I listened carefully to the briefing of Under-Secretary- General Rosemary DiCarlo.
The situation on the Korean peninsula has long been an important item on the Council’s agenda. Over the past few years, we have witnessed, by and large, detente on the peninsula thanks to the efforts of various parti…
China supports the Panel of Experts of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1718 (2006) in performing its duties in strict adherence to its mandate. There is a need for the Panel to improve its working methods and carry out its work in an objective and impartial manner with a view to gen…
China voted in favour of resolution 2728 (2024), which was just now put to the vote. We thank Algeria, Mozambique and other elected Council members for their efforts.
On Friday, the Security Council voted on the other draft resolution on the situation in Gaza (S/2024/239), proposed by the United St…
China voted against the draft resolution that has just been put to the vote (S/2024/239). I would like to explain China’s position and the relevant considerations as follows.
More than 160 days have passed since the outbreak of the Gaza conflict. In the face of a human tragedy in which more than 32…
I welcome you, Madam President, to the Council to preside over this meeting, and I thank Secretary-General Guterres and the other briefers for their briefings.
The complete prohibition and thorough destruction of nuclear weapons and the eventual establishment of a nuclear weapon-free world is an ab…
I thank Secretary-General Guterres for his briefing.
The ongoing crisis in Ukraine is threatening to become a protracted, compounded and wider crisis. This tragedy, which could have been avoided, has become what it is today. That is both distressing and worthy of deep reflection. The international …
I thank the two briefers for their briefings. We were appalled at Mr. Lockyear’s briefing. We hope that the tragic picture that he painted for us of Gaza can touch the conscience of a certain member of the Council. The veto by the United States two days ago (see S/PV.9552) meant that the Council mis…
China voted in favour of draft resolution S/2024/173, and we are deeply dissatisfied and disappointed that the United States vetoed it. Algeria submitted the draft resolution on behalf of the Arab States, demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, the immediate release of all hostages, guaranteed acc…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Laing and Special Representative Souef for their briefings, and I welcome the Permanent Representative of Somalia to this meeting.
This is a critical year for the political process, security transition and national reconstruction in Somalia. T…
First of all, I would like to thank Under-Secretary-General Voronkov, Executive Director of the Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate (CTED) Gherman and Secretary General of INTERPOL Stock for their briefings. Over the years, the Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT), CTED of the Security Council an…
I would like to start by thanking Special Envoy Grundberg and Ms. Wosornu for their briefings. I also welcome the Permanent Representative of Yemen to this meeting.
For some time now, the parties concerned have stayed closely engaged on a political solution to the Yemeni issue, working diligently t…
Let me start by thanking you, Mr. President, for coming to the United Nations to preside over this high-level meeting. I thank Secretary-General Guterres, Executive Secretary Stiell and Deputy Director-General Bechdol for their briefings. I also listened carefully to the statement by Ms. Roesch.
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With regard to the question of Ukraine, China has always maintained that the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all countries should be respected, that the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations
should be upheld, that the legitimate security concerns of all countries sho…
I welcome His Excellency President Vučić of Serbia to this meeting. I listened closely to the briefing by Special Representative of the Secretary-General Caroline Ziadeh and to Mr. Kurti’s statement.
The Provisional Institutions of Self-government (PISG) in Pristina recently issued a ban on the Ser…
I thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo for her briefing. We welcome the presence of the representatives of Iraq and Syria at this meeting, and I look forward to hearing further details in their statements later on.
The recent United States air strikes on multiple locations in Syria and Iraq have c…
At the outset, I would like to thank Algeria for its initiative to convene today’s meeting, and I thank Under-Secretary- General Griffiths for his briefing.
More than three months have passed since the outbreak of this round of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The war is still raging on, and the h…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary- General Salvador and Executive Director Waly for their briefings just made. I also welcome the presence of the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of Haiti and the Dominican Republic and the representatives of Kenya and Saint Lucia. I also listened very att…
First of all, I would like to thank Minister for Foreign Affairs Séjourné for coming to New York specifically to preside over today’s meeting. I would also like to thank Secretary-General Guterres for his briefing earlier. China welcomes the participation of the Foreign Ministers of Palestine and ma…
I thank Mr. Ebo for his briefing just now and welcome the presence of His Excellency Mr. Lavrov, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, and of the Permanent Representative of Ukraine at today’s meeting.
It seems that the conflict in Ukraine is becoming protracted and complex, which…
I thank Algeria for the initiative to request holding this meeting. I also thank Under-Secretary-General Griffiths and Assistant Secretary-General Brands Kehris for their briefings.
Almost 100 days since the beginning of this round of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, more than 23,000 people in Gaz…
