Security Council – Work assessment under China presidency (July 2007) – Letter from China (excerpts)

    Letter dated 17 August 2007 from the Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council

  I have the honour to enclose the assessment of the work of the Security Council during the presidency of China for the month of July 2007 (see annex). This assessment has been prepared under my own responsibility following consultations with other members of the Security Council. I should be grateful if the present letter and its annex could be circulated as a document of the Security Council.

(Signed) Wang Guangya

Ambassador

Permanent Representative

    Annex to the letter dated 17 August 2007 from the Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations addressed to the President of the Security Council

    Assessment of the work of the Security Council during the presidency of China (July 2007)

  During the presidency of China, the Security Council held 14 meetings and consultations of the whole on 14 occasions. Five resolutions and three presidential statements were adopted. The President also made three statements to the press on behalf of the Council.

   Asia

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   The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question

  On 25 July, the Security Council heard the monthly open briefing on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question, by the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Michael Williams. The Special Coordinator said that over the past month there had been a number of important developments giving cause for hope, with the most notable one being the re-engagement of the international community and Israel with the Palestinian Government of Prime Minister Salam Fayyad. He also told the Council that the positive developments were offset by a problematic and increasingly complex reality on the ground where violence continued and the humanitarian situation deteriorated. Afterwards, in consultations of the whole, the members of the Council agreed in general with the assessment of the situation by the Special Coordinator.

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