Sun Lei, Deputy Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations, made an explanatory statement on the 23rd after the Security Council voted to pass a resolution to strengthen accountability for attacks on peacekeepers, welcoming the adoption of the resolution. Sun Lei said that UN peace operations are an important means of maintaining international peace and security. As a staunch supporter of peacekeeping operations, a major troop-contributing country and co-chairman of the “Group of Friends of United Nations Peacekeepers Safety”, China pays great attention to the safety of peacekeepers and welcomes the unanimous adoption of Security Council resolution 2823. He said that the current international security environment is complex, and the traditional and non-traditional security threats faced by peacekeepers are very serious. Any deliberate attack on peacekeepers is a serious violation of international humanitarian law and relevant Security Council resolutions. China supports the adoption of this resolution by the Security Council and hopes that it will be effectively implemented to send a clear signal to the international community that the safety of peacekeepers is inviolable and that the perpetrators should be severely punished.

Sun Lei, Deputy Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations, made an explanatory statement on the 23rd after the Security Council voted to pass a resolution to strengthen accountability for attacks on peacekeepers, welcoming the adoption of the resolution. Sun Lei said that UN peace operations are an important means of maintaining international peace and security. As a staunch supporter of peacekeeping operations, a major troop-contributing country and co-chairman of the “Group of Friends of United Nations Peacekeepers Safety”, China pays great attention to the safety of peacekeepers and welcomes the unanimous adoption of Security Council resolution 2823. He said that the current international security environment is complex, and the traditional and non-traditional security threats faced by peacekeepers are very serious. Any deliberate attack on peacekeepers is a serious violation of international humanitarian law and relevant Security Council resolutions. China supports the adoption of this resolution by the Security Council and hopes that it will be effectively implemented to send a clear signal to the international community that the safety of peacekeepers is inviolable and that the perpetrators should be severely punished.