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Zhang Jun

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first: 2019-08-02
most recent: 2023-12-19
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“I shall now make a statement in my capacity as the representative of China. I thank Director General Grossi for his briefing. China has been closely following the issue of safety and security at the nuclear facilities in Ukraine and is deeply concerned about the recent attack on the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant. According to the information obtained by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) from Ukraine’s nuclear regulator, the attack did not pose an immediate threat to nuclear safety, and radiation levels remained normal. Nevertheless, the attack damaged the physical integrity of the plant, its safety and security system and power supply. It also posed a threat to the safety of plant personnel and sounded a nuclear alarm to the international community.”
2022-08-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9109 (2022) · source
“I thank Mr. Grossi for his briefing. I shall now give the floor to those members of the Council who wish to make statements.”
2022-08-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9109 (2022) · source
“In accordance with rule 37 of the Council’s provisional rules of procedure, I invite the representative of Ukraine to participate in this meeting. In accordance with rule 39 of the Council’s provisional rules of procedure, I invite Mr. Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, to participate in this meeting. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. I give the floor to Mr. Grossi.”
2022-08-11 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9109 (2022) · source
“There are still a number of speakers remaining on my list for this meeting. Given the lateness of the hour, with the concurrence of members of the Council, I intend to suspend the meeting until 3 p.m. tomorrow afternoon. The meeting was suspended at 1.15 p.m.”
2022-08-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9106 (2022) · source
“I would like to remind all speakers to limit their statements to no more than five minutes in order to enable the Council to carry out its work expeditiously. I now give the floor to the representative of Senegal.”
2022-08-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9106 (2022) · source
“We are ready to actively promote the Global Development Initiative and the outcomes of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation by working together with African countries to implement the nine programmes of China-Africa cooperation. We plan to deepen practical cooperation with Africa to deliver more benefits to the continent. China would also like to cooperate with international partners to contribute further to lasting peace and development in Africa. I now resume my functions as President of the Council. I shall now give the floor to those members of the Council who wish to make statements.”
2022-08-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9106 (2022) · source
“China always upholds the principles of pursuing the greater good and shared interests as well as the principles of sincerity, real results in amity and good faith in our relations with Africa. We are ready to work with African countries to stay committed to a vision of common, comprehensive, cooperative and sustainable security and defend the international system, with the United Nations at its core, safeguard international fairness and justice, and seize the opportunity to implement the Global Security Initiative to promote sustainable peace and security in Africa. President Xi Jinping proposed the Global Development Initiative a year ago, which focuses on urgent challenges in the development of African countries.”
2022-08-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9106 (2022) · source
“Africa also needs our support in deradicalization efforts to protect young minds from terrorist and extremist ideology. Secretary-General Guterres has said that Africa was a source of hope for the world. We cannot agree more. Peace and development in the world cannot be realized without Africa. Greater progress in Africa will also bring more hope and light to the world. Helping Africa to build capacity is a shared responsibility of the international community. No matter how the international situation evolves, we should keep our focus on and commitment to Africa. We should not ignore the issues in Africa. We must not allow African issues to be marginalized.”
2022-08-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9106 (2022) · source
“Human resources are the basis of capacity-building. They represent future prospects, since over half of the population in Africa are young people, which means the continent has a talent pool of the greatest potential in the world. The international community should help African countries train more talent based on their urgent needs in reconstruction and social and economic development. There is a particular need to encourage countries affected by conflict to enhance policy support and resource input for youth and children and expand targeted assistance in development and education. There is also a need to enhance education and vocational training for young people and provide them with greater job opportunities and support for entrepreneurship so that they can live lives free of poverty.”
2022-08-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9106 (2022) · source
“When major economies change their monetary policies out of their own needs, the spillover effects can trigger a financial tornado in Africa. While Africa is experiencing a shortage in food and energy, the main grain traders and oil companies in developed countries are experiencing windfalls. African countries have expressed their strong desire for such unfair treatment to end, and the international community has the obligation to support them by helping Africa industrialize, accelerate industrialization and infrastructure modernization, achieve financial autonomy and increase economic independence. Developed countries should honour their commitments on climate financing as soon as possible and make up for what they owe to Africa historically. Fourthly, we need to support African countries in building a bigger talent pool.”
2022-08-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9106 (2022) · source
“China has proposed its Outlook on Peace and Development in the Horn of Africa, supported connectivity infrastructure projects including the Mombasa-Nairobi Railway and Ethiopia-Djibouti Railway and worked to promote development of local industries in Africa. These are all based on the crucial idea that development promotes peace. At present, the African continent is beset with economic, financial, food, energy and other challenges. These are related to the turbulent international situation, but the underlying cause is the unjust and unfair international economic order. African countries are trapped in the low end of the global industrial chain and do not have enough resources and capacities to withstand the risks.”
2022-08-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9106 (2022) · source
“The funding of African Union-led peace operations has been a persistent difficulty and calls for a solution. Secretary-General Guterres suggested that funding to this end be provided from the United Nations regular budget or peacekeeping assessments. This is an important proposal, and the Council should carefully consider it. Thirdly, we need to support African countries in improving their sustainable-development capacities. Development is a cornerstone of peace and security. In post-conflict countries, political transition, reconstruction, development and livelihood improvement require significant financial support and resources. External humanitarian assistance is indispensable, but the key to development is to make the pie bigger so that these countries can have more resources and means with which to maintain security.”
2022-08-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9106 (2022) · source
“In recent years, some peacekeeping operations deployed by the United Nations in Africa have been expanding in both size and budget, having been tasked with increasing number of mandates. As the security situations in host countries have not improved much, complaints from their Governments and their people are on the rise. We believe that we should carefully heed the voices of African countries, conduct comprehensive reviews of these peacekeeping operations, reform practices not fit for the situation on the ground, develop sound mandates and enhance peacekeeping performance. Arms embargoes imposed by the Council in such countries as the Sudan, South Sudan, Somalia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo have had a negative impact on these countries’ capacity-building in the security sector. They need to be adjusted and lifted in time.”
2022-08-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9106 (2022) · source
“We should support the newly established Governments in their exercise of State authority, help them establish themselves as soon as possible and improve gradually rather than target them with endless criticism and fault finding, let alone attempt democratic transformation or rely on the habitual use of sanctions to exert pressure. Secondly, it is important to support African countries in improving their security sectors’ capacity to perform their duties. Some African countries face security threats from terrorists, violent extremism and intercommunal conflicts, inter alia. Only with their own professional, efficient and strong security sectors can they effectively respond to these threats. External security forces cannot and will not be a substitute for their own efforts.”
2022-08-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9106 (2022) · source
“When Governments from around the world help African countries, they should respect and trust African Governments, direct cooperation priorities and aid resources to Government departments, strengthen Government authority and support Governments in playing a leading role. Political conditions should not be attached to aid, nor should there be interference in internal affairs of African countries or efforts to replace the role of local governments. In post-conflict countries or countries in political transition, preparing for and holding elections are only the first step. More important is to deliver on the many tasks that come after elections.”
2022-08-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9106 (2022) · source
“They must respond to conflicts and crises, promote development and reconstruction and rally social solidarity. The success stories of many African countries fully demonstrate that point. Kenya, Uganda, Senegal, Rwanda, Cameroon, Gabon and others have rapidly recovered from the pandemic, while Burundi, Sierra Leone and Côte d’Ivoire are progressing smoothly in development and reconstruction. Nigeria and Mozambique have had some major wins in combating terrorism. Those achievements have a lot to do with the strong leadership and efficient administration of their Governments. To enhance Government capacity, we need to maintain the right course and respect the development pathway and social system independently chosen by their peoples.”
2022-08-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9106 (2022) · source
“China and Africa have always supported each other and shared the same fate. Africa’s experiences and needs resonate with us as a developing country. Considering China’s own development experiences and experience from China-Africa cooperation and the historical lessons from all over the world, we believe that, to help Africa achieve long-term stability, it is imperative to sustain and increase investment, think long-term and build a strong foundation for Africa to strengthen its own development capacity and improve its resilience to external shocks. Capacity-building is critical to that end. First, we should support African countries in strengthening governance. In terms of maintaining peace and security, African Governments, as representatives of their own people, are the most important actors.”
2022-08-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9106 (2022) · source
“They have also worked hard to explore developing policies suitable to their national conditions and have made remarkable achievements. They are playing an increasingly important role on the world stage. At the same time, in the face of an unfair and unjust international political and economic order and all kinds of global crises and risks, African countries have always suffered from collateral damage and have even become the main victims of conflicts outside their region. In some countries, peace processes have been repeatedly interrupted and hard-won development gains have been reversed. The Security Council needs to do some deep thinking. In helping Africa achieve lasting peace, has the international community rightly addressed the root causes and met the real needs of African countries?”
2022-08-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9106 (2022) · source
“I thank Mr. Muhith for his briefing. I shall now make a statement in my capacity as the representative of China. I thank Commissioner Adeoye, Special Adviser Duarte and Ambassador Muhith for their briefings. Their insights are all very enlightening. I also warmly welcome representatives of all countries, especially African ones, to today’s meeting. Africa is the birthplace of human civilization. On that great continent, the industrious and brave African people have created splendid African civilization. But it has also been a land long-steeped in hardships caused by the slave trade, racial discrimination, colonial rule and foreign interference. Guided by pan- Africanism, African countries and peoples have united to win national independence and restore their dignity.”
2022-08-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9106 (2022) · source
“I thank Ms. Duarte for her briefing and for her insights, recommendations and ideas on the topics under discussion. I now give the floor to Mr. Muhith.”
2022-08-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9106 (2022) · source
“Muhammad Abdul Muhith, Permanent Representative of Bangladesh, in his capacity as Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission. In accordance with rule 39 of the Council’s provisional rules of procedure, I also invite His Excellency Mr. Silvio Gonzato, Chargé d’affaires a.i. of the Delegation of the European to the United Nations, to participate in this meeting. The Security Council will now begin its consideration of the item on its agenda. I wish to draw the attention of Council members to document S/2022/592, which contains the text of a letter dated 1 August 2022 from the Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General, transmitting a concept note on the item under consideration. I now give the floor to Mr. Adeoye.”
2022-08-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9106 (2022) · source
“In accordance with rule 37 of the Council’s provisional rules of procedure, I invite the representatives of Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Germany, Italy, Japan, Malta, Morocco, Mozambique, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, the Republic of Korea, Rwanda, Senegal, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Switzerland, Tunisia, Thailand and Ukraine to participate in this meeting. In accordance with rule 39 of the Council’s provisional rules of procedure, I invite the following briefers to participate in this meeting: His Excellency Mr. Bankole Adeoye, African Union Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security; Ms. Cristina Duarte, Special Adviser on Africa to the United Nations Secretary-General; and His Excellency Mr.”
2022-08-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9106 (2022) · source
“I should also like to extend, on behalf of the Council, a warm welcome to the new Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations, Her Excellency Mrs. Ruchira Kamboj. We look forward to collaborating closely with her and wish her every success. Adoption of the agenda The agenda was adopted. Peace and security in Africa Capacity-building for sustaining peace Letter dated 1 August 2022 from the Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General (S/2022/592)”
2022-08-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9106 (2022) · source
“I should like to take this opportunity to pay tribute, on behalf of the Security Council, to His Excellency Mr. Ronaldo Costa Filho, Permanent Representative of Brazil, for his service as President of the Council for the month of July. I am sure I speak for all the members of the Council in expressing deep appreciation to Ambassador Costa Filho and his team for the great diplomatic skill with which they conducted the Council’s business last month. Expression of welcome to the new Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations”
2022-08-08 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9106 (2022) · source
“Those projects are currently under way. China will continue to support the calls for peacebuilding with concrete actions and to contribute to the achievement of long-lasting peace.”
2022-07-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9101 (2022) · source
“On the issue of Haiti in particular, we welcome greater commitment by the PBC and its advice on how to strengthen the mandate of the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti and how to better help Haiti to overcome its current difficulties. China attaches great importance to peacebuilding and has always actively supported the construction and development of countries in conflict or post-conflict settings through multilateral and bilateral channels. We proposed the Belt and Road Initiative and the Global Development Initiative to inject significant momentum into achieving shared development. China has provided several contributions to the PBF, as well as financial support for many peacebuilding projects through the Global Development and South-South Cooperation Fund and the China-United Nations Peace and Development Fund.”
2022-07-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9101 (2022) · source
“As the only body in the United Nations peacebuilding architecture that consists of Member States, the PBC should fully play its convening role, better coordinate with the PBF and other stakeholders and provide all-around peacebuilding support to countries in conflict or post-conflict settings. China supports stronger interactions between the PBC and the Security Council with a view to creating synergies. We look forward to more advice being provided by the PBC to the Council and encourage the Council to invite its Chair to brief the Council on a more frequent basis in order to strengthen communication.”
2022-07-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9101 (2022) · source
“International financial institutions should increase dedicated investment in a targeted manner, work closely with the United Nations, the Governments of relevant countries and the private sector, and mobilize more funding that can be flexibly instrumentalized and drive peacebuilding projects forward. Projects supported by the Peacebuilding Fund (PBF) should be clearly distinguished from the peacebuilding mandate of United Nations political and peacekeeping missions in order to achieve precision in investment and avoid duplication and waste. Fifthly, we need more comprehensive planning and coordination.”
2022-07-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9101 (2022) · source
“The United Nations and the international community should help the countries concerned, especially their Governments, to enhance their capacity for governance, sustainable development and the maintenance of common security, as well as their resilience. Unilateral sanctions impede the socioeconomic development of the countries concerned and undermine their capacity to cope with risks and challenges, and they must therefore be lifted fully and unconditionally. Fourthly, financing for peacebuilding requires a comprehensive approach. China supports the provision of adequate and predictable financial support for peacebuilding in multiple ways. To that end, we should build up innovative partnerships and explore diverse funding channels for peacebuilding.”
2022-07-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9101 (2022) · source
“Support for countries in conflict or post-conflict settings in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and cultivating a national development drive is conducive to consolidating the ground for peace. In the Sahel region, military means alone cannot fundamentally eliminate terrorism and should instead be complemented with active efforts in development and job creation. That will help to remove the breeding ground for terrorism and thereby address both the symptoms and their causes. Thirdly, we should focus on capacity-building. The lack of capacity is a major obstacle to achieving sustained peace for countries in conflict or post-conflict settings.”
2022-07-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9101 (2022) · source
“The international community should support the countries concerned in exploring a development path that fits their own national conditions and should engage in peacebuilding in a targeted manner that is aligned with the priorities of the countries concerned. Secondly, development should always be put first. Peacebuilding is all-encompassing and may incorporate a variety of areas and dimensions. For the absolute majority of countries in conflict or post-conflict settings, however, the biggest challenges are developing the economy and improving people’s livelihoods. We are of the view that peacebuilding should always be development-oriented, with resources primarily invested in poverty eradication, universal access to education and public health, among other things.”
2022-07-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9101 (2022) · source
“The United Nations and the international community should therefore make greater investments, step up overall planning and coordination and further tap into the important role of peacebuilding. China would like to highlight the following points in that regard. First, we should uphold the concept of country ownership. The key for post-conflict countries to achieve sustainable peace and development lies in their own efforts. The international community should respect the sovereignty and ownership of post-conflict countries and provide constructive assistance in line with their wishes and requests. National conditions vary greatly among post-conflict countries and may even evolve within the same country as it passes through different stages.”
2022-07-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9101 (2022) · source
“Mr. Zhang Jun (China) (spoke in Chinese): First, I thank Ambassadors Mahmoud and Hossain for their briefings. I also thank Egypt and Bangladesh for their outstanding work and important role serving as Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission for 2021 and 2022, respectively. Former Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali first put forward the concept of peacebuilding in his report entitled “An Agenda for Peace” (S/24111); 30 years later, peacebuilding has become an important instrument in the United Nations for eliminating the root causes of conflict and achieving sustainable peace. Currently, with greater uncertainty and instability in the international landscape, countries in conflict or post- conflict settings face a greater challenge in achieving long-term security and stability.”
2022-07-27 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9101 (2022) · source
“With China’s help, Amran, a displaced mother in Bosaso, Somalia, enjoys nutritious meals with her two preschool-age daughters and is no longer threatened by severe famine and malnutrition. So long as there is action, there is hope. From the Middle East to North Africa, from Europe to Latin America and from the Horn of Africa to the Sahara, the eyes of young children are upon us, and we cannot let them down.”
2022-07-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9096 (2022) · source
“If we choose to continue to disregard the legitimate rights of Palestinian and Haitian children, how many more tragedies will we have to witness before long-overdue justice can be restored to them? Though much remains to be done, the past year has nonetheless brought us promising news. Through the efforts of Special Representative Gamba de Potgieter, 12,214 children embroiled in conflict have been released, and the competent United Nations agencies are actively working to save children. With China’s help, 10-year- old Muhammad, from Syria’s Al-Hasakah governorate, was fitted with a prosthetic limb on his right leg, which had been severed by a bomb. Since then, he has been able to bid farewell to his wheelchair.”
2022-07-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9096 (2022) · source
“The Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict should adopt the same frequency of deliberations and the same cycle for issuing country- specific conclusions, and should avoid paying attention selectively, based on political positions. The question of Palestine has remained elusive for more than seven decades. Countless children have died in childhood, and generations of them have never seen a way out towards peace. With gang violence intensifying in Haiti, more than 1,700 schools have closed since April, and more than half a million children have lost access to education. The killing, kidnapping and recruitment of children by gangsters have cast shadows over their childhoods.”
2022-07-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9096 (2022) · source
“The decision by some countries to freeze or misappropriate Afghanistan’s overseas assets as the country is going through such difficult times is depriving Afghan children of their hopes of survival. The reckless imposition of unilateral coercive measures is making those children and other vulnerable groups pay the highest price, and such practices should be changed. Fourthly, we should make good use of the child- protection toolbox. The Secretary-General’s annual report and its listing and delisting mechanisms are indicative of the state of child protection in conflict- stricken areas and countries. Clear, uniform and measurable listing criteria should be established.”
2022-07-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9096 (2022) · source
“Poverty, hunger and being forced to drop out of school leave children more vulnerable to violence. Adequate nutrition, education and skills give them the opportunity to emerge from the shadows of war. The international community should encourage countries in conflict situations to increase policy support and resource investment for children in order to expand dedicated assistance for them in the fields of development and education. Amid our global food, energy and financial crises, children in conflict now need help more than ever. Cuts in development aid are tantamount to weakening the protection of children. In Afghanistan, poverty is spreading and hunger is raging, with children being the most vulnerable victims.”
2022-07-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9096 (2022) · source
“All children should enjoy the basic rights stipulated in the Convention on the Rights of the Child and should not be treated unfairly for any reason. It is appalling that tens of thousands of refugee children in the refugee detention centres at the borders of certain countries are made to endure rampant disease and a lack of proper sanitation and food while being forcibly separated from their parents. Other refugee children have been deported and forced to survive amid violence, poverty and displacement. Children associated with the Islamic State in Iraq and the Sham are all victims, and we endorse the Secretary-General’s appeal that they be granted the right to voluntary repatriation. Thirdly, we should provide children with opportunities for comprehensive development.”
2022-07-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9096 (2022) · source
“The international community should leave no gaps in child protection. Countries that have not yet ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child should take immediate action. Truth and justice in this area must be upheld, and the perpetrators of grave violations against children should be held accountable. It has recently been pointed out in the media that between 2010 and 2011, foreign special forces in Afghanistan killed civilians indiscriminately and went so far as to hold killing contests, many of whose victims were children. Such atrocities are deeply shocking, and the perpetrators should be severely punished. Secondly, we should afford all children protection without discrimination, whether they are boys, girls, children with disabilities, refugee or immigrant children or children held by terrorists and armed groups.”
2022-07-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9096 (2022) · source
“In addition, the Council should take a zero- tolerance approach to violence, ensure the protection of all children and firmly prevent violent conflict from trampling on children’s fundamental rights. With that in mind, I would like to share a few points. First, we must put an end to egregious violations against children. The six grave violations against children, as defined in Security Council resolutions, should never be permitted in conflict situations. The parties to conflicts should end their grave violations against children, increase their cooperation with the United Nations, formulate action plans for the protection of children and prioritize children’s rights and interests during the mediation of disputes and peace talks and in processes for disarmament, demobilization and reintegration and post-conflict peacebuilding.”
2022-07-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9096 (2022) · source
“Among those violations, the killing and maiming, recruitment and use of children and the denial of humanitarian access to them stand out as most shocking. The fact that those young lives were subjected to repeated merciless pain confronts us with inescapable questions about the international community’s moral conscience and ability to protect the next generation. Those children have lost their homes and childhoods to war, and we cannot let them lose their future and hopes on top of that. The best way to protect children is to put an end to conflict. The Security Council should strive for a cessation of hostilities and an end to fighting while working for political solutions so that children caught in the depths of conflict can see peace dawn as soon as possible.”
2022-07-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9096 (2022) · source
“Mr. Zhang Jun (China) (spoke in Chinese): I thank you, Sir, for presiding over today’s meeting, and I thank Special Representative Gamba de Potgieter and Executive Director Russell for their briefings. I also listened carefully to Mr. Kumi’s statement. Based on his own experience, Mr. Kumi gave us a thought- provoking account of the endless pain and wounds that armed conflict inflicts on children. Children deserve a carefree childhood and should not be forced into the wars created by adults or grow up in fear of violence, yet the Secretary-General’s annual report for 2021 on children and armed conflict (S/2022/493) once again shows us the harrowing realities. In the past year, 19,000 children in 21 conflict- stricken countries and regions were subjected to nearly 24,000 serious violations, an average of 65 per day.”
2022-07-19 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9096 (2022) · source
“We hope that that will not send any wrong signals to the gangs. We urge all countries to effectively strengthen the export control of arms to prevent their illicit flow into the hands of gangs in Haiti. China will also work with the relevant countries in continuing to push for greater Security Council efforts in that direction.”
2022-07-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9095 (2022) · source
“Haiti itself is not a producer of weapons. Yet the weapons possessed by the gangs far surpass those of the Haitian National Police in quantity and quality, which indicates that the illicit trafficking and proliferation of weapons are a source of the ever-escalating gang violence. While supporting Haiti in strengthening its own security capabilities, countries should also act in coordination and unity by banning the participation of their citizens in the trafficking of weapons to Haiti and preventing their territories from being used for such purposes. That is a necessary step in effectively containing the violent activities of gangs and the minimum requirement in showing solidarity with the Haitian people. Regrettably, the resolution failed to provide for that in the strongest terms.”
2022-07-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9095 (2022) · source
“We hope that the Special Representative of the Secretary-General will earnestly follow the principle of Haitian-led and Haitian-owned to lead BINUH in working with objectivity and impartiality, making every effort to push for inclusive dialogues among the parties, mobilizing the international community and providing more substantive help to Haiti. Through concrete actions, BINUH should bring confidence and hope to the people of Haiti. We also expect the Secretary-General, as mandated by the resolution, to consult with the Haitian authorities, the relevant countries and regional organizations, with a view to putting forward effective and feasible solutions and recommendations on how to help Haiti fight the gangs. Regional partners with the capabilities should respond actively and contribute to improving the security situation in Haiti.”
2022-07-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9095 (2022) · source
“China welcomes the constructive roles played by countries of the region and the Caribbean Community in advancing intra-Haitian dialogue. This resolution raises clear warnings to the gangs that the Security Council is closely following their actions. The gangsters must immediately stop the violence and criminal activities, end the occupation of public facilities and roads and cease all acts of human rights violations. The Security Council will soon impose sanctions on individuals who are gang members or supporters of gang activities, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Charter of the United Nations, in order to hold them fully accountable. This resolution also confers a stronger mandate upon BINUH or, in clearer terms, requires BINUH to take on greater responsibilities.”
2022-07-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9095 (2022) · source
“While the resolution just adopted certainly still has room for improvement, on the whole it is nevertheless a right step in the right direction. This resolution sets clear expectations of the Haitian authorities and leaders of political parties. They must shoulder their responsibilities, bear in mind the interests of the country and the people, immediately put an end to the senseless political strife, engage in dialogue on the political arrangements for the transitional period and create the necessary conditions for the early holding of general elections. The leadership of the interim Government in Haiti should have a greater sense of urgency in advancing the political process and report progress satisfactory to the people of Haiti to the Security Council before 17 October.”
2022-07-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9095 (2022) · source
“While fully taking into account the recommendations in the Secretary-General’s assessment report, the strong aspirations of the Haitian people and the concerns of Haiti’s neighbouring countries and countries of the region, China put forward specific, reasonable and feasible proposals on advancing the political process, stepping up police capacity-building, combating illicit flows of weapons and finance and strengthening port and border management, among other things. We welcome the fact that resolution 2645 (2022) included many of China’s proposals. We thank the members of the Security Council for their support, and appreciate the positive attitude shown in the final stages by the co-penholders, Mexico and the United States of America.”
2022-07-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9095 (2022) · source
“That fully demonstrates that the strategic assessment and the fundamental adjustment of the mandate of BINUH are imperative. Just as the Security Council was in consultations on the draft resolution, gang clashes broke out near Port-au- Prince, and the situation has worsened to an appalling state. Meaningful Council action is long overdue, and we cannot afford to miss another opportunity to renew the mandate this time.”
2022-07-15 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.9095 (2022) · source