Fighters of the Hashed al-Shaabi paramilitary forces carry the coffins of fellow fighters, who were killed in an ambush on a desolated road south of Mosul, during a funeral in their hometown in the northern Iraqi town of Tuz Khurmatu near the city of Kirkuk, on March 7, 2019 [File: AFP/Marwan Ibrahim]
On April 15, a drone laden with explosives targeted military facilities hosting US troops in Erbil, the capital of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI), but resulted in no casualties. On the same day, rocket fire on a Turkish military base in Mosul’s Bashiqa region killed one Turkish solider.
China pledges to uphold multilateralism and push for enhanced cooperation in the United Nations Security Council in its capacity as rotating council president for May.
In a news briefing on Monday, Zhang Jun, China s permanent representative to the UN, said the Security Council bears the primary responsibility of maintaining peace and security.
In the face of various global challenges, the international community looks to the Security Council to strengthen unity and cooperation, play a greater role, and maintain a peaceful and stable international environment, he said.
For China, we will adopt a responsible and constructive approach in presiding over the work of the council for the month of May. We will try our best to maintain the continuity, the openness, the inclusiveness and the transparency of the council, the ambassador said.
Nation lends support to multilateralism and enhanced cooperation at the UN Zhang Jun, China s permanent representative to the United Nations, speaks at a news briefing on May 3, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua]
China pledges to uphold multilateralism and push for enhanced cooperation in the United Nations Security Council in its capacity as rotating council president for May.
In a news briefing on Monday, Zhang Jun, China s permanent representative to the UN, said the Security Council bears the primary responsibility of maintaining peace and security.
In the face of various global challenges, the international community looks to the Security Council to strengthen unity and cooperation, play a greater role, and maintain a peaceful and stable international environment, he said.
05/05/2021 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 05/04/2021 19:34
China rotates into Security Council head
China pledges to uphold multilateralism and push for enhanced cooperation in the United Nations Security Council in its capacity as rotating council president for May.
In a news briefing on May 3, Zhang Jun, China s permanent representative to the UN, said the Security Council bears the primary responsibility of maintaining peace and security.
In the face of various global challenges, the international community looks to the Security Council to strengthen unity and cooperation, play a greater role, and maintain a peaceful and stable international environment, he said. For China, we will adopt a responsible and constructive approach in presiding over the work of the council for the month of May. We will try our best to maintain the continuity, the openness, the inclusiveness and the transparency of the council, the ambassador said.