At the outset, I should like to thank the Chairman of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006) for his briefing on the work of the Committee and to express our appreciation to Ambassador Grauls for presiding over that work.
Since December 2006, the Security Coun…
The Chinese delegation would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Eide, for his briefing. We would also like to thank Under- Secretary-General Holmes for his briefing. The Chinese delegation welcomes the presence of the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan a…
China welcomes the holding of this emergency meeting of the Council. We would like to thank Mr. Honwana for his briefing.
On behalf of the Chinese delegation, we welcome Prime Minister Dileita of Djibouti to this meeting and thank him for his statement. I would also like to welcome the presence of …
I will be very brief. China thanks Mr. Eliasson and Mr. Salim for their briefings. China has taken note of the fact that the two Special Envoys recently presided over informal consultations on the political process in Darfur in order to pool our collective wisdom to push ahead the political process …
I wish to thank Ms. Rice, Secretary of State of the United States of America, for having come to New York to preside over today’s meeting. I am participating in this discussion on behalf of Yang Jiechi, Minister for Foreign Affairs. At the outset, please allow me to convey to Ms. Rice the Minister’s…
The Chinese delegation welcomes Mr. Zebari, Foreign Minister of Iraq, to this meeting. We also thank Special Adviser Gambari and Assistant Secretary-General Warren Sach for their briefings. We would also like to thank you, Ambassador Khalilzad, for your briefing on behalf of the Multinational Force …
The Chinese delegation wishes to thank Under- Secretary-General Holmes for his detailed and informative briefing. The Chinese delegation also appreciates his efforts and his extensive work on the ground since he took office. We express our positive assessment of the work accomplished by the relevant…
The Chinese delegation wishes to thank the High Representative, Mr. Lajčák, for his briefing and
appreciates his efforts to promote the political process in Bosnia and Herzegovina. I also wish to welcome to today’s meeting His Excellency Mr. Nikola Špirić, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bo…
China respects the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia and understands Georgia’s concern about the status of the internally displaced persons (IDPs) and refugees in Abkhazia. On 15 April 2008 the Security Council adopted resolution 1808 (2008), which explicitly provides for the protecti…
The Chinese delegation would like to thank you, Sir,
for convening this open debate. We would like to thank Ms. Hannelore Hoppe of the Office for Disarmament Affairs for her introduction of the report of the Secretary-General (S/2008/258).
We are glad to note that the issue of small arms has recei…
The Chinese delegation wishes to thank Under- Secretary-General Pascoe for his briefing. We also welcome Ambassador Khalilzad’s briefing on behalf of the Multinational Force in Iraq.
Since the war in Iraq began five years ago in March 2003, the political process, reconstruction and national reconci…
The Chinese delegation wishes to thank the President of the General Assembly for convening this thematic debate on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). We would like to align ourselves with the statement made by the representative of Antigua and Barbuda on behalf of the Group of 77 and China. As…
The Chinese delegation would like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this open meeting on the question of the Middle East. We would also like in
particular to thank the Secretary-General for his presence today, as well as for the statement he has delivered. Moreover, we wish to thank Under-…
The Chinese delegation would like to congratulate Mr. Smith on his assumption of the post of Executive Director of the Counter-Terrorism Executive Directorate (CTED). We wish to thank him for his briefing to the Security Council.
We welcome constructive ideas proposed by the representatives at toda…
China is very concerned about the question of Nagorny Karabakh. China respects and supports the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Azerbaijan. China supports the efforts of the international community to promote the peaceful settlement of the question of Nagorny Karabakh. The situation in Nago…
The Chinese delegation would like to thank Under- Secretary-General Guéhenno for his briefing on Afghanistan. China also wishes to congratulate Mr. Kai Eide on his appointment as Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan. We look forward to working closely with him and with the…
The Chinese delegation wishes to thank Under- Secretary-General Guéhenno for his briefing. I also wish to thank the Permanent Representative of Timor- Leste, Ambassador Santos, for his statement.
China strongly condemns the recent attacks by the rebels on President Ramos-Horta and Prime Minister Gu…
The Chinese delegation wishes to thank you, Sir, for making a special trip to New York to preside over this meeting. China welcomes the presence of Mr. Bernard Kouchner, Minister for Foreign Affairs of France; Mr. Charles Michel, Minister for Development Cooperation of Belgium; and Mr. Vittorio Crax…
The Chinese delegation welcomes the convening of this emergency meeting of the Security Council at the request of the League of Arab States. I also wish to thank Under-Secretary-General Lynn Pascoe for his briefing.
We regret to see that, just as Palestine and Israel are beginning to negotiate on t…
The Chinese delegation wishes to thank Mr. Staffan de Mistura, Special Representative of the Secretary- General for Iraq, for his briefing. We also welcome the briefing provided by Ambassador Khalilzad on behalf of the Multinational Force (MNF).
Thanks to the joint efforts of the Iraqi Government a…
