France is extremely concerned about the humanitarian tragedy happening in Gaza. The Secretary-General sounded the alarm, and he was right. That is why France voted in favour of draft resolution S/2023/970 and why we are pleading for a new, immediate and lasting humanitarian truce that can lead to a …
I would like to take the opportunity provided by this meeting to recall France’s priorities with respect to humanitarian issues. The needs have never been higher, and we must respond to increasingly complex challenges and protracted crises all over the world. Grim records were set this year, with mo…
Transnational organized crime is a growing threat to our societies, to public order in our States and to international peace and security. It is spreading across all continents, weakening the governance and stability of States and fuelling conflicts.
The profits from illegal trafficking also fuel t…
I thank Mr. Jenča and Mr. Rajasingham for their briefings.
Russia is continuing the war of aggression it launched against Ukraine on 24 February 2022. The population is facing a second winter of war — a second winter in which Russia continues to bomb the country’s critical infrastructure in defianc…
France fully aligns itself with the statement delivered on behalf of the European Union and its member States (see A/78/PV.43).
We would like to join others in thanking Norway and Singapore for facilitating the negotiations on draft resolutions A/78/L.13 and A/78/L.15, respectively, as well as the …
Allow me to take this opportunity to wish you every success during your country’s presidency of the Security Council, Sir.
I thank the Special Adviser for his briefing on the eleventh report of the United Nations Investigative Team to Promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by Da’esh/ISIL (UNIT…
Let me begin by congratulating you, Mr. President, as you assume the presidency of the Security Council for the month of December.
I would first like to recall that France unequivocally supports the lifting of the embargo on weapons and military equipment destined for the Somali authorities. We com…
I thank the Secretary-General and Mr. Wennesland for their briefings.
France once again commends the United Nations, the staff of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) and all humanitarian actors, who carry out remarkable work, for their commitme…
I thank Ms. Rochdi and Ms. Wosornu for their briefings.
I would like to underscore three points.
First, the consequences of the crisis in Gaza continue to pose the risk of a regional spillover. France is committed to preventing the spread of the conflict. Stakeholders in the region must show respo…
I would like to thank Mr. Khiari for his briefing.
On 21 November, after two unsuccessful attempts in May and August, North Korea announced that it had placed a military reconnaissance satellite in orbit, making it clear that North Korea continues to act in violation of its international obligation…
I thank Ms. Bahous, Ms. Russell and Ms. Kanem for their briefings, and I would like to reiterate to them that France fully supports UN-Women, UNICEF and the United Nations Population Fund in their efforts to help the people of Gaza.
France welcomes the agreement reached in the past few hours, which…
I would first like to thank all those delegations that voted in favour of the resolution entitled “Building a peaceful and better world through sport and the Olympic ideal” (resolution 78/10), of which we were the penholders, in close coop eration with the International Olympic Committee.
Until no…
I thank Mr. Jenča and Mr. Hollingworth for their briefings.
I would like to highlight two points.
First of all, France continues to condemn the illegal war of aggression led by Russia against Ukraine. Since 24 February 2022, the Ukrainian people have defended themselves with courage, despite suffe…
It is with great emotion and humility that I address the General Assembly today on the subject of the Olympic Truce. It is also with a fervent conviction: that sport changes lives.
Sport changes lives, and it changed Abebe Bikila’s life. As a child in the village of Jato, Ethiopia, he grazed the fa…
I thank the Secretary-General for his briefing. I also thank Ms. Rousseff and Mr. Sachs for their participation.
I would like to emphasize three points.
First, an observation: faced with the scale of international tensions, we need to review our methods of action. In order to genuinely create cond…
I would like to thank Ms. Brands Kehris for her briefing.
Russia is once again using the Security Council as an instrument to carry out a disinformation campaign. However, it will not succeed in diverting attention from the illegal war of aggression it is waging against Ukraine, nor cause us to for…
In a turbulent international context, it remains our responsibility to continue to build the conditions for peace in the service of the objectives pursued by the United Nations. That is why we need Security Council reform. It is time to give the new impetus to that imperative. The Secretary-General …
I thank Assistant Secretary-General Martha Pobee for her briefing, and I welcome the presence of the Permanent Representative of the Sudan here today. I would like to emphasize several points.
First, no military solution can end the crisis. The continued clashes over the past seven months have not …
I wish to thank Malta for its commitment at the helm of the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) 1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015) concerning Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (Da’esh), Al-Qaida and associated individuals, groups, undertakings and entities, the United Arab Emi…
France thanks Malta for preparing resolution 2712 (2023). We welcome the fact that the Council has been able to speak with one voice for the first time since the barbaric terrorist attacks on Israel by Hamas and other terrorist groups on 7 October. France voted in favour of the resolution, which cal…
