. We have also noted the multiple joint military exercises held by the United States and other countries recently in the region. A brief examinati…
