I thank the Secretary-General for his briefing and wish to reaffirm that he has France’s utmost support and confidence.
France condemns the ballistic missile attacks that Iran carried out yesterday against Israel. France is committed to Israel’s security and has mobilized its military resources in …
We thank the representatives of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) for their briefings.
The challenges posed by trafficking in persons off the Libyan coast are enormous. France, alongside its European Union …
France welcomes the unanimous adoption of resolution 2751 (2024). That resolution renews the mandate of the Multinational Security Support Mission in Haiti for one year. That support is essential to create the necessary security conditions for the holding of elections in 2025. What is at stake is br…
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, the Permanent Representative of Sierra Leone and Ms. Nzale Kove for their briefings. Allow me to focus on three points.
First, let us not allow the crisis in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to become a forgotten one. Ever…
I thank the Secretary-General for his briefing.
As President Emmanuel Macron told the General Assembly on Wednesday, there must be no war in Lebanon. We strongly call on Israel to stop its current escalation in Lebanon and on Hizbullah to stop firing into Israel.
Since the beginning of the week, I…
I would like to thank Slovenia for organizing this open debate. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General of the United Nations, the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Ms. Mirjana Spoljaric Egger, and President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf for their briefings.
It was essenti…
I decided to call this emergency meeting on behalf of France. The situation in Lebanon today threatens to reach a point of no return. We are now beyond escalation. Israeli strikes have killed too many people, and Hizbullah continues to target population centres in Israel. Since the beginning of the …
For two and a half years now, Ukraine, with admirable courage deserving of our gratitude, has been exercising its right to legitimate self-defence, a right that is unambiguously recognized in the Charter of the United Nations — a right to defend its freedom, its territory, its independence and its e…
We are gathered today to reaffirm our commitment to an ambitious, effective and representative multilateralism to face the challenges of the future. Many of us want to advance our multilateral system — a system based on respect for the rule of law and clear principles established after the Second Wo…
I would like to thank Mr. Pedersen and Mr. Rajasingham for their briefings.
Allow me to make three points.
At a time of acute crisis in the Middle East, the need for a credible political process that meets Syrians’ aspirations remains the only way to achieve a just and lasting peace. However, Dama…
I thank Ms. DiCarlo and Mr. Türk for their briefings, and I welcome the presence of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Lebanon at today’s meeting.
France is concerned following the explosions of telecommunication devices on 17 and 18 September in Lebanon. Indeed, the risk of open war and potential…
I thank Mr. Wennesland and Ms. Clark for their briefings.
Faced with the acceleration of settlement activity in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, the Security Council must react. France’s position is consistent: settlement activity is in contravention of international law, and we condemn it. France…
I would like to first thank the Representative of the Secretary-General, Ms. Roza Otunbayeva, and the Executive Director of UN-Women, Ms. Sima Sami Bahous, for their briefings. I would also like to thank Ms. Mina for very powerful testimony.
Three years after taking power by force, the Taliban have…
I would like to thank Ms. Martha Pobee, Assistant Secretary-General for Africa, and Ms. Joyce Msuya, Acting Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, for their briefings.
France remains extremely concerned about the situation in and around El Fasher. Clashes are exacerbating the already dir…
I would like to thank Ms. Sigrid Kaag for her briefing and especially for her tireless commitment on the ground. France supports her mandate and calls for the full and immediate implementation of resolutions 2712 (2023), 2720 (2023), 2728 (2024) and 2735 (2024).
I would like to stress on two points…
I thank Mrs. Nakamitsu for her briefing.
This is the nineteenth time that Russia has convened the Council to debate the role of Western
weapon supplies to Ukraine. It is no longer a surprise to anyone that Russia is distorting reality and trying to pass off Ukraine, a State under attack — and the …
First and foremost, I would like to thank Hans Grundberg, Joyce Msuya and Linda Al Obahi for their briefings on the situation in Yemen. I would also like to welcome the presence among us of the Permanent Representative of Yemen.
The Houthis must immediately cease their destabilizing activities in t…
France welcomes the unanimous adoption of resolution 2750 (2024) by the members of the Council.
On 19 August, the interim report of the Panel of Experts brought us up to date on important developments in the conflict in the El Fasher region and the catastrophic impact on the civilian population. Fr…
I thank Ms. Msuya for her briefing.
The Council has met more than 20 times regarding the humanitarian situation in Ukraine since Russia launched its illegal war of aggression on 24 February 2022, and this is the seventh time this year. Russia must, finally, comply with international humanitarian la…
I would like to thank Mr. Lacroix, Ms. Ero and Prince Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein for their briefings.
I would like to stress three points.
First, the success of peacekeeping depends on our ability to find political solutions. In order to foster the conditions to restore peace, the Security Council entr…
