I thank France for requesting this meeting and welcome the presence of Prime Minister Najib Azmi Mikati of Lebanon. I also thank Secretary-General Guterres for his briefing, which reminds us of the gravity of the current situation.
The Lebanese people have just experienced the bloodiest week in dec…
I thank Algeria for requesting this meeting and welcome the presence of Mr. Abdallah Bouhabib, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Lebanon. I listened carefully to the briefings by Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo and High Commissioner Türk.
Thousands of communication devices in Lebanon, including page…
I thank you, Your Excellency Ms. Fajon, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Slovenia, for presiding over this meeting. I also thank Special Representative Otunbayeva and Executive Director Bahous for their briefings.
Last month marked the third anniversary of the Afghan interi…
I thank Under-Secretary-General Lacroix for his briefing. I have listened carefully to the statements made by the other two briefers.
At present, the international and regional security situations are undergoing profound changes. United Nations peacekeeping operations are at a new crossroads. It is…
I thank Special Coordinator Wennesland and Ms. Baxter for their briefings.
Gaza has been subjected to more than 10 months of blockade, siege, bombing and attacks that have killed more than 40,000 people and displaced 1.9 million. Eighty per cent of homes in the Gaza Strip have been destroyed, and 8…
I thank Sierra Leone for the initiative of organizing this open debate on the theme of conflict prevention. I thank Foreign Minister Kabba for presiding over this meeting. I thank Assistant Secretary-General Spehar, Commissioner Adeoye and the civil society briefer for their presentations.
The inte…
I thank the delegation of Algeria for requesting this meeting. I thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo and Director Doughten for their briefings.
Israel’s air strike on the Al-Tabaeen school in Gaza last week claimed approximately 100 innocent civilian lives. China strongly condemns that attack. Ci…
China welcomes you, Mr. President, as you preside over today’s meeting, and thanks Secretary-General Guterres, President Francis and Ms. Mbete for their briefings.
The world today is undergoing major changes unseen in a century, with the rise of the global South and the unstoppable trend to multipo…
I thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo for her briefing.
China firmly opposes and strongly condemns the assassination of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh, which took place yesterday in Tehran, Iran’s capital. That act was a blatant attempt to sabotage peace efforts and wantonly trampled on th…
I thank Deputy Commissioner-General Antonia Marie De Meo and Deputy Special Coordinator Muhannad Hadi for their briefings.
The conflict in Gaza has been going on for over nine months, causing an unprecedented, ever- worsening humanitarian catastrophe, with nearly 40,000 innocent civilian lives lost…
I thank Mr. Ebo and Ms. Kneissl for their briefings.
In the protracted crisis in Ukraine, civilians are the ones who suffer the most. The continued flow of weapons and munitions onto the battlefield will only further aggravate the crisis and deepen the cruelty, danger and unpredictability that war …
I thank Special Envoy Grundberg and Acting Under- Secretary-General Msuya for their briefings and welcome the presence of the representative of Yemen at today’s meeting.
Settling the situation in Yemen requires both political and diplomatic efforts. China hopes that all the parties concerned will s…
I thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo and Major General Beary, Head of the United Nations Mission to Support the Hodeidah Agreement, for their briefings.
The recent events raising tensions are indicative of the accelerating spillover effects of the Gaza conflict, which is a source of deep concern…
I thank you, Mr. President, for presiding over today’s debate. I thank Assistant Secretary-General Spehar, Secretary-General Zhang Ming, Secretary-General Tasmagambetov and Secretary-General Sergey Lebedev for their respective briefings. I welcome the presence of the representatives of Belarus, Kaza…
I thank Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov for presiding over today’s meeting and Chef de Cabinet Rattray for delivering the statement on behalf of Secretary- General Guterres.
Since its outbreak more than nine months ago, the Gaza conflict has caused more than 38,000 civilian deaths, resulting in an u…
China appreciates the Russian initiative to convene this open debate. I welcome Foreign Minister Lavrov to the Council to preside over today’s meeting.
Building a more just, democratic and sustainable world order is humankind’s shared pursuit. In 1945, in order to save succeeding generations from t…
China abstained in the voting on resolution 78/316, entitled “Safety and security of nuclear facilities of Ukraine, including the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant” on the basis of China’s consistent position on the political settlement of the Ukraine crisis, our independent judgment of the merits of…
I welcome Colombian President Petro Urrego and Mr. Tovar, representative of the Comunes party, and I thank Special Representative Ruiz Massieu for his briefing.
Eight years ago, with the signing of the Final Agreement for Ending the Conflict and Building a Stable and Lasting Peace, Colombia emerged…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General María Isabel Salvador for her briefing.
I welcome the Prime Minister of Haiti, the Foreign Minister of the Dominican Republic and the representatives of Canada and Saint Kitts and Nevis among us.
In recent months, the situation in Haiti has s…
I congratulate Russia on its assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. The Chinese delegation will fully support you and your colleagues, Mr. President, in your work. I also commend the Republic of Korea for completing its presidency of the Council last month.
I thank Sen…
