U.N. Headquarters, New York City - March 24, 2026 (UNTV - For news purpose only/No archive/Not for other production use)
1. United Nations Security Council meeting in progress
2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Fu Cong, China's Permanent Representative to United Nations:
"The international community must not allow the Palestinian question to be marginalized once again. Irreversible actions must be taken to implement the two-state solution and support the realization of independent statehood for Palestine at an early date. The United Nations has the responsibility to play a leading role in this process. China will continue to work with the rest of the international community to promote a comprehensive and lasting ceasefire in Gaza, end the humanitarian disaster there, implement the two-state solution, and return justice to Palestine, tranquility to the people and peace to the Middle East."

Gaza Strip - March 2026 (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
3. Various of destroyed neighborhood, damaged buildings, rubble, debris

FILE: West Bank - Sept 21-26, 2025 (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
4. Various of Israeli settlements; West Bank wall

FILE: Tulkarm, West Bank - Oct 2024 (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
5. Various of destroyed buildings, people walking in ruins

FILE: Jenin, West Bank - Jan 22, 2025 (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
6. Various of Israeli military vehicles, bulldozers

China's envoy to the United Nations (U.N.) on Tuesday called for an immediate and lasting ceasefire in Gaza and urged renewed international efforts toward a two-state solution.

Fu Cong, China's permanent representative to the U.N., also warned that escalating tensions across the Middle East have dealt a heavy blow to regional stability and the global economy in his remarks at a U.N. Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question.

Fu's remarks came as U.N. Deputy Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Ramiz Alakbarov presented the quarterly update on the implementation of U.N. Security Council Resolution 2334 calling on Israel to stop its settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem.

The Chinese envoy said the Palestinian question is deteriorating at an accelerated pace, with ongoing hostilities in Gaza and expanding settlement activities in the West Bank undermining the basis for a two-state solution.

"The international community must not allow the Palestinian question to be marginalized once again. Irreversible actions must be taken to implement the two-state solution and support the realization of independent statehood for Palestine at an early date. The United Nations has the responsibility to play a leading role in this process. China will continue to work with the rest of the international community to promote a comprehensive and lasting ceasefire in Gaza, end the humanitarian disaster there, implement the two-state solution, and return justice to Palestine, tranquility to the people and peace to the Middle East," he said.

U.N. Security Council Resolution 2334, adopted by the Security Council in 2016, affirms that "the establishment by Israel of settlements in the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967, including East Jerusalem, has no legal validity and constitutes a flagrant violation under international law and a major obstacle to the achievement of the two-state solution and a just, lasting and comprehensive peace."