France is alarmed by the increase in tensions and the risk of a significant regional conflagration in the Near East and the Middle East. We call for the greatest possible responsibility and restraint to avoid a regional conflagration. Iran must stop supporting destabilizing actors and exercise and c…
The penholder strove to conduct inclusive negotiations and to take into account the positions of each Member State. In that regard, we thank all the members of the Council, who engaged constructively in the discussions to achieve a balanced text (S/2024/576). We welcome the excellent coordination wi…
I thank Deputy Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) and the Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for their briefings.
The deterioration in the situation in Gaza has continued unabated for 10 months. There is an urgent ne…
I thank Mr. Ebo for his briefing.
A few days ago, Russia invited Member States to discuss multilateral cooperation with a view to a more just and sustainable world order (see S/PV.9686). Many were surprised by that initiative, at a time when Russia is undermining the foundations of our multilateral…
I thank Mr. Grundberg and Ms. Msuya for their briefings. I also welcome the presence at today’s meeting of the Permanent Representative of Yemen.
As we underscored yesterday (see S/PV.9691), the Houthis must immediately cease their destabilizing activities in the region, which are unacceptable. Fra…
I would like to thank Mr. Pedersen and Mr. Rajasingham for their briefings.
Only a political solution based on resolution 2254 (2015) can make it possible to achieve a just peace in Syria. France supports Mr. Pedersen’s efforts and his step-for-step approach. The regime must cease its persistent ob…
I thank Ms. DiCarlo and Major General Beary for their briefings.
The Council is meeting urgently following the drone attack that targeted Tel Aviv on the night of 18 to 19 July. France strongly condemns that attack,
which was claimed by the Houthis. We reaffirm our commitment to regional stability…
I thank Ms. Spehar and the Secretaries-General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and the Commonwealth of Independent States for their briefings.
Regional cooperation organizations can make a decisive contribution to maintaining international peace…
The most recent developments in the Near and Middle East remind us of the urgent need to halt the current escalation. In Gaza, as French President Emmanuel
Macron has said, there is an urgent need to reach an agreement on a ceasefire that guarantees the protection of all civilians, unhindered human…
After the Second World War, the Charter of the United Nations established an international order in the service of peace, based on the sovereign equality of States, respect for international law, the non-use of force and the peaceful settlement of disputes. It entrusted the Security Council with the…
I would like to thank the Special Representative for his statement.
The past six months have been marked by the many ongoing challenges in West Africa and the Sahel, first and foremost, the dominant role played by terrorism. France is particularly concerned about the incessant attacks, which affect…
I would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for his statement. I welcome the presence among us of President Gustavo Petro Urrego and Mr. Diego Tovar, signatory of the Final Agreement for Ending the Conflict and Building a Stable and Lasting Peace and former combatant of…
I would like to thank Ms. Msuya and Mr. Zhovnir for their briefings.
On Monday, 8 July, Russia carried out massive strikes against a number of civilian targets in Ukraine. Russian missiles hit the Okhmatdyt children’s hospital, where children are treated for serious diseases, including cancer. Anot…
I thank Ms. Keita for her briefing and assure her once again of France’s full support.
I have several points to make.
France is deeply concerned by the ongoing escalation of violence in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. That violence is fuelling the crisis and violations of interna…
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary- General, Ms. María Isabel Salvador, for her briefing, and I welcome the presence of the Prime Minister of Haiti.
France welcomes the arrival in Port-au-Prince of the first contingent of Kenyan police officers. That is an initial step in the deplo…
I would like to thank Ms. Kaag for her briefing. I once again pledge France’s full support and call for the full implementation of resolutions 2712 (2023), 2720 (2023), 2728 (2024) and 2735 (2024).
Ms. Kaag’s briefing confirms the catastrophic nature of the situation in Gaza, with no glimmer of hop…
I thank Mrs. Nakamitsu and Mr. Leff for their briefings.
For months now, we have seen increasing and overwhelming evidence of arms transfers between Russia and North Korea, in violation of Security Council resolutions. Last September, during Kim Jong Un’s visit to Russia, military equipment, includ…
I thank you, Mr President, for giving me the floor. Like the previous speakers, I wanted to express my clear disagreement with the statement by the Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation and my clear support for your proposal to invite Ukraine and the European Union to participate in thi…
France congratulates the United Kingdom on having led the negotiations and welcomes the renewal of the mandate of the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) and the United Nations Support Office in Somalia until 12 August.
A few months from ATMIS’s departure, France would like to under…
I would like to thank the Special Representative for her briefing and to reiterate France’s full support. I also welcome
the presence among us of the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Francophonie and Central Africans Abroad of the Central African Republic.
France welcomes the efforts deployed by the …
