For two years Russia has been attacking its neighbour, and for two years inflicting the worst suffering on its population. This war of aggression does only concern Ukraine; it has serious consequences for all our populations. It is also for two years that Russia has also been aggravating the food cr…
Russia has been waging a large-scale war of aggression against Ukraine and the Ukrainian people for two years now — an unjust, unjustifiable and illegal war of aggression. In total, it has been 10 years since Russia sought to invade its neighbour and take part of its territory. Neither the false pre…
I would like to thank Mr. Wennesland and Mr. Lockyear for their briefings.
As the President of France Emmanuel Macron has said, it is critical to, without further delay, reach a ceasefire agreement on Gaza that guarantees the protection of all civilians. The human toll and the humanitarian situatio…
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for her briefing and reiterate France’s full support.
The continuation of the peace process in the Central African Republic is essential to silencing the guns. France welcomes the efforts of the authorities of the Central African. The seco…
France thanks Algeria for proposing draft resolution S/2024/173. It regrets that it could not be adopted, given the catastrophic situation on the ground.
The immediate and unconditional release of all hostages, explicitly called for by resolutions 2712 (2023)
and 2720 (2023), as well as the draft …
I thank Ms. Keita for her briefing and reiterate France’s full support to her.
France condemns the Mouvement du 23 mars (M- 23) offensive launched on 7 February against the town of Sake and the support that it receives from Rwanda, as well as the presence of Rwandan forces
on Congolese territory. …
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and the Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission for Somalia and Head of the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) for their briefings. I would also like to welcome the representative of the So…
I would like to thank the briefers for their statements.
I would like to emphasize two points.
First, terrorism in all its forms and manifestations is one of the most serious threats to international peace and security. Terrorist acts are a threat to us all. Our response therefore must be strong a…
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and the Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011) concerning Libya for their briefings, and I welcome the presence of the Permanent Representative of Libya among us this morning.
More than two y…
I thank Special Envoy Grundberg and Ms. Wosornu for their briefings and welcome the presence among us today of the representative of Yemen.
The Houthis must stop their destabilizing action in the Red Sea. France reiterates its condemnation of the attacks on commercial ships that they have carried o…
I thank you, Mr. President, and commend you for having taken the initiative of convening this debate
on the topic of climate, food security and conflict, which is a subject that must indeed be addressed within the Security Council. I would also like to join others in thanking the briefers for their…
I thank Mr. Miroslav Jenča for his briefing.
Let us start by recalling what the Minsk agreements were: both ceasefire and political agreements, the main objective of which was the reintegration of certain regions of Donetsk and Luhansk — under full Ukrainian sovereignty — in exchange for a special…
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary- General for her briefing. I welcome the President of Serbia, Mr. Vučic, and the Prime Minister of Kosovo, Mr. Kurti, to today’s meeting.
France recalls the need to stabilize the situation on the ground and to work to normalize relations between S…
I would like to very briefly respond.
First, contrary to what was just said, France honours the memory of all victims of this conflict, whomever they may be. There have been hundreds of thousands of victims in this war, which was based on nothing at all and could end from one day to the next. We do…
I thank Ms. DiCarlo for her briefing.
On 1 February, a convoy from the non-governmental organization Entraide Protestante Suisse was chased by Russian drones as it left the town of Beryslav. Both vehicles were unarmoured and displayed the Entraide Protestante Suisse logo on their hood and sides. It…
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for her briefing, and I welcome the presence among us this morning of the representatives of Iraq and Kuwait.
France welcomes the efforts of the Iraqi Government to carry out the reforms expected by the Iraqi population and calls for their…
At the outset, Madam President, I wish to express my delegation’s full support for your presidency of the Council for the month of February. I also thank Ms. DiCarlo for her statement.
France is very concerned by the current regional escalation in the Middle East. The strikes on 28 January that tar…
The President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron, called
for immediate work towards a lasting ceasefire, with the help of all regional and international partners. The delivery of more humanitarian aid to the civilian population of Gaza is urgently needed. France recalls that international humanitaria…
I thank Mr. Khiari for his statement.
On 24 February 2022, Russia attacked Ukraine. The war it unleashed has continued to inflict its toll of suffering on civilians. The massive strikes carried out yesterday by Russia throughout Ukrainian territory are further testimony to this. The cost already pa…
I would like to thank Mr. Khiari, Mr. Muasher and Mr. Epshtain for their briefings.
France remains deeply concerned about the current crisis in Gaza, which continues to worsen. I have three points to make in that regard.
First, I call for the implementation, as a matter of priority, of a lasting c…
