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Wang Yi

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2008-04-16

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2022-09-22

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un-security-council

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1. “Finally, I wish to thank South Africa for preparing a draft Security Council resolution on the issue we are discussing today. China fully supports the draft resolution.”

   2008-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5868 (2008) · source

2. “The United Nations and the international community should respond positively to the African Union's legitimate requests and should work creatively to deliver on their promises and translate their pledges into action. We hope that the United Nations will strengthen its cooperation with the African Union in personnel training, institution-building, the sharing of information and experience, resource management and logistical assistance; these are fields in which the United Nations has rich experience. The Declaration on Enhancing UN-AU Cooperation: Framework for the Ten-Year Capacity- Building Programme for the African Union (A/61/630, annex) should be fully implemented, and the United Nations should play a key role in pooling other international assistance.”

   2008-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5868 (2008) · source

3. “It should be pursued throughout the process of confidence-building, conflict prevention, peacekeeping, peacebuilding and sustainable development. Promoting a culture of reconciliation and attaining the Millennium Development Goals will not only help eradicate the root causes of conflict, but also provide a solid basis for ensuring peace in Africa. We support the United Nations and its Security Council, Peacebuilding Commission, Secretariat and other organs in building and strengthening coordination and consultation mechanisms with the African Union at various levels. China calls for high priority to be given to capacity-building in pursuing cooperation between the United Nations and the African Union. The African Union's efforts to make peace are constrained by a lack of human resources, material supplies and funding.”

   2008-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5868 (2008) · source

4. “In our View, the partnership between the United Nations and the African Union should be based on a predictable, sustainable and flexible framework. While maintaining its authority, the Security Council should give priority to supporting the key role of the African Union in resolving regional conflicts and should give full consideration to the views of the African Union. We hope that the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur will complete its deployment at an early date and will begin operations. We also support the United Nations taking over the African Union peacekeeping operation in Somalia. China holds the View that the United Nations should engage in multifaceted cooperation with the African Union in wide-ranging areas. Such cooperation should encompass the three pillars of security, development and human rights.”

   2008-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5868 (2008) · source

5. “The twenty-first century should witness the end of disturbances and poverty in Africa. It should be a century in which Africa fully controls its own destiny and attains peace, stability and development. Achieving that goal requires a common effort by the international community and Africa and a closer partnership between the United Nations and the African Union. China supports the forging of a stable partnership between the United Nations and the African Union. The Security Council bears a responsibility it cannot shirk regarding the maintenance of peace and security in Africa, while the African Union has a deep grasp of African issues. The two should strengthen their coordination and form synergies on the basis of equality, mutual respect, complementarity and mutual benefit, drawing on each other's strengths.”

   2008-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5868 (2008) · source

6. “In a rapidly changing world, strengthening cooperation between the United Nations and regional organizations will both promote multilateralism and boost the international collective security mechanism. Without stability and development in Africa, global peace and prosperity are out of the question. The African Union is Africa's largest and most representative regional organization, and it has gained widespread international recognition for the increasingly important role it plays in maintaining peace and stability and resolving conflicts in Africa. The good cooperation between the United Nations and the African Union over the past few years has become a model for observing the United Nations Charter. China salutes the determination, courage and dedication of African countries and of the African Union.”

   2008-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5868 (2008) · source

7. “Mr. Wang Yi (China) (spoke in Chinese): I wish to congratulate South Africa on its assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for this month. The Charter of the United Nations assigns primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security to the Security Council. In Chapter VIII of the Charter, the founding Members of the United Nations, with great vision, also encouraged the development of pacific settlement of local disputes through regional arrangements. World peace and development are now faced with many difficulties and challenges, and it is imperative to respond to them forcefully and collectively at the national, regional and international levels.”

   2008-04-16 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.5868 (2008) · source