As the Council has had occasion to state on numerous occasions, there is no solution other than a negotiated, mutually acceptable political solution to the issue of the Western Sahara, whose resolution remains necessary — as all are convinced — not only for the Sahara but for the entire Maghreb regi…
France fully supports the activities of the United Nations Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS) and more generally speaking those of the Secretary-General and of the United Nations system in that country. France is firmly committed to the implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, which UNMIS is m…
France fully endorses the statement to be made later today by the representative of the Czech Republic on behalf of the European Union.
At the outset, allow me to thank the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Mexico for her initiative to bring us together here today to address the issue of children and…
I wish to begin by thanking Under-Secretary-General Lynn Pascoe for his introduction of the report of the Secretary-General (S/2009/189). I also wish to thank you, Sir, for having organized this debate in order to follow up on the initiative of Burkina Faso in organizing an initial discussion in the…
I, too, would like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on assuming the presidency of the Security Council, and to thank the Libyan presidency for the skill it demonstrated last month.
France aligns itself fully with the statement to be made later by the Permanent Representative of the Czech Republi…
I wish to begin by conveying my gratitude to the Under- Secretary-General for Political Affairs for his presentation and to the Permanent Observer of Palestine and the ambassador of Israel for their statements. I also wish to voice my full support for the statement to be delivered later by the Perma…
I should like at the outset to thank Mr. Boris Tadić, President of the Republic of Serbia, and Mr. Skender Hyseni, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kosovo, for their presence. We listened very attentively to both of them. I should also like to commend the activities of the Special Rep…
I, too, wish to thank previous speakers, in particular Mr. Ahmedou Ould Abdallah, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Somalia; Mr. Mohamed Abdullahi Omaar, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Somalia; and Mr. Ramtane Lamamra, Commissioner for Peace and Security of the African Union.
The…
Given the very important relations that we, as France and as the Security Council, have with the African Union, it is obvious that it is entirely appropriate to give due consideration to the statements by representatives of the African Union. Given our long-standing friendly relations with Commissio…
At the outset, I too would like to thank Mr. Khalikov for his briefing on the humanitarian situation in Darfur, which is without doubt one of the world’s greatest emergency situations.
I would like to associate myself with those who have condemned the attacks against the African Union- United Natio…
At the outset, I would like to extend France’s condolences to the families of the victims of the attack that today killed the Afghan member of parliament Dad Mohammad Khan and four other individuals. France firmly condemns this assassination.
The Permanent Representative of the Czech Republic will …
I should like at the outset to congratulate our colleague the representative of Japan on his quarterly briefing in his capacity as Chairman of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006).
The Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has jus…
I simply wish to say that I listened with close attention both to the statements made by Ms. Bakoyannis and our colleagues on the substance of the issue before us, and to those made by our colleagues from the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya and Uganda on our working procedures, and I was deeply puzzled by th…
I wish at the outset to welcome the presence in the Council of Ms. Bakoyannis, Chairperson-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Greece. I thank her for her thorough briefing and assure her that France shares her vision for a …
First of all, I, too, would like to thank our friend Staffan de Mistura, Special Representative of the Secretary- General for Iraq, for his briefing to the Council. I should also like to commend the courageous, determined and effective efforts of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI…
I too would like first to welcome the presence here of President Ramos-Horta, Nobel Peace Prize laureate. It is an honour for us to welcome him here this morning and to express our admiration for him. Together with Prime Minister Gusmão, he has for decades been the incarnation of the hopes and aspir…
On behalf of the delegation of France, I would first like to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council. I also wish to thank delegations for their kind words about our presidency. I would also like to thank Mr. Michael von der Schulenburg, Executiv…
First of all, I would like to thank the Secretary-General for his presence and for his statement.
My delegation reiterates its extreme concern at the escalation of violence in southern Israel and the Gaza Strip. As the President of the French Republic declared three days ago after his meeting with …
On behalf of the European Union, France would like to request a recorded vote on the deletion of paragraph 3 bis of section XI of draft resolution I, which is contained, for the time being, in document A/C.5/63/L.23. The European Union will vote in favour of the deletion of that paragraph.
First of all, I would like to welcome the presence at this meeting of the Security Council of the Iraqi Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Hoshyar Zebari.
France is gratified by the adoption of the resolution that we have just adopted, which marks a new stage in the return to full sovereignty for Ir…
