The Security Council has for the second time in its history established an international tribunal for the prosecution, judgement and punishment of persons who have engaged in acts so serious that they are repugnant to the conscience of mankind and have led those bodies that have the authority to do …
Today the Council is once again debating the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is, however, doing so in a new context. Indeed, in recent months the peace efforts have led to significant results that we need to consolidate and enhance.
The peace plan presented to the parties by the Contact Gro…
Madam President, my delegation is pleased to see you in charge of the business of the Security Council in this month of November. The Council is in good hands, just as it was last month under the effective and wise guidance of the Ambassador of the United Nations, whom we thank very sincerely.
My d…
At the previous meeting a presidential statement was read out announcing the Security Council’s intention to stay on the course it adopted in its decision of 3 May 1994. The approach contained in that decision was clarity in defining Security Council procedures and flexibility in the exchanges of in…
My delegation voted in favour of resolution 952 (1994), which extends the mandate of the United Nations Angola Verification Mission (UNAVEM II) until 8 December 1994.
This extension is a special one. After the delays and the slow pace noted by the Security Council in the peace negotiations between …
France wishes to endorse the statement made by the representative of Germany on behalf of the European Union and, in particular, to associate itself with the tribute that he paid to Ambassador Kjellén and to the secretariat of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for their tireless efforts to…
France voted in favour of extending the mandate of the United Nations Observer Mission in Liberia (UNOMIL)
However, this extension has been limited to the time deemed necessary finally to secure implementation of a peace process in Liberia. We must not forget that it is in the first instance up to …
On 8 December 1989, the General Assembly, in resolution 44/82, proclaimed 1994 the International Year of the Family, thus reaffirming its desire to give social questions the place that the 1945 Charter had reserved for them; ideological confrontations and the search for social progress solely throug…
I wish first to welcome the presence among us today of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Mr. Andrei Kozyrev, and the Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq, Mr. Tariq Aziz.
The crisis caused by the latest Iraqi initiatives has seriously jeopardized the progress achieved in recent m…
Mr. President, the French delegation would like to express to you its pleasure at seeing you leading the work of the Council for this month with your well-known skill. I should also like to tell the Ambassador of Spain how grateful we are to him for the manner in which he performed his duties as Pre…
The deployment of Iraqi troops towards the Kuwaiti border was a deplorable development to which it was proper for the Security Council to react as it did. The Iraqi action, which contradicted the assurances of cooperation offered over the last few months, made it necessary for the Security Council t…
We have now come to the end of a year of intensive discussions in the Assembly’s Open-ended Working Group on the Question of Equitable Representation on and Increase in the Membership of the Security Council. This year of difficult discussions was, we believe, useful, even if it has not yet resulted…
France has voted in favour of this technical resolution extending the mandate of UNOSOM until 31 October 1994. My country is aware that the lack of progress towards a political solution and the impotence of that force at this time justify a genuine, thorough debate in the Security Council - a debate…
It was with a feeling of hope that my delegation voted in favour of this resolution by which the Council decided to lift the sanctions against Haiti on the very day following the return of President Aristide. I am pleased that this resolution was co-sponsored by the legal Government of Haiti.
I rec…
I should like to thank the Secretary of State of the United States for the very precise account he has given us of the deployment of the multinational force that was authorized under Security Council resolution 940 (1994). As the Council is aware, France voted unhesitatingly for that resolution beca…
France is especially pleased, Mr. President, to see the General Assembly meeting under your authority. At the end of a year marked by the passing of an extraordinary statesman, President Houphouët-Boigny, your election has given the international community another occasion to stop and think about th…
The adoption of the three draft resolutions before the Council could mark a turning-point in the handling of the Yugoslav crisis. Indeed, in these three decisions, the Council, we hope, will be taking note of a basic change
It is quite natural that the draft resolutions which we will be adopting co…
Once again today the Security Council is meeting on the question of Haiti. It has just adopted an important resolution that authorizes, in a first phase, the establishment of a multinational force mandated to facilitate the departure from Haiti of the rebel military authorities as provided for in th…
France supports unreservedly the statement just made by the presidency of the European Union, which fully reflects our position. We should like to pay a
France also recognizes the exceptionally positive contribution of all the States that took part in the negotiations and the conclusion of the Agre…
My delegation is particularly satisfied that our Council today was able to adopt resolution 937 (1994), which strengthens the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) and expands its mandate. This resolution, which for the first time establishes cooperation between the United Nations and …
