The French delegation supports draft resolution S/1997/823, on which the Council will soon vote. The present status of the Angolan peace process justifies the Security Council following the recommendations of the Secretary-General on extending the mandate of the United Nations Observer Mission in An…
Like all the members of the Security Council we are motivated by the desire to see Iraq discharge its obligations in regard to the resolutions of the Security Council and, with this end in mind, by the wish to strengthen our support for the work of the Special Commission, and to make sure that the c…
Two years ago the General Assembly adopted without a vote resolution 50/3, entitled “Cooperation between the United Nations and the Agency for Cultural and Technical Cooperation”.
I have the honour, on behalf of the francophone group in New York, to submit another draft resolution under this agenda…
The delegation of France will vote in favour of the draft resolution on Sierra Leone that is before the Security Council.
The draft expresses the support of the United Nations for the efforts of the members of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to bring about, through negotiatio…
Our Council has regularly convened to discuss Africa, but all too often we are urgently looking for solutions to crises. So it is an excellent idea to have a substantive debate on the problems of peace and development on the African continent. No other international body can do so with the same legi…
May I first say, Sir, how pleased my country is at your election as President of the fifty-second session of the United Nations General Assembly. I should also like to say to the Secretary-General that France welcomes the action he has already taken and assure him that he has our support and confide…
My comments are not related to the issue raised by the two previous speakers, but to the fact that, with regard to paragraph 51 of the version of the text from which I am working, the text distributed to us is incomplete. It contains the allocation of items for plenary meetings, First Committee and …
The French delegation supports the draft resolution that is to be put to the vote.
On 30 June the Security Council adopted Security Council resolution 1118 (1997), which established the United Nations Observer Mission in Angola. In taking that decision, the members of the Council acknowledged the p…
France has a dual interest in today’s assessment of the work of the multinational protection force in Albania: as a member of the Security Council and as a State participant in the force.
We should recall the circumstances in which the force was established: Albania was in the grip of grave interna…
France will support the draft resolution before us. We would like to pay tribute to the efforts made by several African countries to help the Government of the Central African Republic peacefully to resolve a crisis situation. We would like to thank the African sponsors of this draft resolution, and…
Today the General Assembly is being called upon to extend the mandate of the International Civilian Mission in Haiti to 31 December 1997.
At the end of last year, financial considerations led the General Assembly to decide to extend the mandate of the Civilian Mission only through the first seven m…
The establishment of a public force that respects the law is an essential element of Haiti’s transition to democracy. To that end, the United Nations has supported the action of the Haitian Government.
This was made possible by the establishment of the United Nations Mission in Haiti and subsequent…
The French delegation will support the draft resolution we are about to vote on, which will establish the United Nations Observer Mission in Angola (MONUA). The draft is explicit regarding recent developments in the situation in Angola and the goal of the new Mission. For that reason, the French del…
We are grateful to the Republic of Korea and to you, Sir, for having convened this timely debate, which is taking place at a time when humanitarian concerns resulting from recent crises are growing increasingly acute.
Mr. President, you have convened this meeting to discuss the item entitled “Prote…
A year ago, during the last open Security Council debate on Somalia, the situation in that country seemed heartbreaking. The reconciliation process was a dead letter, the nation was coming apart, the humanitarian situation was deteriorating daily. We wondered whether the international community coul…
The French delegation will certainly support the draft resolution that will be put to the vote to extend the mandate of the United Nations Angola Verification Mission (UNAVEM III) until 30 June 1997. When resolution 1098 (1997) was adopted in February, our delegation expressed its concern about the …
The Security Council, in resolution 1076 (1996), and the General Assembly, in resolution 51/195, expressed the
The latest report of the Secretary-General refers to the tireless efforts of the United Nations Special Mission to achieve a ceasefire. It also points out that humanitarian assistance has …
France will vote in favour of the draft resolution before the Council. This text seeks to extend, we hope for the last time, the mandate of the United Nations Observer Mission in Liberia (UNOMIL) until 30 June 1997.
We owe these positive results to the tireless efforts of the countries members of t…
The French delegation worked with others to find a consensus solution, so that we could issue a unanimous decision on a situation which, in everyone’s view, warranted a reaction by the Security Council. It was not possible to achieve that consensus, which we regret.
We consider that the Security Co…
I would first like to welcome Mr. Carneiro, Vice-Minister without Portfolio of Angola, and also the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Beye, whom I would also like to commend for his talent and dedication through these difficult years.
Two years ago, in February 1995, the Council,…
