I would like to thank the United Kingdom for its initiative in convening this meeting on Somalia, and to thank Mr. Simmonds for presiding over our discussion. I would also like to thank Deputy Secretary-General Eliasson for his briefing, and to welcome Her Excellency Ms. Fowsiyo Yusuf Haji Adan, Dep…
I thank the Special Representative, Mr. Moussa, for his briefing.
At present the countries of Central Africa are actively committed to the maintenance of international peace and security, the promotion of economic and social development, and the strengthening of regional integration. They have achi…
The Chinese delegation thanks Togo for its initiative to hold this debate of the Security Council on the challenges in the fight against terrorism in Africa. We welcome President Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé and his Foreign Minister presiding over today’s meeting. We also thank Secretary-General Ban K…
I would like to thank Ambassadors Kim Sook, Quinlan and Loulichki for their briefings. I appreciate their leadership roles as the Chairs of, respectively, the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004), the Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1989 (2011) concerning Al-Qai…
I would like to thank Under-Secretary-General Feltman for his briefing. I have also listened carefully to the statements made by the observer of Palestine and the representative of Israel.
The core and root causes of the Middle East questions remain the Palestinian issue, to which dialogue and nego…
The Chinese delegation would like to thank Rwanda for the initiative of holding today’s open debate. I welcome the presence of Her Excellency Ms. Louise Mushikiwabo, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Rwanda, to preside over today’s meeting. I also thank Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Special Repres…
The Chinese delegation thanks the delegation of Rwanda for
its initiative in convening this open Security Council meeting on the theme “Prevention of conflicts in Africa: addressing the root causes”. I welcome Her Excellency Minister Mushikiwabo in presiding over today’s meeting. I also thank Secre…
I welcome the presence of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Chinese delegation voted in favour of resolution 2098 (2013), which the Council just adopted. China is seriously concerned about the worsening security and humanitarian situation in the eastern pa…
I would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for his briefing. I welcome the presence of the Prime Minister of Serbia, Mr. Dačić; I have also listened carefully to Mr. Thaçi’s statement.
China has always maintained that Serbia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity sho…
I wish to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this debate on Afghanistan. I also wish to thank Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for his briefing and the Permanent Representative of Afghanistan, Ambassador Tanin, for his statement.
Thanks to the efforts of the Afghan Government and people, the over…
I would like to thank Mr. Robert Serry, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and Personal Representative of the Secretary-General to the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority, for his briefing. I also welcome Mr. Malki, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Pales…
China thanks Pakistan for its initiative in holding today’s open debate on peacekeeping operations. China welcomes the presence of Foreign Secretary Jalil Abbas Jilani in the Council and thanks him for presiding over today’s meeting. I also wish to thank Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for his briefin…
I wish to thank Morocco for the initiative of holding today’s open debate to discuss post-conflict peacebuilding. I would also like to express my appreciation to Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon and Ambassador Momen, the Chairperson of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC), for their respective statement…
The Chinese delegation thanks the Secretary-General for his reports submitted under agenda item 70.
For the international humanitarian community, the year 2012, which shall soon come to an end, has been far from tranquil; incessant natural disasters and regional conflicts, which are often interconn…
Oceans and seas cover 71 per cent of the Earth’s surface and are closely linked to the survival and development of humankind. The maritime order is a significant component of the international order. As an important legal document governing contemporary international maritime order, the United Natio…
I wish to thank Morocco for the initiative of holding today’s ministerial meeting to discuss the situation in the Sahel region. I am pleased to see you, Sir, presiding over today’s meeting. I thank Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon; Mr. Romano Prodi, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Sahel;…
China thanks the Permanent Representative of the Sudan for his introduction, earlier today, of resolution 67/19, on Palestine’s status in the United Nations, of which China was a sponsor. China also welcomes the presence of President Abbas and his important statement at today’s meeting.
The resolut…
I am grateful for the statements made by Special Representative Zarif and the Minister for Foreign
Affairs of Serbia, Mr. Ivan Mrkić. I also listened carefully to the statement by Mr. Hoxhaj.
The situation in Kosovo remains calm, but it is a calm shadowed by sensitivity and fragility. In particula…
I welcome India’s initiative in convening today’s meeting on the working methods of the Security Council. Today’s meeting — the fifth open debate convened by the Council on this issue — fully reflects the importance the Council has attached to the issue of improving its working methods and shows the…
I thank the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Guatemala, Mr. Harold Caballeros, for presiding over today’s meeting. I thank Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Judge Sang-Hyun Song, President of the International Criminal Court (ICC), and the representative of the Prosecutor, Mr. Phakiso Mochochoko, for th…
