At the outset, on behalf of the Chinese delegation, please allow me to welcome President Chiluba of Zambia, the Foreign Minister of Namibia and President of the General Assembly, Mr. Gurirab, Foreign Minister Dlamini-Zuma of South Africa, the representative of the Secretary- General of the Organizat…
The Chinese delegation wishes to thank Mrs. Ogata for her briefing to the Security Council on the question of refugees in Africa.
We would also like to thank the President of the Council and the American delegation for organizing this open briefing. We appreciate the efforts they have made.
We hop…
Exactly one year ago, for reasons known to all, the United Nations arms inspection in Iraq had to be suspended. Since then the Security Council has been deadlocked on the Iraqi issue, and nothing much has been done over the past 12 months. With a view to breaking this impasse, the Council set up thr…
First of all, Sir, please allow me to thank you for convening these meetings of the General Assembly to consider the question of Security Council reform. We are confident that under your guidance our consideration of this matter at this session will be more fruitful.
The Chinese delegation has stre…
At the outset, I should like to thank you, Sir, for convening this open briefing on the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Our thanks also go to Under-Secretary-General Miyet for his briefing on the subject. We are confident that this meeting will help the Council to find solutions to the conflict in…
We would like at the outset to welcome the convening of today’s meeting and to thank the Secretary-General for his statement.
I should like to comment briefly on the questions we are discussing today.
First, on the improvement of the relationship and coordination between the Security Council and t…
We would like to thank the Secretary-General for his report, as well as for the additional briefing given by the Secretariat. We also wish to express our appreciation to the delegation of the United Kingdom for convening this meeting on the question of Sierra Leone.
We wish to thank the Economic Co…
Since the submission of his 1998 report (A/52/871) entitled “The causes of conflict and the promotion of durable peace and sustainable development in Africa”, the Secretary-General has this year submitted a progress report on follow-up (A/54/133), which contains
Over the past year or so, the Africa…
Since its implementation, the temporary oil-for-food programme has played a considerable role in easing the humanitarian difficulties in Iraq. Meanwhile, it is undeniable that the programme also has shortcomings and should continue to be supplemented or adjusted in a timely fashion in the light of p…
According to the stipulations of the United Nations Charter, the Security Council shoulders the primary responsibility for maintaining international peace and security. It is the major institution that the international community relies on for settling conflicts and crises and realizing peace. Now w…
The Chinese delegation wishes to thank the President of the Security Council for introducing to the General Assembly the annual report of the Security Council for the period 1998-1999. The report comprehensively and honestly reflects the work of the Security Council in the last year of this millenni…
First of all, we would like to thank the delegation of the Russian Federation for preparing the draft resolution before us. In recent years, international terrorist activities have become increasingly rampant, taking a heavy toll on the life and property of innocent civilians and posing a grave thre…
At the outset, please allow me to thank the Secretary-General for his annual report on the work of the Organization. The report has given us an overview of the various aspects of the work of the United Nations and summarized from one perspective the events and changes that have taken place
In recen…
To begin, please allow me, on behalf of the Chinese delegation, to welcome President Chiluba and thank him for his briefing on the situation in Africa. We express our appreciation for the proposal made by Gabon and for this open meeting, which has been arranged by the Council President.
China has a…
The popular consultation held in East Timor two weeks ago provided a historic opportunity for the final settlement of the issue of East Timor through peaceful means. The initial decision of the Indonesian Government and its good cooperation afterwards established conditions for the realization of th…
Allow me first of all, on behalf of the Chinese Government and people, to express our most profound condolences on the passing away of King Hassan II of Morocco. We also wish to express our sincere sympathy to his Majesty, Mohammed VI, the royal family of Morocco and the Moroccan Government and peop…
China is deeply disturbed by the current humanitarian crisis in the Balkans and has profound sympathy for the over 700,000 Kosovar refugees who have been left homeless and separated from their loved ones. We have a saying in China: “Nothing on Earth is more precious than human life and no benevolenc…
We have listened attentively to the statements that have just been made, every one of which expressed sympathy and condolences to the Chinese Government and the families of the victims. For this, we wish to express our thanks.
However, we have also heard an absurd argument made to the effect that, …
The Chinese delegation voted against the draft resolution a short while ago. We have always maintained that United Nations peacekeeping operations, including preventive deployment missions, should not be open-ended. The situation in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia has apparently stabilized…
The Chinese delegation is very pleased to see Mr. Lloyd Axworthy, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada, preside over today’s formal meeting of the Security Council. We thank Mr. Cornelio Sommaruga, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC); Ms. Carol Bellamy, Executive Di…
