The South Sudanese political process is currently in a critical phase. The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), the African Union (AU), and countries of the region are stepping up their mediation efforts, and various parties within South Sudan are actively engaged in dialogue and consu…
China thanks Special Representative of the Secretary-General Ghassan Salamé and the Chair of the Security Council
Committee established pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011) concerning Libya, Ambassador Olof Skoog, for their briefings. China will continue to support their work.
Although the security …
China expresses its appreciation to the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara, which is committed to implementing the Security Council’s mandate in earnest and has made efforts to maintain regional stability. We support the extension of the Mission’s mandate and support it in c…
The Charter of the United Nations clearly outlines the functions of and divisions of labour among all the main organs of the United Nations. The primary role of the Security Council is to maintain international peace and security, not to consider human rights issues. Pushing the Security Council int…
I wish to thank Special Envoy Ismail Ould Sheikh Ahmed and Director John Ging for their briefings. I wish especially to thank Special Envoy Ahmed for the unrelenting efforts he has made over the past three years to facilitate the political process in Yemen. He has been fulfilling a daunting task in …
I thank Under-Secretary-General Lacroix, Assistant Secretary-
General Mueller and Mr. Mogae, Chairperson of the Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission.
Late last month, thanks to the concerted efforts of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) and the international community, the…
China welcomes Mr. Coulibaly, Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Mali, to today’s meeting, and congratulates him on his assumption of his new role. I would also like to thank Under-Secretary- General Lacroix for his briefing.
China appreciates and supports the people of M…
China expresses its grave concern about the use of chemical weapons in Syria and extends its deepest sympathy to the Syrian people for their suffering.
China’s position on chemical weapons has been clear and consistent. We firmly oppose the use of chemical weapons by any country, group or individua…
China thanks you, Mr. President, for having convened today’s meeting. We listened carefully to the briefing by Special Representative of the Secretary-General Arnault, and I welcome Vice-President Naranjo to today’s meeting.
The Colombia peace process is a good example of an instance in which the C…
China thanks you, Mr. President, for convening this debate on Afghanistan. I would also like to thank Mr. Tadamichi Yamamoto, Special Representative of the Secretary- General for Afghanistan, Mr. Yury Fedotov, Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, and Ambassador Umarov,…
I thank Secretary-General Guterres for his briefing.
At present, the international situation is complex and constantly changing. Traditional and non-traditional security risks are interwoven, while global challenges are increasing by the day. Meanwhile, all countries are interdependent even while t…
I would like to thank Mr. Grandi, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and Mr. Swing, Director General of the International Organization for Migration, for their briefings.
China has paid much attention to the evolving situation in Libya. In the past two years all the parties in Libya hav…
China welcomes to New York Mr. Angelino Alfano, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Italy, to preside over this meeting. China also welcomes Foreign Minister Siala of Libya. China thanks the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Libya, Mr. Ghassan Salamé, and Ambassador Olof Skoog for thei…
China is grateful for the briefings by Ms. Ribeiro Viotti, Chef de Cabinet of the Secretary-General; Ms. Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director of UN-Women; and Ms. Jean,
Secretary-General of the International Organization of La Francophonie. We also listened attentively to the statement by the represen…
China thanks Secretary-General Guterres for his briefing. Since the beginning of this year, some countries and regions in Africa and West Asia have been suffering severe food shortages and even famine as a result of drought and climate change. Secretary-General Guterres has issued an emergency human…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting, and Assistant Secretary-General Wane for his important briefing. We also welcome the Permanent Representative of Mali to today’s meeting.
We condemn the terrorist attacks in Burkina Faso on 13 August and yesterday on the United N…
China voted to in favour of resolution 2357 (2017), which the Security Council just adopted. China supports the international community in taking effective measures to implement the provisions of the Council’s resolutions on the arms embargo against Libya, especially to cut off the channels and netw…
China is deeply troubled and disturbed at the death of two United Nations officials. I should like to extend our condolences to the families of Mr. Michael Sharp and Ms. Zaida Catalan and to the countries concerned. The
safety and security of United Nations personnel must be effectively guaranteed.…
China welcomes the establishment of the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) by countries in the region — such as Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, the Niger and Benin, as well as the positive progress that they have achieved in combating terrorism. We appreciate the unwavering determination and tireless e…
China would like to thank the representative of the Russian Federation for requesting the convening of today’s meeting, and Under-Secretary-General O’Brien for his briefing on his recent visit to Yemen and other countries. We commend the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs for its wo…
