Since 2005, when the concept of human security found its way into the 2005 World Summit Outcome (resolution 60/1), there has been broad engagement among Members of the United Nations and its various agencies in exploration and discussion of this concept. Continued debate within the General Assembly …
At the outset, I wish to thank Your Excellency Mr. Davutoglu, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Turkey, for presiding over our meeting today. I wish to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. De Mistura and the representative of Iraq for their briefings. This is the last appeara…
I would, first of all, like to thank Ambassador Takasu, Chairman of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006), for his briefing on the Committee’s work over the past three months. We would also like to express our gratitude to him for the work he has done since ta…
The Security Council was unable to adopt a draft resolution on a technical rollover of the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia, to the deep regret of the Chinese delegation. In fact, the Council was only six hours
away from the deadline. We should have made further efforts. This is not the r…
We wish to thank Ambassador Mayr-Harting, Ambassador Lacroix and Ambassador Urbina for their briefings on, respectively, the work of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999) (the 1267 Committee), the Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) and Committee established pursuant to resoluti…
The Chinese delegation is pleased to see you, Sir, holding the presidency of the Security Council for the month of May. We also wish to thank Ambassador Heller for his outstanding leadership as President of the Security Council during the month of April.
I wish to thank Ms. Karin Landgren, Represen…
At the outset, I would like to welcome you to New York, Madam President, to preside over this open debate on the issue of children and armed conflict. I would also like to thank Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Deputy Secretary-General Migiro, Special Representative Coomaraswamy, Under-Secretary-Gener…
The Chinese delegation would like to thank you, Sir, for convening this important open debate. We should also like to thank Under-Secretary-General Lynn Pascoe for his briefing.
In today’s world, the nature of conflicts and disputes is undergoing profound changes. Traditional inter-State conflicts …
We join other colleagues in wishing every success to Ambassador Butagira of Uganda.
I would like at the outset to thank you, Mr. President, for having convened this open debate. My thanks go also to Under-Secretaries-General Alain Le Roy and Susana Malcorra and Special Representative Hédi Annabi fo…
The Chinese delegation would like to thank High Representative. Mr. Lajčák for his briefing to the Council and the report submitted to the Council prior to the briefing. We are also pleased to welcome the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, His Excellency Mr. Nikola Špiri…
The Chinese delegation thanks you, Sir, for convening this urgent meeting at the request of the delegation of Libya. We listened carefully to the statements made by the representatives of Libya and Israel and the observer of Palestine, whom I wish to thank.
China is deeply concerned about developme…
We would like to thank Under-Secretary-General Holmes for his briefing on the humanitarian situation in the Sudan and Chad. We would also like to thank the Permanent Representative of Chad for his presence and his remarks.
China has followed closely the security and humanitarian situation in the Su…
I would also like to make a brief statement. I should like to begin by thanking the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Alan Doss, for his briefing on the situation in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and the work of the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo…
Mr. President, the Chinese delegation thanks you for organizing this debate. We also thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Staffan de Mistura, for his briefing. We welcome the briefing delivered by the Permanent Representative of the United States of America, Ambassador Khal…
First of all, I welcome the representative of Georgia to this meeting. The current situation in South Ossetia, Georgia, is deeply worrisome. China is gravely concerned about the military conflict and about the escalation of the conflict in the region. The first imperative is to cease hostilities and…
China listened carefully to the statements made by Ambassador Alasania of Georgia and Ambassador Churkin of the Russian Federation. The current situation in South Ossetia, Georgia, is very worrisome. China is gravely concerned about the military conflict in the region. It is urgent that the parties …
I wish at the outset, Sir, to congratulate you on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. Also, we appreciate the outstanding
contribution made by the delegation of Viet Nam last month.
We thank Under-Secretary-General Pascoe for his briefing, and we welcome the b…
At the outset, I would like to thank Mr. Ian Martin, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for his briefing. I thank him and the United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) for their hard work over the past year and a half.
As a neighbouring country of Nepal, China takes great pleasure i…
China would, first of all, like to thank Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for his briefing. We appreciate his efforts to safeguard peace and stability in Kosovo and in the Balkans. We have also listened attentively to the statements made by His Excellency Mr. Boris Tadić, President of Serbia, and Mr. F…
China would like to thank Prosecutor Moreno-Ocampo for his briefing. China has noted that the Office of the Prosecutor has pursued its communication with the neighbouring countries of the Sudan and the African Union and is continuing its investigation in the case of a peacekeeper who was attacked in…
