New York, United States - December 06, 2024 China supports reducing the negative impact of sanctions on humanitarian and people's livelihood, China's deputy permanent representative to the United Nations (UN) Geng Shuang said on Friday at a UN Security Council meeting. During the meeting on general issues related to sanctions, the UN Security Council unanimously adopted the Resolution 2761 (2024), extending the humanitarian exemption for the UN 1267 ISIL and Al-Qaida Sanctions Regime indefinitely. Geng said in his statement that China hopes that the UN Security Council member states and humanitarian organizations will implement well the resolution. Shotlist: UN Headquarters, New York City - Dec 6, 2024: 1. Meeting in progress; 2. Representatives raising hands for voting; 3. Various of meeting in progress; 4. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Geng Shuang, China's deputy permanent representative to UN (starting with shot 3/partially overlaid with shot 5): "China welcomes the unanimous adoption of Resolution 2761, and appreciates the efforts made by Switzerland and the United States as co-authors. Sanctions are a special tool given to the Security Council by the UN Charter. China has always advocated that the UN Security Council should handle sanctions with a cautious and responsible attitude to avoid or reduce negative humanitarian impacts as much as possible. China is willing to work with other Security Council members to continuously improve the Security Council's sanctions mechanism in accordance with the development and changes of the situation, and minimize the negative impact of sanctions on humanitarian and people's livelihood."; FILE: UN Headquarters, New York City - Date Unknown [SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE] 5. UN headquarters; [SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE] 6. UN flag; 7. UN emblem. [Restriction - For news purpose only/No archive/Not for other production use, No access Chinese mainland]