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Liang Hengzhu

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12
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2022-12-05
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2023-01-25
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  1. “The international community should eliminate political interference, provide tangible assistance to the Sudan and respond constructively to the lifting of Security Council sanctions — an issue about which the Sudan is concerned In conclusion, I would like to reiterate that China’s position on the ICC’s involvement in the Sudanese issue remains unchanged. We hope that the Court will strictly adhere to the principle of complementary jurisdiction, respect the judicial sovereignty of the Sudan in earnest, fully heed the relevant opinions of the Sudanese Government, maintain its independence, impartiality and objectivity in the investigations, prosecutions and trials and ensure that its work is conducive to promoting judicial justice and achieving lasting peace in the Sudan.”

    2023-01-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9249 (2023) · source

  2. “We also expect the Sudan to continue to make further achievements on the road to peace, stability and development. Re-establishing the rule of law and achieving justice in Darfur are the shared goals of the international community. China appreciates the Sudanese Government’s use of justice and accountability as an important means to achieving lasting peace, through establishing a transitional justice commission, consistent with the terms of the Juba Peace Agreement, the signing of the memorandum on understanding concluded with the Prosecutor and welcoming his visits, among other efforts. It should be self-evident that the implementation of the Juba Peace Agreement and building the judicial capacity of the Sudanese Government require financial support.”

    2023-01-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9249 (2023) · source

  3. “Mr. Liang Hengzhu (China) (spoke in Chinese): I thank Prosecutor Karim Khan of the International Criminal Court (ICC) for his briefing and welcome the Permanent Representative of the Sudan at today’s meeting. The political situation in the Sudan has been improving. Earlier this month, the final phase of the political process was launched in the Sudan, which is another important sign of progress since the signing of the political framework agreement by the main parties in the Sudan in December 2022. We welcome the developments and sincerely hope that all parties in the Sudan will put the interests of the country and its people first, actively participate in the final phase of the negotiations and put the political transition back on the right track as soon as possible.”

    2023-01-25 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9249 (2023) · source

  4. “We hope that the Director-General and the Technical Secretariat will take practical measures to maintain the technical attributes of the OPCW. Lastly, given that the Security Council has limited resources and a busy schedule, China calls on the Council to reduce the frequency of its deliberations on the Syrian issue or consider consolidating the deliberations on the Syrian issue in order to save conference resources and improve the efficiency of the Council.”

    2022-12-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9207 (2022) · source

  5. “Regarding the meeting between the Director- General of the OPCW and the Syrian Foreign Minister, China encourages the Syrian Government and the Technical Secretariat to strengthen coordination through the liaison channel and facilitate preparations for the meeting in the spirit of mutual respect and cooperation on an equal footing. We also call on the Technical Secretariat to respond positively to the issues raised by the countries concerned and remove obstacles to the holding of the twenty-fifth round of technical consultations. I would like to stress that the OPCW’s investigation and attribution of the alleged use of chemical weapons should be strictly limited to the framework of the Chemical Weapons Convention, with compliance procedures, reliable evidence, credible conclusions and no presumption of guilt.”

    2022-12-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9207 (2022) · source

  6. “Mr. Liang Hengzhu (China) (spoke in Chinese): I thank High Representative Izumi Nakamitsu for her briefing. China firmly opposes the use of chemical weapons by any country, organization or individual under any circumstances or for any purpose. China sincerely hopes to see a world free from chemical weapons at an early date. China’s position on the Syrian chemical-weapons issue remains unchanged. Dialogue and consultation are the only way to solve the problem. We welcome the extension of the tripartite agreement reached by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), the United Nations Office for Project Services and the Syrian Government on the destruction of Syria’s chemical weapons until June 2023.”

    2022-12-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9207 (2022) · source

  7. “Countries should also strengthen their cooperation under the auspices of the United Nations, oppose terrorism in all its forms, remain resolute in the fight against terrorist groups listed by the Council, avoid the politicization of counter-terrorism issues and reject double standards.”

    2022-12-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9206 (2022) · source

  8. “UNITAD’s May 2021 report (S/2021/419) outlined a preliminary vision of its completion strategy, and we expect it to consult with Iraq on the issue to further refine the strategy and define its performance indicators and a specific timetable. Terrorism is a public enemy of humankind. Counter-terrorism knows no borders. The international community should continue to support Iraq’s efforts to counter terrorism, while pursuing accountability for terrorist crimes in line with Iraq’s domestic laws and addressing the issue of foreign terrorist fighters in Iraq. The countries concerned should take responsibility and respond to the Iraqi Government’s appeal to speed up the repatriation of such fighters in Iraq.”

    2022-12-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9206 (2022) · source

  9. “Iraq’s domestic laws and legislative process have no bearing on the Team’s mandate and should not be linked to the issue of evidence transfer or handover. When sharing the information collected in its work with other Member States, UNITAD should first and foremost obtain prior consent from Iraq, adhere to the principles of transparency and non-discrimination and include details of that work in its reports to the Council. It is important to emphasize that UNITAD is a temporary transitional arrangement that was set up by the United Nations in support of Iraq’s accountability efforts. It should not become a permanent body.”

    2022-12-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9206 (2022) · source

  10. “The international community expects that the large amounts of evidence that UNITAD has obtained will be used in the work of the Iraqi judicial authorities and translated into practical results in their quest to hold terrorists accountable for their actions. That is also why the Security Council took the decision to establish UNITAD at the request of Iraqi Government in 2017. In its adoption in September of resolution 2651 (2022), on the UNITAD mandate renewal, the Council once again underscored the importance of sharing evidence with the competent Iraqi authorities in a timely manner. China welcomes the fact that the Team shares with Iraq its findings on the financial activities of Da’esh and hopes that the Team will begin a comprehensive, systematic and complete evidence-sharing process without delay.”

    2022-12-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9206 (2022) · source

  11. “We have read the ninth report of the Special Adviser and Head of the United Nations Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by Da’esh/ Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (UNITAD) (see S/2022/836) and welcome the overall encouraging progress that UNITAD has made in gradually uncovering the crimes committed by Da’esh against innocent people in Iraq, as well as its destruction of cultural heritage and its development and use of chemical weapons and terrorist financing, among other things. We also welcome the Team’s continued close cooperation with the Iraqi Government in promoting the digitization and archiving of evidence and in enhancing Iraq’s judicial capacity-building. The collection of evidence is not the end of those efforts.”

    2022-12-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9206 (2022) · source

  12. “Mr. Liang Hengzhu (China) (spoke in Chinese): I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate the delegation of Ghana on its successful presidency of the Security Council last month. We believe that under India’s leadership this month the Security Council will achieve every possible success. China thanks Special Adviser Ritscher for his briefing and welcomes the representative of Iraq to today’s meeting. Da’esh committed egregious crimes in Iraq in the past and continues to carry out activities to this day. Assisting Iraq in investigations, evidence collection and accountability efforts is vital to the fight against terrorism and to the pursuit of justice.”

    2022-12-05 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9206 (2022) · source