First of all, I should like to thank the Secretary-General for his informative report on oceans and the law of the sea (A/58/65 and Add.1), which provides us with a useful basis for our consideration of the item on our agenda. I also wish to take this opportunity to express our appreciation to you, …
The Chinese delegation would like to thank the ambassadors of the United States and of the United Kingdom for their briefings. We have taken note of the efforts of the Coalition Provisional Authority with regard to the implementation of Security Council resolution 1483 (2003). Since the Security Cou…
First of all, I would like to express my condolences at the great number of innocent people who have become casualties as a result of the explosions in Istanbul and to condemn the violent actions of terrorists. I also extend our condolences to the representative of the United Kingdom on its victims.…
At the outset, I wish to thank Under-Secretary-General Guéhenno and Mr. Piot for the comprehensive and detailed briefings they have just given. The briefings are particularly useful in helping us to gain a full picture of the implementation of resolution 1308 (2000) and the challenges ahead. The rel…
At the outset, I thank you, Mr. President, for initiating and convening this meeting. I also thank Under- Secretary-General Guéhenno and Ms. Smythe for their very informative briefings, which assist us greatly in gaining a comprehensive understanding of the implementation of resolution 1325 (2000) a…
At the outset, please allow me to express my appreciation to you, Sir, for holding this important meeting and for the informal note you issued not long ago. The note provides a good basis for our discussions. I also wish to thank Deputy Secretary- General Fréchette for her statement.
The Chinese de…
I have the honour to introduce draft resolution A/58/L.5, entitled “Enhancing capacity-building in global public health”, under agenda item 60.
To halt and to begin to reverse, by 2015, the spread of HIV/AIDS and the incidence of malaria and other major diseases is one of the development goals set …
The Chinese delegation welcomes the Secretary- General and thanks him for his important statement.
The Chinese delegation voted in favour of resolution 1511 (2003), which the Security Council has just adopted. In view of the situation in Iraq and the common aspirations of the international communit…
At the outset, I would like to thank the Secretary- General for his report (S/2003/944) and Special Representative of the Secretary-General Mr. Sharma for his briefing.
Over the past six months, the security situation in Timor-Leste has improved. Great strides have been made towards the country’s e…
The Chinese delegation supports the Arab Group’s request to hold an emergency Security Council meeting. Like the majority of countries, we strongly deplore the fact that the Israeli Government has decided to continue to build a separation wall and expand settlements. Israel’s actions are not accepta…
Please allow me to express my thanks to Mr. Kavan, Chairman of the Open-Ended Working Group of the last General Assembly session, and the two Vice-
Chairmen, Ambassador Ingolfsson and Ambassador Kasemsarn for their hard work to ensure the smooth progress of the Open-ended Working Group. We believe …
The Chinese delegation wishes to thank the Secretary- General for his reports on the work of the Organization and on the implementation of the Millennium Declaration. The reports have reviewed the work in different areas carried out by our Organization over the past year and highlighted the challeng…
First of all, please allow me to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of October. China will fully cooperate with you in order to carry out the Council’s work this month. I would also like to thank Sir Emyr Jones Parry, the Perma…
I wish at the outset to welcome Mr. Roed-Larsen, the Secretary-General’s Special Coordinator for the Middle
East Peace Process, to today’s open meeting. I also wish to thank him for his briefing on the latest developments in the Middle East.
Since the last open briefing of the Security Council, th…
Mr. President, at the outset, please allow me, on behalf of all members of the Asian Group, to express our appreciation and gratitude for your excellent guidance of the current session of the General Assembly.
The members of the Asian Group are gravely concerned about the situation in Iraq. We expr…
The Chinese delegation welcomes the resolution on Iraq just adopted by the Security Council. China has always attached great importance to the post-war reconstruction of Iraq. We have always maintained that the United Nations should play an active and effective role in the reconstruction process.
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