I would first of all like to pay tribute to Special Representative Edmond Mulet, to whose briefing I listened with great interest. I commend his commitment at the head of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH). MINUSTAH, whose personnel work tirelessly under conditions that con…
The no-action motion that has just been moved seeks to prevent the General Assembly from considering a proposal that has been submitted to us for reasons of substance. France is opposed out of principle to such a motion. Indeed, the General Assembly should be in a position to discuss any subject, de…
For nearly three weeks, Pakistan has suffered the worst natural disaster in its history. We are shocked by the scale of the flooding, the violence of the incessant rainfall and the impact on the lives of more than 15 million Pakistanis. I should like again to express France’s solidarity with the aut…
First of all, I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for your initiative to organize this meeting. I should also like to thank the Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations and the Force Commanders of the peacekeeping missions represented here for providing a clear perspective of their …
I should like to thank Mr. Vuk Jeremić, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Serbia, and Mr. Skender Hyseni, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Kosovo, for their presence. We listened carefully to both of their statements.
As the Special Representative of the Secretary- General stated in his briefing, the …
France regrets that the Assembly was unable to adopt resolution 64/292, on the basic right to water and sanitation, by consensus. We welcome the progress made through the adoption of this text, with its recognition that the right to access to drinking water and sanitation is a universal right. We ho…
I thank the Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Mr. Pascoe, for his briefing. I also thank the Permanent
Representative of the State of Israel and the Permanent Observer of Palestine for their statements.
I should like to address four points, starting with the issue of Gaza, which has b…
I thank you, Mr. President, for having organized today’s thematic debate on prevention of conflicts in Africa. As we know, Africa today hosts half of United Nations peacekeeping operations and nearly 75 per cent of Blue Helmets deployed: 73,645 out of 100,645, as of 30 June 2010.
In this context, t…
I wish to thank the Secretary-General and the High Commissioner for Human Rights for their briefings.
I associate myself with the statement to be made by the representative of the European Union.
Of course I want to pay tribute to Sir John Holmes, whose last statement to the Council in his capacit…
I would like to thank Mr. Zannier and Mr. De Kermabon for the details that they have provided on the incident that occurred in Kosovo at the end of last week. I welcome the President of the Republic of Serbia. I also welcome the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kosovo and thank him fo…
France associates itself with the statement to be made by the representative of the European Union.
We would like thank Special Representative de Mistura, for his work. We listened with interest to
his briefing. Under his leadership, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) ha…
The Group of Western European and other States is pleased to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples. The end of colonialism and access to independence were among the most significant developments that sh…
I thank you, Sir, for having organized this open debate on strengthening the rule of law in the maintenance of international peace and security.
We would also like to convey our gratitude to Ms. Migiro, Deputy Secretary-General, and Ms. O’Brien, Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs, for their …
I should first like to thank Ambassador Takasu for his 90-day report, his management of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006), the high quality of his work in the leadership of the Committee and the competence of his team.
The general context is known to all. Iran has answere…
I too would like to thank the Presidents and the Prosecutors of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) for their biannual reports.
The briefings we have just heard confirm that there is slippage in the calendar, and the …
I will not repeat the description of the international situation we are currently facing which has already been so well provided by my colleagues from Italy and Mexico. It is true that because of increased globalization the power
of organized crime has been transformed. It has become a threat to ou…
I support the statement to be made on behalf of the European Union. I would like to thank the Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Mexico for taking the initiative to convene the Security Council to address the issue of children and armed conflict. We welcome the Council’s sending of an unmistakable mess…
I wish on behalf of France, I thank you, Mr. President, and the United Kingdom for having made possible this discussion on the Sudan and for having invited President Mbeki, Mr. Menkerios, Mr. Gambari and Mr. Bassolé to participate. I thank them for being with us today.
As all previous speakers have…
France aligns itself with the statement made by the representative of Spain on behalf of the European Union.
The annual meeting of the General Assembly on the implementation of the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS and the Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS is an important event, particularly as…
France welcomes the adoption of resolution 1929 (2010). The Council adopted it by a large majority, with the votes of countries of Africa, Asia, Europe and America, countries with or without a nuclear industry and countries with or without trade relations with Iran.
This unity has a clear reason, a…
