Mr. President, it is on your initiative that today the General Assembly is once again conducting, as it has done in recent years, the debate on equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council and related matters. Our delegation understands that your initiative has …
I think we have nothing to add to the picture of the situation painted by Mr. Miyet. We know the situation is bleak. There have been ceasefire violations recently. Some time ago a report from the International Committee of the Red
So we are more or less silent witnesses to a situation that we all k…
I thank the United Kingdom delegation for organizing this discussion during its presidency of the Council.
There is no single prescription for all the crises and conflicts in Africa. But we can draw some conclusions and learn some lessons from our experiences.
On the other hand, States that have t…
I wish at the outset to thank Under-Secretary-General Miyet for his oral briefing and the Secretary-General for his report.
However, like most delegations that have spoken before us, France deplores and condemns the ceasefire violations that have occurred since July and the numerous ongoing human r…
It is my honour to introduce draft resolution A/54/L.37, on multilingualism, which was circulated on 1 December. The draft resolution is based on resolution 52/23 of 25 November 1997, which the General Assembly adopted by consensus.
I should like to announce that the following countries have joined…
One representative has explained that he did not understand how one could fail to take a position on such a resolution.
I feel that it is easy to understand in hearing the dilemma described by that representative in expressing his delegation’s interest in humanitarian considerations and in obtainin…
The draft resolution before the Council relates to the renewal of
The text before us would extend the provisions of the resolution for seven days. Such a short seven-day extension would make it technically impossible to sell oil and, therefore, fully to implement resolution 986 (1995). The minimum …
Mr. President, your initiative to organize today’s open debate on the role of the Security Council in the prevention of armed conflict is a most welcome and timely one. I wish also to thank the Secretary-General for having opened our discussion. His statement reflected his wise conception of his rol…
The delegation of France would like to draw the attention of the Secretariat to the fact that the content of the French-language version of draft resolutions A/54/L.28, L.31 and L.32 on “Oceans and the law of the sea” differs in several respects from that of the English original. The French delegati…
The Council is about to adopt a draft resolution extending the sixth phase of the humanitarian arrangements in Iraq, established by resolution 986 (1995), for a period of 15 days. We hope that the members of the Council will make good use of this period of time in order to make progress in the discu…
The French delegation fully associates itself with the statement made on behalf of the European Union. The draft resolution on assistance in mine action, introduced by the representative of Finland in the Presidency of the European Union, attests to the dedication of the 15 Union members to the Otta…
Although we have just been talking about la Francophonie, unfortunately I am going to have to read this text in the language of Shakespeare. I trust this will be overlooked.
So, the text begins: “Also commends the Director General of the Agency and his staff for their strenuous efforts to implement…
A group of Member States concerned by operative paragraph 9 of the draft resolution has held discussions and agreed that we can accept the new version of operative paragraph 9, which takes fully into account the text in GC(43)/RES/22, adopted by the General Conference of the International Atomic Ene…
The delegation of France wishes to welcome your presence here today, Sir, to preside over this formal meeting of the Security Council. I wish to thank you for having reflected the views of the members of the Security Council in expressing our condolences to the families of those members of the World…
I have the honour of introducing today the draft resolution entitled “Cooperation between the United Nations and the International Organization of la Francophonie”. This draft resolution demonstrates the intensification of cooperation that began several years ago and that has continued to develop, i…
The situation in Burundi is difficult. Mr. Fall's statement was instructive. We should like to thank him for his account of the situation, which, once again, was as precise as it was rigorous.
The death of the Facilitator of the Arusha peace process, Julius Nyerere, has brought about a period of un…
I am pleased to address the General Assembly on behalf of the French delegation on the agenda item entitled “Cooperation between the United Nations and the Inter-Parliamentary Union”. My delegation welcomes the report of the Secretary-General submitted pursuant to resolution 53/13 of 28 October 1998…
The draft resolution that we are about to adopt provides for the creation of a United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET). This is an essential step; those who initiated it should be congratulated. We also congratulate the Governments of Portugal and of Indonesia, the countrie…
The signing in Lomé on 7 July 1999 of a peace agreement between the legitimate Government of Sierra Leone and the rebels of the Revolutionary United Front set in motion a dynamic for a return to peace after nine years of a particularly cruel civil conflict. We all remember the testimony of those who…
Acts of terrorism can constitute a threat to international peace and security. This is recalled in the draft resolution submitted today at your initiative, Mr. President, for a vote by the Council. And this is what the General Assembly solemnly affirmed in 1994 in the Declaration on Measures to Elim…
