I thank Mr. Jenča and Ms. Wosornu for their briefings.
For two years now, since the beginning of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, Russia has been violating international law and international humanitarian law on a daily basis. On the nights of 21 and 28 March, Russia deliberately targete…
I too would like to thank Mr. Carlos Ruiz Massieu, Special Representative of the Secretary- General and Head of the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia, and Ms. Marcela Sánchez Buitrago for their briefings. I would also like to welcome the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Colombia, Mr. Lu…
France regrets Russia and China’s exercise of their right to veto the draft resolution submitted by the United States on 22 March (S/2024/239). The situation in Gaza requires that the Security Council be able to clearly state its demands on every aspect of the crisis, humanitarian, security and poli…
I would like to thank Mr Rajasingham and Ms. Soeripto for their briefings.
France condemned Israel’s strike which resulted in the death of seven non-governmental organization World Central Kitchen humanitarian workers. We have asked the Israeli authorities to conduct an in-depth investigation and p…
I would like to thank Khaled Khiari and Lisa Doughten for their briefings.
France is deeply concerned by the ongoing violence and atrocities committed by the junta in Burma against the population. The regime that arose from the coup d’état continues to massacre civilians. The junta’s indiscriminate…
I thank the Special Representative, the Deputy Executive Director of UNICEF and Ms. Niger-Thomas for their statements.
Children are the main civilian victims of armed conflict. France is deeply concerned by the serious violations against them and the denial of humanitarian assistance that they endu…
I would first like to congratulate you, Madam President, on assuming the presidency of the Security Council and to thank the delegation of Japan for its work throughout the month of March. I would also like to thank Mr. Khiari for his briefing.
Yesterday’s strikes in Damascus come amid a continuing…
The draft resolution that was just rejected (S/2024/255) had a simple goal, namely, to renew for one year the mandate of the Panel of Experts of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1718 (2006). France supported that draft resolution because the role of the Panel of Expe…
I will be very brief. I would first like to say that, regarding Kosovo, I completely agree with the opinion of the First Deputy Permanent Representative of Russia, which is that the subject is still on the agenda. The best proof of that is that a meeting is scheduled for April under the Maltese pres…
At the outset, I simply wish to indicate that my delegation would like the provisional agenda for this meeting to be put to the vote. I do not think it is necessary to repeat yet again what I said in the Chamber on Monday (see S/PV.9587), during consultations on 6 March and then again yesterday. The…
I would like to thank Ms. Bintou Keita and Ms. Jacquie-Anna for their briefings.
France condemns the resumption of attacks of the Movement du 23 mars, as well as Rwanda’s support for that group and the group’s presence on Congolese territory. It must put an end to this without delay. The European U…
First of all, I would like to thank Ecuador for its tireless work in chairing the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004).
Resolution 1540 (2004) is an essential part of our non-proliferation architecture. It remains crucial to preventing the risk of non-State actors gaining access…
I thank Mr. Wennesland for his briefing.
Yesterday the Security Council demanded an immediate ceasefire in Gaza by adopting resolution 2728 (2024). It also demanded the immediate and unconditional release of the hostages held by Hamas and other terrorist groups. That resolution must be implemented …
I would like to respond to a few points just made by the representative of the Russian Federation. It was said that France had set a negative precedent. I believe that that is absolutely not the case, as the Russian Federation has already requested procedural votes concerning the holding of Security…
I will be very brief.
First, on the issue of Kosovo, my colleagues around this table will recall that, on 8 February, the President of Serbia, Mr. Vučić, asked to be heard by the Council, given the situation in Kosovo. The Council immediately accepted his request. Kosovo was also invited to partici…
The Russian Federation once again launched this initiative without consulting Serbia, which is forced to accept this fait accompli. Since 1 March, my delegation and several other delegations have explained that to the Serbian delegation and told its members clearly and repeatedly that this meeting w…
France welcomes today’s adoption of resolution 2728 (2024).
More than five months after the beginning of the crisis in Gaza, triggered by the terrorist attack carried out by Hamas, it was high time for the Security Council to finally act. It was high time for it to establish a ceasefire. It was hig…
Let me repeat for the members of the Security Council that the agenda is a collective decision taken by all Members of the Council. It does not belong to a single member or to the presidency; it belongs to all 15 members of the Council, collectively. The question of whether to hold such a meeting wa…
The interpretation is exactly the opposite of what the Permanent Representative Russia said. I was never consulted on the holding of such a meeting. We adopted the programme of work on 1 March, without this meeting being on the schedule. No members of the Council were consulted, so I think they need…
Several delegations, including France, have expressed strong reservations in recent weeks about this initiative of Russia, put forward without any prior consultation with Serbia. I had requested that we discuss the topic in consultations on 6 March, nearly three weeks ago. And at the time, I had ind…
