I thank Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for his briefing and appreciate his tireless efforts to promote the peace process in the Middle East.
China has listened attentively to the statements made by the representatives of Palestine and Israel. China is greatly concerned about the situation between Pa…
May I begin by congratulating Argentina on having assumed the presidency of the Council for this month. I believe that under your leadership, Madam President, the Council will achieve positive results in its work.
I should also like to thank the United States for the work done in its presidency of …
The Chinese delegation welcomes the report of Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon on the work of the Organization (A/69/1).
The international situation is undergoing profound and complex changes. Our world is becoming a multipolar one, with increasing economic globalization, cultural diversification and…
At the outset, I would like to thank the United States for its initiative to convene today’s meeting of the Security Council, which I hope will help forge international consensus in order to assist Iraq in confronting the grave challenges before us.
China has listened attentively to the briefing by…
The Chinese delegation welcomes the initiative of the United States in holding today’s meeting. I would also like to thank Special Representative Zerrougui, Under- Secretary-General Ladsous and the representatives of UNICEF and UNESCO for their briefings. China also listened carefully to the stateme…
Oral decision 68/557, which was just adopted by the General Assembly to smoothly carry over the intergovernmental negotiations to the next session, reflects the common interest and a general consensus of Member States.
During the intergovernmental negotiations at this session, Member States had ext…
I would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Zarif, for his briefing. I welcome the presence and statement of His Excellency Mr. Dačić, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Serbia in today’s meeting. I have also listened attentively to the…
China welcomes the initiative of the United Kingdom to organize today’s meeting. We support the Council’s unanimous adoption of resolution 2171 (2014). I also thank Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Ms. Pillay for their briefings.
In the history of …
China supports the Security Council’s adoption of resolution 2170 (2014), aimed at combating such terrorist groups as the Islamic State in the Levant (ISIL) and the Nusra Front. Recently, ISIL and the Nusra Front have been rampantly and deliberately attacking civilians and persecuting people of othe…
China thanks Special Representative Kobler, Special Envoy Robinson and Angolan Minister of Defence Gonçalves Lourenço for their briefings. We welcome the presence of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans of South Afric…
I wish to thank Mr. Ging of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs for his briefing.
Recently, the armed conflict in eastern Ukraine has continued to escalate, causing increasing civilian casualties and a dire humanitarian situation, which continues to deteriorate. China is deeply …
The Chinese delegation greatly appreciates the Rwandan initiative to convene today’s open debate. I thank Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for his briefing. I have also listened carefully to the statements made by the representatives of the European Union and the African Union (AU).
United Nations pea…
I thank Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for his briefing. China appreciates and supports his good offices. I have also listened very carefully to the statements made by the Observer of the State of Palestine and the representative of Israel.
Israel’s military operation in Gaza has lasted for half a m…
China voted in favour of resolution 2166 (2014), which the Council just adopted. China deplores the crash of
Malaysia Airlines Flight MH-17 in eastern Ukraine, which resulted in the loss of the 298 lives aboard. In his recent statement while visiting Latin American countries, Chinese President Xi J…
I thank you, Mr. President, for conventing today’s emergency meeting. I also thank Under-Secretary-General Feltman for his briefing. I listened carefully to the statements by the representatives of Israel and Palestine. China is closely following the recent developments in the Israeli- Palestinian s…
I would like to thank Under-Secretary-General Feltman for his briefing.
China is shocked and grieved by the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH-17 in eastern Ukraine. On behalf of the Chinese Government and people, I express our sincere condolences and deep sympathy to the victims and their fami…
I would like to thank Ambassadors Drobnjak and Patriota for their briefings.
In the past year, the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) has actively implemented the mandate set out by the relevant General Assembly and Security Council resolutions and has done a lot of work in helping post- conflict count…
China has been closely following the situation in Syria. Over the past three years, the escalating conflict in Syria has brought untold suffering to the Syrian people and resulted in the worsening of the humanitarian situation in parts of the country.
China is deeply concerned about the suffering o…
China appreciates the Korean initiative to convene this public debate commemorating the tenth anniversary of
resolution 1540 (2004). China also welcomes Foreign Minister Yun to preside over today’s meeting of the Council. I also thank Deputy Secretary-General Eliasson for his briefing.
As the firs…
I wish to congratulate the Republic of Korea on its assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month and to express appreciation to the Ambassador of Nigeria and her team for their outstanding leadership of the work of the Council last month. I also wish to thank Under-Secretary-G…
