France warmly welcomes the presence in our Council today of Mr. José María Aznar, Prime Minister of a friendly country. We are all the more pleased because Mr. Aznar has expressed his views on a subject that is
crucial not only to Spain, but to the entire international community.
Spain, which has …
I wish to thank the Mexican delegation for organizing today’s meeting, which I believe to be very useful and timely. We have been delighted to welcome the Secretary-General and the Presidents of the General Assembly and of the Economic and Social Council. They have made important contributions to ou…
Allow me in turn to thank Mr. Hédi Annabi for his briefing, which supplements the Secretary-General’s report.
Our common goal is to ensure that progress should continue towards achieving a democratic and multi-ethnic Kosovo that is a source of stability in the region. In that respect, while we supp…
I would like to thank the Mexican presidency for having organized this open meeting.
I need hardly reiterate the usefulness of these thematic meetings to discuss substantive matters. France fully associates itself with the statement made this morning by Mr. Ioannis Magriotis on behalf of the Europe…
Allow me in turn to convey our gratitude to Mr. Morris for his extremely interesting statement, which I believe both contained highly significant data and figures and communicated a sense of the human experience.
We, too, attach the greatest of importance to the question of the food crisis in Afric…
As this is the first occasion this month on which my delegation has taken the floor in the Council, I should like to congratulate you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency. We are pleased to see you presiding over our work; we are confident that we are in good hands.
I should also like to take…
I should like to thank Mr. Danilo Türk for his briefing and to state that developments in Bougainville give us cause for optimism. Yesterday’s enemies have decided to settle their differences through peaceful means and to prepare for their future together.
We have noted the progress that has been m…
I welcome the presence of the Secretary-General, who had warned us about these problems and who supported us throughout the discussions, reminding us, time and again, of the emergency nature of our work so we would arrive at an agreement on the text as soon as possible.
The French delegation is gra…
We are meeting here today, just a few hours before hostilities begin, to exchange our opinions once again in observance of our respective commitments, but also to outline together the path that must allow us to recover the spirit of unity.
I wish to reiterate here that for France, war can only be a…
I wish in my turn to thank Mr. Guéhenno for his very comprehensive briefing.
I also offer our condolences to the Republic of Korea for the loss of five of its peacekeepers attached to the United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor (UNMISET).
We have considered the Secretary-General’s report w…
First of all, I would like to begin by saying how pleased France is that the Security Council is being presided over on this decisive day by Guinea, an African country.
I would like to thank Mr. Blix and Mr. ElBaradei for the presentation they have just made. Their reports testify to the regular pr…
Like my colleagues, I wish to thank State Secretary Hans Dalhgren for his presentation of the results of the Stockholm Process. I wish also to thank Mr. Danilo Türk for the remarks he made.
Allow me briefly to make a few comments. First, we welcome the way in which the debate on targeted sanctions …
I thank Mr. Guéhenno and Ambassadors Braun and
Nishimura for their briefings. And I thank the German presidency for this excellent initiative. The role of Germany and Japan, as lead nations for police and for disarmament, demobilization and reintegration, is very notable. Security and the strengthe…
I would like to thank Mr. Blix and Mr. ElBaradei for the information they have just given us on the ongoing inspections in Iraq. I would like to reiterate to them France’s confidence in and complete support for their work.
One knows the value France has placed on the unity of the Security Council f…
I thank Mr. Vieira de Mello for his visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 12 to 15 January and for having come here to present us with his conclusions. I also thank Mr. Guéhenno for his briefing.
The information conveyed to us by Mr. Vieira de Mello is extremely disturbing, in particul…
I wish, of course, to begin by thanking Mr. Steiner for his briefing, which supplemented the comprehensive report of the Secretary-General. I also welcome the presence of the Secretary-General among us at the beginning of this meeting.
These various elements give the Council a clear picture of the …
At the outset, France wishes to reiterate our condolences to our American friends with regard to the terrible tragedy that occurred with the space shuttle Columbia.
I congratulate the German presidency of the Security Council on having organized this meeting, and I thank Colin Powell, Secretary of …
In adopting resolution 1447 (2002) on 4 December, the Security Council committed itself to doing everything possible to review the contents of the Goods Review List, as well as the procedures for its implementation within 30 days. Today the Council has achieved this.
To our way of thinking, more ti…
France has lent its support to the draft resolution presented by Syria on behalf of the Arab group. While humanitarian personnel have paid a heavy price due to disproportionate violence, it was indeed quite natural for the Security Council to condemn the actions of those who bear the responsibility …
I wish at the outset warmly to thank the Colombian presidency, through you, Madam, for having taken the initiative of convening today’s public debate on the protection of civilians in armed conflict. I should like also to thank the Secretary-General for his very detailed report, which provides us wi…
