At the outset, I wish to thank His Excellency Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon for his briefing. We welcome the presence at today’s meeting of His Excellency Mr. Mahmoud Abbas, President of the Palestinian National Authority; Mr. Amre Moussa, Secretary General of the League of Arab States; and the For…
The Chinese delegation thanks you, Mr. President, for having convened this emergency meeting of the Security Council. We would also like to thank the Secretary-General for his statement.
China is seriously concerned by the large-scale Israeli air attacks against Gaza that have taken place since 27 …
The Chinese delegation wishes to thank the Secretary- General for his report entitled “Sport for development and peace: building on the foundations” (A/63/466), which provides a comprehensive assessment of the various programmes and initiatives in that regard carried out by United Nations Member Sta…
At the outset, we thank the President of the Republic of Croatia for presiding over the open debate today. We also thank Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for his participation in our debate.
The presidential statement that you, Sir, will issue on behalf of the Security Council fully reflects the inter…
At the outset, I would like to congratulate Croatia on its assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. I believe that, under your guidance, the work of the Security Council will proceed very smoothly.
We appreciate the briefing to the Security Council by Mr. Moreno-Ocampo, …
China voted in favour of the resolution just adopted on piracy off the Somali coast. I wish to take this opportunity to make a few points.
Piracy off the coast of Somalia is running rampant and poses a direct threat to international humanitarian assistance and the security of international navigati…
On the first anniversary of the launching of the Annapolis process, the Middle East situation is again at a critical juncture.
Over the past year, since the holding of the Annapolis Conference and the Paris International Conference on assistance to Palestine, there have been positive developments o…
At the outset, I wish to express a warm welcome to His Excellency Óscar Arias Sánchez, who has come to the United Nations to preside over today’s Security Council meeting. The theme of this open debate is collective security and armaments regulation, a topic that is of vital importance to the mainte…
The Chinese delegation supports the initiative of the President of the General Assembly to hold a high-level plenary discussion under the agenda item entitled “Culture of peace”, in response to the initiative by His Majesty King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia. We are convinced that this debate will help f…
Thank you very much, Mr. President, for your heartwarming remarks. I am greatly honoured to be appointed as Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations. This provides me with an opportunity to work together with all my colleagues here. I understand that, in working in this Chamber, we ar…
