(230330) -- UNITED NATIONS, March 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Liu Yuxi (C, Front), Special representative of the Chinese government on African affairs, speaks at a high-level open debate of the Security Council at the UN headquarters in New York, on March 30, 2023. A Chinese envoy on Thursday called on the international community to support Africa's leading role in its own peace and security in a high-level open debate of the Security Council on the impact of development policy on the implementation of Africa's Silencing the Guns initiative. (Xinhua/Xie E)