On November 6, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin held a regular press conference.
A reporter asked, in the past weekend, the Israeli army attacked the ambulance fleet, refugee camps, schools and other civilian facilities near a hospital in Gaza. The attack caused heavy casualties, including children, and clearly violated the relevant conventions on the protection of civilians in wartime. China holds the rotating presidency of the UN Security Council this month. What’s your position on the violations of international law and international humanitarian law in Gaza? How will these actions that may constitute war crimes be stopped?
Wang Wenbin said that this round of Palestinian-Israeli conflict has caused more than 11,000 deaths, most of them civilians. Especially for some time, the number of Palestinian civilian casualties has risen sharply, and a disastrous humanitarian situation has emerged in the Gaza. This is a torture of human conscience and a violation of the basic norms of international relations. The international community should not allow such a tragedy to continue. He emphasized that China condemns and opposes acts that harm civilians, damage civilian facilities and violate international humanitarian law, and urges all parties concerned to maintain maximum calm and restraint, immediately cease fire and stop fighting, and spare no effort to ensure the safety of civilians and hospitals and other civilian facilities specially protected by the Geneva Conventions, open up humanitarian relief channels and avoid greater humanitarian disasters.
Wang Wenbin pointed out that the recent emergency special session of the General Assembly adopted a resolution by an overwhelming majority, calling for an immediate humanitarian truce, demanding that all parties immediately and fully fulfill their obligations under international law, respect and protect all civilians and civilian objects, as well as humanitarian personnel and facilities in accordance with international humanitarian law, and reaffirming the "two-state plan", which reflected the strong voice of the international community and the opposition of the people.
Wang Wenbin said that as the rotating presidency of the Security Council, China will do its utmost to restore Palestinian peace, push the Security Council to fulfill its responsibilities, play its role, build consensus, and take responsible and meaningful actions as soon as possible to ease the current crisis and safeguard the safety of civilians. We are also willing to continue to work with the international community to make unremitting efforts to mediate conflicts, ease tensions and push the Palestinian issue back to the track of the "two-state plan."
(Headquarters CCTV reporter Shen Yang)