France would like to thank the United States for its efforts to arrive at a text that takes into account the positions of all the members of the Security Council as well as the expectations of Iraq. The unanimous adoption of this resolution (resolution 2732 (2024)), which we welcome, is an illustrat…
I would like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Khiari for his briefing.
On 27 May, North Korea attempted to launch another military reconnaissance satellite. Last November, after two unsuccessful attempts, it succeeded in placing a satellite of that type into orbit. As the Secretary- General did…
I would like to thank Mr. Grandi for his briefing, and above all for his work at the helm of the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
This year, 2024, has been marked by crises that are driving millions of people to flee fighting, persecution or the consequences of f…
I would like to thank Mr. Pedersen and Mr. Griffiths for their briefings. I would also like to pay a heartfelt tribute to Mr. Griffiths for all that he has done on the Syrian dossier and, more generally, for his extraordinary
contribution to the activities of the United Nations in recent years. All…
I would like to thank Tor Wennesland for his briefing, and I once again pledge France’s full support.
France calls for an immediate ceasefire and reiterates its opposition to the current Israeli military operation in Rafah, which has led to the displacement of hundreds of thousands of civilians. Th…
I would like to thank Ms. DiCarlo, Ms. Bahous, Ms. Diouf and Mr. Paullier Olivera for their briefings.
France thanks Mozambique for organizing this debate. It is an opportunity to examine peacebuilding from a perspective that considers both the women and peace and security agenda and the youth, pea…
I would like to thank the Secretary-General of the United Nations, the African Union Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security, and the Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission for their statements.
I would like to emphasize two points.
First, France calls for strengthening the capacitie…
I would like to thank the Special Adviser, the Assistant-Secretary-General, the President of the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Executive Director of the Center for Civilians in Conflict for their briefings.
This year marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of resolution 1265 (1999), t…
France voted against the draft resolution (S/2024/383) submitted today.
We deplore the obstructive method used by Russia, who clearly sought only to divide the Council and place the responsibility for the failure of this draft text without genuinely supporting its objectives. France’s vote today re…
It will have escaped no one’s notice that the Security Council’s handling of the Ukrainian dossier is now marked by alternating meetings focused on Russia’s attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure in Ukraine and meetings that could be described as retaliatory, where Russia accuses the inter…
I thank Mr. Tor Wennesland and Ms. Wosornu for their briefings.
France is deeply concerned about the humanitarian situation in Rafah, which continues to worsen. I have three points to make today.
As President Emmanuel Macron of France has conveyed to Prime Minister Netanyahu on several occasions, …
I thank the Special Representative for her briefing. I welcome the presence among us this morning of the representatives of Iraq and Kuwait.
France welcomes the Iraqi Government’s efforts to accomplish the reforms expected by the Iraqi people. It encourages Iraq to pursue its efforts to diversify i…
I thank High Representative Christian Schmidt for his briefing, and I welcome the presence, in this morning’s meeting, of the Chairman of the collegial Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as the representatives of the European Union, Serbia and Croatia.
The situation in Bosnia and Herzego…
On behalf of the French delegation, I would like to thank Prosecutor Karim Khan for presenting to the Security Council the twenty-seventh report of the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011), and for his road map towards the completion of the…
I would like to thank Ms. Doughten and Ms. Howarth for their briefings.
For more than 800 days now, Russia has persisted in its war of aggression against Ukraine, in violation of international law and the Charter of the United Nations. Russia is continuing to violate international humanitarian law …
I would like to thank Mr. Grundberg and Mr. Griffiths for their briefings, and to join my colleagues in saluting the commitment of Martin Griffiths throughout his missions as Under-Secretary- General for Humanitarian Affairs. We thank him for his unwavering commitment in the service of peace and the…
I would like to thank Jean-Pierre Lacroix and Hanna Tetteh for their briefings, and I welcome the presence of the representatives of the Sudan and South Sudan at today’s meeting.
I would like to emphasize four points.
First, the conflict in the Sudan is hampering a political settlement on the fina…
France deplores Russia’s veto of draft resolution S/2024/302, on outer space, which the United States and Japan had submitted to the Security Council. France is one of the 13 members of the Council that voted in favour of the
draft. It is one of the 65 States from all regional groups that chose to …
France voted in favour of draft resolution S/2024/312, submitted by Algeria, proposing the admission of Palestine to the United Nations, because we are in favour of upgrading the status of Palestine at the United Nations and its admission as a full Member. We believe that it is time to reach a compr…
By way of preliminary remarks, France notes that the modality of today’s meeting is unusual. Russia has convened an emergency meeting and has painted a picture of a Bosnia and Herzegovina on the brink of collapse. France does not share that dramatic assessment of the situation, even if we find the a…
