中国始终本着建设性的态度参与有关磋商，对决议绝大多数内容持积极立场。我们一直建议提案国在案文中写明“征得苏丹政府同意”这一安理会固定和惯用措辞，同时敦促提案国慎重考虑表决的时机。遗憾的是，提案国未能认真听取和采纳中方的忠言相劝。鉴于对通过决议的时机和案文措辞本身均有保留，中方只能对决议投弃权票。
Having participated in all the consultation processes in a constructive manner, China agreed upon or accepted almost all the contents of the resolution. However, we have consistently urged the sponsors to clearly include “with the consent of the Government of National Unity” in the text of the resolution, which is a fixed and standardized phrase utilized by the Council when deploying United Nations missions. We also urged the sponsors to carefully reconsider the timing of the vote. Regrettably, they failed to earnestly heed China’s sincere efforts. Due to our principled reservations on the timing of the vote and on the text itself, China could not but abstain from the voting.