I too wish to thank Ms. Renate Winter, President of the Special Court for Sierra Leone, and Mr. Stephen Rapp, Prosecutor of the Court, for their work. The gravity of the crimes perpetrated during the civil war called for a
response commensurate with the violence. It was a matter of fighting impunit…
At the outset, I would like to thank the Secretary-General for his briefing and the Permanent Representative of Burma for his statement, to which I listened with great attention. It was essential for the Council to be informed without delay of the results of the mission of the Secretary-General at t…
I should like at the outset to thank Under-Secretaries-General Lynn Pascoe and Susana Malcorra for their presentations, as well as our colleague the Permanent Representative of Somalia.
Two months ago almost to the day, the insurgents of Al-Shabaab and Hizbul Islam rejected the path of dialogue and…
Mr. President, at the outset, let me express our deep gratitude to you for the manner in which you have guided our work. You have demonstrated talent and exceptional mastery under very trying circumstances. As you now prepare to leave New York, Sir, I would like to express to you our admiration and …
I should first like to thank the Turkish presidency of the Council for organizing this debate. France is very committed to improving the functioning of United Nations peacekeeping. We welcome the current heightened activity on this issue, which seems to us to reflect, first of all, a convergence of …
I wish at the outset, Mr. President, to thank you for this opportunity to address once again the question of the protection of civilians in armed conflict. We welcome the Secretariat’s ongoing commitment to this matter, and in that regard I thank Mr. John Holmes for introducing the report of the Sec…
First of all I would like to welcome the President and to thank him for his presence and for chairing the meeting today. I also thank Mr. De Mistura, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and a very old friend, for his briefing to the Council. I take the opportunity to welcome his courageo…
I would 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.
I also wish to thank Mr. Lamberto Zannier, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for his statement and for the work that he an…
In resolution 1866 (2009), which we adopted and co-sponsored unanimously, we expressed our intention to decide on the future of the United Nations presence on the basis of the Secretary-General’s report. That report, entitled “Report ... pursuant to Security Council resolutions 1808 (2008), 1839 (20…
I would like first to thank Ambassador Takasu for his briefing. This presentation comes at a good time to remind us of the reality of the Iranian nuclear dossier. The Director
General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has just given us a shocking overview of that reality in the repor…
France welcomes the unanimous adoption of resolution 1874 (2009). The international community has sent a very strong message to North Korea through the Council.
For years, North Korea has chosen a dangerous path. It has built up a clandestine nuclear programme, whose exclusively military aims are e…
At the outset, I wish to say that France subscribes to the statement made this morning by the Permanent Representative of the Czech Republic on behalf of the European Union. I also wish to convey France’s gratitude to the Secretary-General for the very high quality of his report on the implementatio…
I, in turn, would like to thank the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sierra Leone for her statement, as well as Mr. Michael von der Schulenburg, Executive Representative of the Secretary-General for Sierra Leone, and Ambassador McNee for their very
instructive briefings on the work of the United Nat…
At the outset, Mr. President, I would like to express our great satisfaction in seeing you assume presidency of the Security Council. We assure you of our support for the Turkish delegation in the exercise of its presidency. We also express our gratitude to the Permanent Representative of the Russia…
I wish at the outset to welcome the new High Representative and to thank him for his statement this morning. We fully agree with his analysis of the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina. I wish also to welcome Mr. Nikola Špirić, Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina. We take …
I would first like to thank the Secretariat, the Security Council team, Mr. Alan Doss, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, his deputies and the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) in general, as well as President
Obasanjo’s team, for orga…
As you stated, Mr. President, I have the honour of making a statement on behalf of the Permanent Representative of France, who is not in New York today and who is the Acting Chairman of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1373 (2001), known as the Counter-Terrorism Comm…
I should like at the outset to thank Mr. Lavrov, as well as the Secretary-General for his encouraging words, and to tell members that we are not satisfied by the progress made. That progress has been insufficient, despite the efforts of many of the countries represented around this table.
Almost fo…
I should like at the outset to forcefully reiterate, Mr. President, that France attaches great importance to the Conference to be held in early June on your initiative. We believe it essential that the United Nations not only make its voice heard, but also make the proposals, views and positions of …
I, too, should like to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council for the current month and to thank Ambassador Heller and his team for their excellent presidency during the month of April. I also thank Ms. Landgren for her briefing and in particular for the …
