I would like to thank Prosecutor Karim Khan for presenting his twenty-eighth report to the Security Council pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011).
The International Criminal Court is the only permanent international criminal court with a universal remit. Charged with judging the perpetrators of the mo…
France deplores the fact that the Security Council was unable to adopt the draft resolution (S/2024/826) due to the veto cast by the Russian Federation without any convincing justification. The draft resolution proposed by the United Kingdom and Sierra Leone, which I commend, would have established …
I thank Ms. DiCarlo for her briefing.
Tomorrow will mark 1,000 days since Russia launched its illegal, unjustifiable and brutal war against Ukraine — 1,000 days since Russia decided to attack a
sovereign State, which posed no threat to it, in order to annex its territories in contempt for the Char…
I thank Mr. Wennesland for his briefing.
The Security Council must work for an immediate, permanent and unconditional ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. France hopes that the Council will soon be able to speak with one voice on the issue.
We call on Israel to ensure the protection of all civilians and c…
The situation in the Sudan is tragic. France fully supports the draft resolution (S/2024/826) proposed by the United Kingdom and thanks it for it. I believe that it is crucial that the draft resolution be adopted. As I speak, I have the impression that the conditions have not fully come together to …
I would like to thank the representatives of Malta, Algeria and Ecuador for their briefings and, above all, for their engagement, respectively, as Chair of the Committees established pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015), concerning the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant…
I thank Ms. Brands Kehris, Mr. Paulsen and Ms. Msuya for their briefings.
The Security Council must respond to the ongoing humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, where the situation continues to deteriorate. The most recent report of the Famine Review Committee of the Integrated Food Security Phase Clas…
I would first like to thank Under-Secretary-General DiCarlo and Mr. Ramesh Rajasingham from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs for their briefings. I also thank Ms. Ahmadi for her fervent plea to the Security Council.
France is deeply concerned about the increase…
I would like to begin by thanking the Director- General of the World Health Organization, Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus, and Mr. Eduardo Conrado for their briefings, which clearly highlighted the issues at stake at today’s Security Council meeting.
Last June, at the initiative of the South Korean presiden…
I would like to begin by thanking Special Representative of the Secretary-General Mr. Haysom and Ms. Lorna for their briefings.
I would like to make three points.
First, France regrets that the elections were not held as planned. We therefore call on the Southern Sudanese authorities to assume the…
I would like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Martha Pobee for her briefing.
The report of the Secretary-General on the situation in Abyei (S/2024/740) makes clear the major effects of the conflict in the Sudan on the situation in Abyei. The conflict is undermining the political process, exacer…
I thank Mr. Khiari for his briefing.
On 30 October, North Korea launched an intercontinental ballistic missile. The missile is thought to have reached an altitude of more than 7,600 kilometres before crashing into the sea off the coast of Japan. France joins the Secretary-General in condemning the …
At the outset, I wish to welcome the first day of the British presidency of the Security Council.
Since 2004, the European Union (EU) has played a fundamental role in the stability and security of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the region through the European Union Military Operation in Bosnia and Herz…
France welcomes the adoption of resolution 2756 (2024), which renews the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) for a further year. Thanks to the resolution we have just adopted, MINURSO will be able to continue to play a key role in the stability of the…
I thank Mr. Ebo for his briefing.
We gathered here yesterday (see S/PV.9767) to discuss the worrisome increase in military cooperation between Russia and North Korea, and the violations of international law committed by those two countries to support a brutal, illegal and unjustifiable war of aggre…
At the outset, I wish to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Ms. Caroline Ziadeh, for her briefing. I welcome the presence among us of the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of Serbia, Mr. Marko Đurić, and of Kosovo, Ms. Donika Gërvalla-Schwarz.
There is an urgent need to move tow…
I thank Mr. Jenča for his briefing.
France has taken note of the statements about the deployment of North Korean troops in Russia, which would constitute an increase in North Korean support for Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine. The participation of North Korean soldiers in a war of aggres…
I thank Mr. Wennesland for his briefing.
The Security Council must take action to put an end to the regional escalation. There is an urgent need to establish an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza. That is the only way to put an end to the humanitarian disaster. All hostages must be released …
France aligns itself with the statement made on behalf of the European Union and its member States. My delegation would like to thank Judge Tomoko Akane for presenting this year’s annual report (see A/79/198) of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and to congratulate her on her appointment. Franc…
I thank Mr. Khiari for his briefing.
On 26 October, Israel launched air strikes on military sites in Iran. The strikes were carried out in response to Iran’s ballistic missile strikes on Israel on 1 October. It is crucial that the actors involved refrain from any
escalation or action that would fu…
