China News Agency, United Nations, July 9th—China’s deputy representative to the United Nations, Geng Shuang, attended the Security Council’s video conference on the review of the work of the United Nations Office in West Africa and the Sahel on the 9th.
On July 9, local time, Geng Shuang, China’s deputy permanent representative to the United Nations, attended a Security Council video review meeting on the work of the UN regional offices in West Africa and the Sahel. China News Service distributes photos of China's Permanent Mission to the United Nations
Geng Shuang said that the situation in West Africa and the Sahel has remained generally stable in the recent period. At the same time, regional countries are still facing severe security challenges. The new coronary pneumonia epidemic has also adversely affected regional economic and social development and brought new complex factors to the regional situation. At present, the epidemic is still spreading in West Africa and the Sahel. The office’s top priority is to pay close attention to the development of regional epidemics, analyze the impact of the epidemic in depth, help regional countries improve their awareness and capacity for epidemic prevention, strengthen the construction of health systems, better protect people’s lives and health, and ease the impact of the epidemic on regional countries. Coming shocks and negative effects. The international community should promote regional countries to persist in resolving differences through dialogue, support regional countries to eliminate the root causes of instability through development, help regional countries actively respond to security threats, and provide timely humanitarian assistance to regional countries.
Geng Shuang said that China is a good friend and good partner of West Africa and the Sahel countries, and has been actively supporting regional countries to maintain peace, eliminate poverty, improve people's livelihood, and promote development. Through the China-United Nations Peace and Development Fund, China has provided financial support to many regional peace and security projects, and provided 300 million yuan in aid to the anti-terrorist operations in the Sahel and the construction of the five-nation joint force. Since the outbreak, China has provided aid to Africa for the first time. It has provided a large amount of medical supplies to more than 50 African countries, including regional countries, and sent anti-epidemic medical expert groups to Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire and other regional countries. China will speed up the internship President Jin Ping’s commitment at the China-Africa Solidarity Anti-epidemic Special Summit, start construction of the African Center for Disease Control Center ahead of the year, accelerate the construction of China-Africa Friendship Hospitals and establish a cooperation mechanism for 30 Chinese-African counterpart hospitals to help Africa improve disease Ability to prevent and control and respond to outbreaks.
China will continue to support the work of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and the office, and work with the international community to make efforts and contributions to fight against the epidemic in the countries of the region and achieve peace, stability and development. (Finish)