I would like to thank former Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Special Representative Gamba de Potgieter, the Deputy Executive Director of UNICEF and our child briefer for their briefings.
Children are the first victims of war, and the Secretary-General’s annual report (S/2024/384) reminds us of the n…
I thank Ms. Rochdi and Mr. Rajasingham for their briefings.
Only a political solution based on the implementation of resolution 2254 (2015), in all its aspects, will make it possible to achieve a just and lasting peace in Syria. The continued increase in tensions, the resurgence of Da’esh and the b…
I thank Mr. Wennesland for his briefing and assure him of France’s full support.
In adopting resolution 2735 (2024), the Security Council demanded that Hamas accept, as Israel did, the United States peace plan, and urged both parties to implement its provisions fully, without any delay or condition…
I would like to thank Ms. DiCarlo and the Facilitator for the implementation of resolution 2231 (2015) for their briefings.
For more than five years, Iran has violated its commitments under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. Over the past six months, those violations have continued and worsene…
I thank the Special Representatives, Mr. James Swan and Mr. Mohamed El-Amine Souef, for their briefings, and I welcome the presence of the representative of Somalia this morning.
I congratulate Somalia on its election to the Security Council for the 2025–2026 term. France looks forward to collabora…
I would like to thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Roza Otunbayeva, Ms. Lisa Doughten and Ms. Manizha Wafeq for their briefings.
For the past 1,000-plus days more than 1.5 million girls have been unable to go to school in Afghanistan. In addition to that grim figure, which will h…
I thank the Secretary-General, Mr. Duguin and Ms. Ifeanyi-
Ajufo for their briefings, and I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this debate.
The expansion of information and communication technologies is contributing to progress and to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. Neve…
I thank the Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Ms. Stephanie Koury, for her statement, and I welcome the presence of the representative of Libya this morning.
First of all, I welcome the consultations that Ms. Stephanie Koury was able to hold with all Libyan stakeholders. Franc…
I also would like to thank Ms. Martha Pobee, Ms. Edem Wosornu and Ms. Limiaa Ahmed for their statements and welcome the presence of the representative of the Sudan this morning.
France is extremely concerned by the fighting around and in the town of El Fasher in North Darfur. The military operation…
I thank Ms. DiCarlo for her briefing.
France welcomes the holding of the high-level conference for peace in Ukraine last weekend at
Bürgenstock, Switzerland. Approximately 100 countries met to define together the foundations of what a just and lasting peace should be. The international community w…
I would like to thank Ms. Alice Nderitu, Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide, for her briefing.
Hate speech that promotes or justifies hatred, violence or discrimination on any grounds whatsoever is unacceptable and is therefore prohibited by international law. To…
I thank Mrs. Nakamitsu for her briefing.
This is the sixteenth time that Russia has requested a meeting on Western arms deliveries to Ukraine. In the face of the disaster it has triggered, Russia’s only response is a new attempt to shift its own responsibility back to others. Western weapons are no…
I thank Mr. Hans Grundberg and Ms. Edem Wosornu for their briefings. I would also like to welcome the presence among us of the Permanent Representative of Yemen.
France strongly condemns the Houthis’ recent detention of United Nations personnel and the personnel of international and national non-go…
I would first like to join my colleagues is presenting France’s sincere condolences to the people of Malawi.
I thank the High Commissioner, Mr. Türk, and the Special Rapporteur, Ms. Salmón, for their very insightful briefings on the situation in North Korea. I also thank Mr. Kim for his testimony a…
I wish to thank High Representative Izumi Nakamitsu for her briefing.
We are meeting once again to note the lack of real progress towards the elimination of Syria’s chemical weapons programme. It has been more than 10 years since the Syrian Arab Republic joined the Chemical Weapons Convention, yet …
I thank the President of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, Ms. Graciela Gatti Santana, and the Chief Prosecutor, Mr. Serge Brammertz, for their briefings.
France reiterates its commitment to combating impunity and preserving the legacy of the International Tribunal for th…
I thank the Special Representative for his briefing. I also thank the President of the Commission of the Economic Community of Central African States.
I welcome the efforts made by the Special Representative and the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA) to build peace in Central…
France welcomes the adoption of this resolution (resolution 2734 (2024)) renewing the mandate of the Monitoring Team established under resolution 1267 (1999) and the provisions relating to the Ombudsperson. We thank the United States for leading the negotiations.
The terrorism of Da’esh and Al-Qaid…
I thank Ms. Joyce Msuya for her briefing.
France requested this meeting as Russian strikes against Kharkiv and the region intensify. On 19 May, an air strike targeted a recreational area in the village of Cherkaska Lozova, killing six people and injuring at least 27. On 25 May, Russia targeted a sh…
Allow me to congratulate Mozambique for its effective stewardship of our work during its presidency in May. I also take this opportunity to assure you, Mr. President, of France’s full support during your presidency this month.
I would like to thank the Acting Special Adviser, Ms. Ana Peyró Llopis, …
