I, too, would like to warmly welcome to this Chamber the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Somalia, Mr. Yusuf Hassan Ibrahim. I would also like to thank him for the information that he gave us during the closed meeting. Rest assured, Mr. Minister, that it is very useful to us.
The Transitional Nation…
I wish at the outset to welcome you personally, Sir, to the Security Council on the occasion of this important debate and to thank Norway and Ambassador Ole Peter Kolby for having led and organized the recent mission of members of the Security Council to Ethiopia and Eritrea at a particularly timely…
It is an honour to have you, Sir, presiding over our meeting today, and I would like to express our gratitude.
The Secretary-General set the tone for our meeting with his clear and realistic statement. France is particularly pleased at the joint participation in our meeting of the High Representati…
France associates itself fully with the statement that will be made shortly on behalf of the European Union by the Permanent Representative of Spain.
First of all, I should like to thank you, Mr. President, for having organized this public debate on the situation in the Middle East, in response to …
First, a technical point. In operative paragraph 9 of the French version of the text of the draft resolution, the words “Dag Hammarskjöld” must be deleted, so that the texts are exactly the same in all the official languages.
I believe that today is an important and happy day for the Assembly. We a…
I consider this discussion to be very useful, thanks to the briefing provided by the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) through Mr. Oshima. From the information provided by Vice-Minister Chikoti, we know that the humanitarian situation in Angola is extremely alarming; hence t…
I should like to thank the High Commissioner for Refugees for his briefing.
With respect to his opening remarks on the fight against terrorism, which he said must in no way compromise international protection of the right to asylum, I have nothing to add. I believe that we agree with them word for …
I would like to thank you, Sir, for the excellent way that you have presided over the Council in the month of January. I would also like to bid farewell, but not adieu, to our colleague, Ambassador Shen. Goodbye. We are certain we shall see you again.
Ambassador Levitte would have liked to be able …
I was just saying to my neighbour and friend, Ambassador Franco, that he took the words right out of my mouth. I
wanted to congratulate you, Mr. President, for having organized this morning two debates that are two important symbols of the role that the United Nations can play in helping peoples in…
First of all, I would like to thank Under-Secretary-General Jean-Marie Guéhenno for the information he has given us about the situation in Kosovo and the prospects there. Like others, I would like to pay tribute to Mr. Hans Haekkerup for the real successes he achieved in the last year. France welcom…
I would like to thank and congratulate you, Mr. President, for organizing this debate today. We are very happy that this debate is taking place under the Malian presidency. President Konaré, Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), is one of the sages of Africa today. He h…
As each day passes, the Middle East is drawn deeper and deeper into a tragic cycle of violence, terrorism and destruction, the victims of which are the civilian Palestinian and Israeli populations.
Given the extreme gravity of the situation, the heads of State and Government of the European Union, …
I should like, on behalf of France, to extend a very warm welcome to the ministers who have gratified and honoured us by their presence today in the Chamber to take part in a discussion the importance of which we all appreciate.
I wish to associate myself with the statement that the Permanent Repre…
I wish to convey my best wishes to the delegation of Mali at this first public meeting for the month of December — one that promises to be busy, given the current international situation. We have no doubt, Sir, that the Council will be successful thanks to your wise guidance.
I should like also to …
France will not say farewell to you as in the song, Madam President, as you certainly will remain here with us beyond the month of your presidency. As other speakers have already said, your mark, and that of your country, on the work of the Security Council and the United Nations extends beyond the …
We thank Judge Pillay, Judge Jorda and Ms. Del Ponte for their briefings. I wish to comment on both the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR).
With respect to the ICTY, we thank Judge Jorda for reminding us of the …
As in previous years, my delegation voted in favour of draft resolution A/56/L.12. However, my delegation would like to recall certain reservations that it continues to have on the general concept of the zone of peace. These reservations are related to uncertainties regarding the geographical limits…
I wish to thank Mr. Kenzo Oshima for the briefing he gave us on the implementation of the Secretary-General’s recommendations on the important issue of protecting civilians in armed conflict.
With your permission, Madam President, I would like to pick up on a few points mentioned in the excellent l…
The ongoing Angolan conflict, after 26 years of civil war, is a matter of deep concern for France.
The establishment of a lasting peace in Angola appears to be a distant aim, since the hopes of reaching a final settlement of the conflict have not materialized. The refusal of Jonas Savimbi to comply…
I wish at the outset to pay tribute to the statement made and outstanding work done by Mr. Brahimi, which will be even more important and decisive in coming days.
My first comment refers to the fact that, even if we have questions about the follow-up, the essential thing is that we are starting to …
