I wish to begin by thanking Mr. Vuk Jeremić, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia and Mr. Skender Hyseni, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kosovo, for their presence. We have listened to them with great care. I also commend the work of Mr. Lamberto Zannier, Special R…
I should like to thank Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Mr. Pascoe, the Palestinian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Malki, and the Permanent Representative of Israel, Ms. Shalev, for their statements. France aligns itself with the statement to be made by the Permanent Representative …
I would like to begin by conveying my gratitude to Mr. Lynn Pascoe and Mr. Craig Boyd for their briefings. The Transitional Federal Government has held fast in the face of the attacks against it and has even retaken land, in particular in Mogadishu. It has the full support of the French authorities.…
May I begin by congratulating Viet Nam on its assumption of
the presidency of the Security Council and wish them every success for the month of October. I would like to thank, of course, the American delegation for having exercised the presidency last month.
We welcome the initiative taken by Viet…
I welcome the convening, on the initiative of the United States presidency of the Security Council, of this public debate on the issue of women and peace and security, focusing on the fight against sexual violence in armed conflict. The worldwide fight against this scourge is a priority.
Sadly, rig…
Allow me, first of all, to begin by thanking Ms. Norma Chan for her contribution to the work of the Security Council. I would like to convey to her my best wishes for happiness in the new life before her.
Allow me also to acknowledge the presence among us of Mr. Rangin Dâdfar Spantâ, Minister for F…
Before turning to Côte d’Ivoire, I would like to share with the Security Council France’s outrage following the events in Conakry, Guinea, where members of the military fired on a peaceful crowd, killing and wounding many dozens of people. The situation in that country is especially worrisome.
With…
The motion that has just been presented seeks to prevent the General Assembly from considering a proposal that has been submitted to us for substantive reasons. France is opposed in principle to such motions. The General Assembly should be able to debate any subject, whatever the substantive difficu…
It is my honour to speak today on behalf of the French- speaking group. At the outset, I wish to express our utmost gratitude and sincere appreciation to the delegation of Senegal, and in particular to the Ambassador of Senegal, who coordinated the negotiations on resolution 63/306 on multilingualis…
I thank you, Madam President, for having organized this debate on the situation in Haiti and the activities of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH). This debate helps to keep international attention focused on the situation in that country. The exceptional number of delegatio…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union. The candidate countries Turkey and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, countries of the Stabilization and Association Process and potential candidates Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia, as well as Ukraine, the Re…
First of all, I would like to thank the United Kingdom for having taken the initiative of holding this ninth open debate on women and peace and security. I would also like to welcome the Secretary-General here today and to thank him for the presentation of his first report on implementation of resol…
Allow me at the outset to thank you, Sir, for organizing this important debate and to congratulate you on your assumption of the presidency of the Council. I also wish to thank the delegation of Uganda for the skill
and effectiveness with which it presided over our work last month.
I welcome the b…
The French delegation had the honour and the responsibility of preparing the text of the resolution that has just been adopted by the Security Council. Over time, the Security Council has developed a largely unified view on resolving the conflict in Côte d’Ivoire, as my delegation noted here last we…
At the outset, my delegation would like to thank Mr. Ould Abdallah, Special Representative of the Secretary- General, for his briefing, and Mr. Mohamed Abdullahi Omaar, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia, and Ambassador Lamamra, Commissioner for Peace and …
At the outset, I should like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Victor Da Silva Angelo, for his very detailed and comprehensive briefing. The situation in Chad and the Central African Republic continues to pose many challenges for the Security Council and for the Unite…
At the outset, I wish to thank Mr. Oscar Fernandez-Taranco, Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, for his briefing and to welcome him to the Security Council.
Naturally, France endorses the statement to be made by the Permanent Representative of Sweden on behalf of the European Union.
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First of all, I too would like to thank Mr. Alain Le Roy for his presentation and to welcome the presence of Mr. Margelov in the Council.
I would like to make a few comments on various aspects of the issue that we are considering. First of all, in our view, the political process must remain the pri…
I would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for his comments.
I listened very closely to the comments of the Permanent Representative of Côte d’Ivoire. We did not intend to speak at this meeting, but the comments made by Mr. Djédjé, as Council members can well understa…
At the outset, my delegation wishes to thank you, Mr. President, for having organized this meeting on an important subject, one close to us all. We welcome your presence here with us, and we also welcome the presence of the Secretary-General.
Permit me to make a few remarks. I wish first to thank t…
