People’s Republic of China
Ambassador Zhang Yishan
China is a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council. Zhang Yishan is China’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN. The following is excerpted from the 5015th meeting of the UN Security Council on July 30, 2004, in New York.The humanitarian situation in Darfur, in the Sudan, has recently been a source of concern for the international community. The United Nations, the African Union, and a number of countries are working actively to facilitate the resolution of the situation there.We believe that the satisfactory resolution of the political situation in Darfur requires, first, the speedy alleviation of the severe…
