Thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this debate on the Peacebuilding Commission and the Peacebuilding Fund — two tools that were made available to the international community at the Millennium Summit.
I wish first of all to commend the Permanent Representative of Japan, who presides over the w…
On 17 February 2008, the Assembly of Kosovo declared the independence of the Republic of Kosovo. That declaration of independence marked the end of a very specific historical sequence — the violent
dismemberment of the former Yugoslavia in the 1990s, followed by a long period of international admin…
I too would like to thank Mr. Pascoe and Ambassador Viotti of Brazil for their briefings.
As the Secretary-General has stressed in his report (S/2008/628), the political situation in Guinea- Bissau is still fragile, and it is important that the United Nations Peacebuilding Support Office in Guinea-…
At the outset, I, too, would like to take the opportunity to pay tribute to the skill with which Ambassador Kafando
guided our work in September, which was a particularly busy month.
France welcomes the fact that the Security Council has sent a strong political message by unanimously adopting reso…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union (EU). The candidate countries of Turkey, Croatia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the countries of the Stabilization and Association Process and potential candidates Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia, as well …
France believes that this meeting is important. Settlement activities have been stepped up since Annapolis. With its European partners, France has had the opportunity to state clearly and repeatedly its concerns at that accelerated building of settlements and the tenders, namely in East Jerusalem. T…
I would like to welcome the presence of the Chairman-in- Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Mr. Stubb, and to thank him for his briefing. The priorities that he has defined are in keeping with the challenges we face, and we share them in full.
The European Uni…
I greet all my colleagues seated here around the table. I would like in particular to welcome my former foreign ministerial colleague, the Permanent Representative of Chad to the United Nations, since, as the High Representative of the European Union has just told us, nothing would be accomplished w…
After listening to preceding speakers, I obviously wish to discuss something that might be a bit prickly — everyone is tempted to do so: the roles that we have been able to play in the various mediations that we have encountered. In that context, I wish to commend the Burkina Faso presidency. I wish…
At the outset, I would like to say that my delegation fully endorses the statement made earlier by the Permanent Representative of Sweden on behalf of the European Union.
In 2005, the heads of State and Government, meeting at the World Summit, wanted to ensure that never again would we witness mass…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union (EU). The candidate countries of Turkey and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; the potential candidates and members of the Stabilization and Association Process Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia; and Ukraine, the…
First of all, I would like to thank the Permanent Representative of Belgium for the quarterly report that he has just shared with us. There are several elements in it that my delegation would like to highlight.
Failures to fulfil the obligations under the resolutions in question were pointed out to…
First of all, I too would like to thank the representatives of the Secretariat for their briefings.
Both in its role of the presidency of the European Union (EU) and in its national capacity, France has strongly condemned the decision taken by the Russian Federation to recognize the independence of…
First of all, my delegation would like to thank the Secretary- General for his briefing and you, Mr. President, for having organized this open meeting on the implementation of measures adopted in July 2006 to improve the effectiveness and transparency of the work of the Security Council and to enhan…
I thank you, Mr. President, and the French presidency of the Council of Ministers of the European Union (EU) for giving me the opportunity to briefly present the contributions of the EU as a whole to the implementation of the United Nations Global Counter- Terrorism Strategy, which was adopted by th…
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the European Union. The candidate countries Turkey, Croatia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; the countries of the Stabilization and Association Process and potential candidates Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia; and the Ukrai…
I would like to begin by thanking you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting at the request of my delegation. Allow me also to thank Under-Secretary-General Pascoe and Assistant Secretary-General Mulet for their briefings and the Permanent Representative of Georgia for his statement.
France has…
I wish first of all to thank Under-Secretary-General Pascoe and Assistant Secretary-General Mulet for their briefings, and to reaffirm our full confidence in them and our support for them and for all members of the Secretariat and the Secretariat leadership.
My delegation regrets that it is obliged…
My delegation would like to thank you, Mr. President, for having brought the situation in South Ossetia, Georgia, to the attention of the Council at the request of the Russian Federation and of Georgia. A clear threat to peace and security is posed, and we are particularly concerned at the risk of a…
France greatly deplores the fact that since our meeting this morning the situation has considerably worsened. It is unacceptable to hear reports of destruction, of bombings, of general mobilizations and of foreign interventions. We have a simple message for the Ossetians, the Georgians and the Russi…
