WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 (Xinhua) -- Representatives of United Nations (UN) Security Council member countries on Thursday pledged to enhance cooperation to address common security threats.
The representatives gathered for a luncheon at the White House at the invitation of U.S. President Donald Trump, whose country assumed the rotating presidency of the UN Security Council on Dec. 1.
Present at the luncheon were 18 ambassadors of current UN Security Council members and of countries that are expected to assume membership in 2020 in the UN organ.
During the event, China's Ambassador to the UN Zhang Jun said it is the common responsibility of UN Security Council member countries "to work together, to stay united, to make the United Nations strong, and to maintain world peace and promote security and development."
"Our nations face a range of shared security threats, including terrorism, drug trafficking, illegal migration, cyberattack, and the spread of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons," Trump said.
Urging the Security Council to "take action to confront these and other dangers facing the world," the U.S. president said, "I think the UN has tremendous potential."
