China is watching closely the situation in the Middle East. We commend the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) for the very important role it
has played in maintaining regional stability, and we support the smooth renewal of UNDOF’s mandate.
The events in Syria are an internal affa…
I wish to start by thanking Ms. Patricia O’Brien, Under- Secretary-General for Legal Affairs and United Nations Legal Counsel, for her briefing. We have noted that there has indeed been some positive progress on bringing Somali pirates to justice, as evidenced by the increased number of prosecutions…
I would like to thank President Mbeki and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Menkerios, for their briefings. We also listened attentively to the statements made by Ambassador Osman and Mr. Gatkuoth.
I wish to emphasize several points. First, we welcome the agreement signed bet…
I would like to thank Ambassador Wittig for introducing the report of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) at its fourth session (A/65/701). I also welcome the report of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on the Peacebuilding Fund (PBF) (A/65/353). I would like to take this opportunity to thank Ambassador …
I wish to thank Mr. Audronius Ažubalis, Foreign Minister of Lithuania, for his briefing on behalf of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).
China attaches great importance to cooperation between the United Nations and regional and subregional organizations in the maintenanc…
I would like to thank the Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Legal Issues related to Piracy off the Cost of Somalia, Mr. Jack Lang, for his briefing. I would also like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Stephen Mathias for his briefing and the representative of Somalia for his statement.
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I thank Bosnia and Herzegovina for taking the initiative to convene this thematic debate on post-conflict peacebuilding and institution-building. We welcome the attendance of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Deputy Prime Minister Guterres of Timor-Leste. I also thank Ambassador Wittig, Chairperson …
I would like to thank Under-Secretaries-General Le Roy and Amos for the briefings they have given us. I also wish to thank the representative of Haiti for the statement he has made.
The earthquake of 12 January 2010 produced unprecedented devastation in Haiti. The United Nations Stabilization Missi…
I wish to thank Under-Secretary-General Pascoe for his briefing. I have also listened carefully to the statement made by the Permanent Observer of Palestine.
The current situation in the Middle East remains complex and fragile and is a source of concern. The international community should continue …
I would like to thank Mr. Menkerios, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the Sudan and head of the United Nations Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS), and Mr. Mkapa, Chair of the Secretary- General’s Panel on the Referenda in the Sudan, for their briefings.
The referendum in Southern Sudan…
I wish to thank Special Representative of the Secretary- General Staffan de Mistura and Ambassador Zahir Tanin, Permanent Representative of Afghanistan, for the briefing and statement they have made, respectively.
The Independent Electoral Commission recently published the results of the parliament…
China supports the statement made by the representative of Argentina on behalf of the Group of 77 and China.
The Monterrey Consensus and the Doha Declaration are important international instruments for financing for development and constitute a comprehensive framework for efforts in this field. How…
This year marks the tenth anniversary of the adoption of Security Council resolution 1325 (2000). It is highly significant for the Council to hold this open debate on sexual violence in armed conflict.
China condemns all acts of violence against women in armed conflict, including sexual violence. I…
China thanks Ambassador Nishida for his briefing on the work of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006) over the past 90 days. This will be his last briefing to the Security Council in his capacity as Chair of the Committee. Over the past two years, under the leadership of Ambas…
With technological progress and social development, the link between mankind and the oceans is becoming ever closer. How to ensure the sustainable use and effective protection of marine resources and how to achieve harmonious coexistence between mankind and the oceans is high on the current agenda o…
The Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People met yesterday to commemorate the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. China’s Premier Wen Jiabao sent a message to the meeting in which he reiterated China’s firm support for the people of Pales…
I wish to thank Ms. Valerie Amos, Under-Secretary- General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency
Relief Coordinator; Mr. Alain Le Roy, Under- Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations; Ms. Navanethem Pillay, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights; and Mr. Yves Daccord, Director Gene…
I wish to thank the Chairman of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999), Ambassador Mayr-Harting of Austria; the Chairman of the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC), Ambassador Apakan of Turkey; and the Chairman of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004), Amba…
The Chinese delegation would like to thank the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Mr. Yukiya Amano, for his report on the work of the IAEA over the past year.
We note with appreciation that the IAEA has done much work to promote peaceful uses of nuclear energy and to…
China associates itself with the statement made by the representative of Kazakhstan on behalf of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and welcomes the Secretary- General’s report on the situation in Afghanistan (A/65/552).
In recent years, thanks to the leadership of the Afghan Government, the hel…
