I would like to thank Under- Secretary-General Jean-Pierre Lacroix, his Police Adviser, Mr. Faisal Shahkar, and the heads of the police components of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic, Mr. Christophe
At the outset, I would like to p…
At the outset, I thank Ms. Edem Wosornu, Director of Operations and Advocacy at the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, for her briefing.
I would then like to emphasize three points.
First, as we just heard, the Sudan continues to endure one of the worst humanitaria…
I thank the Special Coordinator ad interim and Mr. Levy for their briefings and Ms. Noa Argamani for her testimony.
France was deeply moved to follow the return to Israel of the remains of Ms. Shiri Bibas, her two children — Ariel and Kfir — and Mr. Oded Lifshitz. France extends its sincerest condo…
I would like to thank Ms. DiCarlo for her statement.
It was Russia and Russia alone that took the decision, on 24 February 2022, to violate the Charter of the United Nations and go back on the principles that we set ourselves together at the end of the Second World War, in particular the sovereignt…
The draft amendments that we are proposing and that the representative of the United Kingdom has just introduced (S/2025/114, S/2025/115 and S/2025/116) are aimed at showing our resolute commitment, after three years of war, to a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in Ukraine — a peace that must b…
The file we are considering today, three years to the day following the widescale invasion of Ukraine by Russia, calls for a unified Security Council. It calls, at very least, for the Council to take the time to conduct true negotiations, in a spirit of confidence and with the serenity necessary for…
France thanks the members of the Security Council for their engagement in the negotiations on this resolution (resolution 2773 (2025)) over the past two weeks.
It conveys a clear message: there is no military solution to the conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Mouvement du…
I would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for her statement and reiterate France’s full support for her work. I would also like to thank Ms. Portia Deya Abazene for her statement and welcome the presence among us of the Permanent Representative of the Central African …
I thank the Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Ms. Rosemary DiCarlo, for her briefing. I welcome the presence of the Permanent Representative of Libya in this meeting.
First of all, France congratulates Ms. Hanna Serwaa Tetteh on her appointment as Special Representative of the Secretar…
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and the Special Envoy for the Great Lakes region for their briefings. I welcome the presence of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The Security Council is meeting once again, owing to the continuous d…
I thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this meeting.
At a time when global governance is being challenged by the proliferation of crises, we must not give in to the temptation of unilateralism. That would lead to a generalized confrontation of all against all to the detriment of everyone, even …
It is important to stick to the facts. In Ukraine, there is an aggressor, Russia, that is violating international law and that has attacked a sovereign State that posed no threat whatsoever and there is an aggressee, Ukraine, that, under the Charter of the United Nations, has the right to defend its…
I would like to thank the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General, Mr. Hans Grundberg, and Under-Secretary- General for Humanitarian Affairs, Mr. Tom Fletcher, for their briefings. I welcome the presence among us of the Permanent Representative of Yemen.
France expresses its profound indignation at …
I would like to thank Mr. Pedersen and Ms. Msuya for their briefings.
After several years of war and violence, Syria has embarked on a phase of historic transition that has raised many hopes. During this phase, France is ready to stand by the Syrian people and support the transition. That is the me…
I would like to thank Mr. Voronkov and Ms. Gherman for their briefings.
Terrorism remains one of the gravest threats to international peace and security. Da’esh, Al-Qaida and their affiliates represent the most acute terrorist threat. They continue to regroup and to expand their presence across sev…
At the outset, I would like to congratulate China on its presidency of the Security Council for the month of February, and I wish you, Mr. President, and your team an excellent presidency.
I would also like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Nicholas Haysom, for his b…
I thank the Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) and the Secretary General of the Norwegian Refugee Council for their briefings.
I would like to reaffirm France’s full support for UNRWA and its Commissioner- General. Sinc…
I thank the Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for her briefing, and I welcome the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to our meeting today.
The Security Council is once again meeting because of the continuing deterioration of the situation in No…
At the outset, I would like to thank Prosecutor Karim Khan for presenting the fortieth report in accordance with resolution 1593 (2005).
France remains concerned by the continuing clashes in the Sudan. We condemn the violations of human rights and international humanitarian law perpetrated since 15…
First of all, I would like to thank the Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and the Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs. I welcome the presence among us of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Democratic Republic of th…
