The Chinese delegation wishes to thank Ambassadors Mayoral, Løj and Motoc for their respective briefings on the work of the three Committees and on their work programme for the next stage. We note with satisfaction that, since the last meeting at which briefings were made, the three Committees have …
The outcome document (resolution 60/1) adopted recently at the 2005 world summit reaffirms the General Assembly’s Global Agenda for Dialogue among Civilizations and its Programme of Action and the Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace; welcomes the Alliance for Civilizations init…
The Chinese delegation welcomes the presence of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Romania as he presides over today’s meeting.
We appreciate the statements of the Secretary- General Kofi Annan and the representatives of regional organizations.
Strengthening cooperation between the United Nations…
The Chinese delegation wishes to thank the Secretary- General for his third consolidated report on progress in implementation and international support for the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) (A/60/178) and the Report of the Secretary-General’s Advisory Panel on International Suppor…
The United Nations plays an indispensable role in international affairs.
China has always supported the further strengthening of the United Nations through reform and is ready to join others in actively cooperating with the President of the General Assembly and the facilitators to strive for positi…
This year marks the sixtieth anniversary of the end of the Second World War, and many countries are celebrating that historic victory against fascism in a number of ways. The General Assembly has declared this to be a time of remembrance and reconciliation. The Chinese delegation welcomes this speci…
On 21 March, Secretary-General Kofi Annan formally submitted to the General Assembly a comprehensive report that has attracted wide attention and commentary. The President has today launched a round of discussions on that report, marking the start of the substantive phase in the preparations for the…
The Chinese delegation abstained in the voting on the resolution. We have always closely followed the situation in the Darfur region of the Sudan and support efforts to reach an agreement on an early political
settlement of the question of Darfur through the negotiations held under the auspices of …
The Chinese delegation wishes to thank you, Mr. President, for having convened today’s meeting. We wish also to congratulate you and your delegation for the outstanding manner in which you have been presiding over the work of the Council this month.
African issues have consistently taken up a large…
The Chinese delegation abstained in the vote just taken because we have serious reservations about the resolution adopted this evening. A few days ago the Security Council adopted resolution 1590 (2005) authorizing the deployment of a peacekeeping operation in southern Sudan. That was a correct deci…
I would like to begin by thanking Lord Ashdown for his report (S/2005/156, annex, enclosure) and for his supplementary briefing. I also appreciate the efforts he has made in promoting the peace process in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
We are pleased to note that, since the second half of last year, the B…
At the outset, please allow me to express my condolences to the Government and the people of Bangladesh with regard to the peacekeepers who were killed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. My condolences go also to the families of the victims.
The Chinese delegation welcomes the presence at tod…
I would first of all like to welcome the President, the Foreign Minister of Benin, a very friendly country, who has come here to personally preside over today’s open debate. The Chinese delegation would also like to thank the Secretary-General for his report on the issue of children and armed confli…
Mr. Foreign Minister, the Chinese delegation welcomes your presence here in the Security Council to preside over this important meeting. We welcome also the presence of Mr. Siméon, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Haiti, and we wish to thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Valdés for …
The first presidential election in the history of Afghanistan has been successfully concluded. Mr. Karzai won the election and was formally inaugurated on 7 December. China warmly welcomes that major achievement in Afghanistan’s political and peace process, and sincerely congratulates President Karz…
We were all saddened by the passing away not long ago of Mr. Arafat, Chairman of the Palestinian National Authority. I wish to take this opportunity, once again, to express our deep condolences on the death of Chairman Arafat. His lifelong dedication to the restoration of the legitimate national rig…
At the outset, I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for having convened this open briefing of the Council this afternoon on the question of Somalia. This attests to the international community’s attention to and concern about Somalia and demonstrates its valuable support for the efforts to prom…
Today is a praiseworthy and memorable day in the history of the Security Council. More than 30 years have elapsed, and now all the members of the Security Council have once again travelled thousands of miles and have come to the continent of Africa to hold meetings devoted to the question of the Sud…
We are deeply concerned at the current situation in Côte d’Ivoire. We condemn the air raid conducted against the French peacekeepers. We are also concerned about the civilian casualties caused by this conflict. We call upon the various parties to exercise restraint so as to avoid further escalating …
I should like first of all to thank the Chairman of the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC), Ambassador Denisov, and the Executive Director of the Counter- Terrorism Executive Directorate (CTED), Ambassador Rupérez, for their briefings. I would like to express our appreciation to Ambassador Denisov fo…
