Let me thank the President for convening this debate on the revitalization of the work of the General Assembly.
My delegation aligns itself with the statement delivered by the observer of the European Union (see A/78/PV.32) and would like to add the following in its national capacity.
France is de…
I would like to thank Mr. Lacroix and the heads of the police components for their briefings.
I would like to highlight three points.
First, the United Nations police (UNPOL) has a particular responsibility in the implementation of mandates. Acting in a highly coordinated manner, UNPOL operates at…
I thank the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) and Mr. Marwan Jilani for their briefings.
The massive terrorist attacks by Hamas and other terrorist groups against Israel on 7 October must be unanimously condemned. All the hostages must be released immediately, without conditio…
On behalf of my delegation, I would like to thank Prosecutor Karim Khan for his twenty-sixth report on the situation in Libya, and I welcome the presence of the Permanent Representative of Libya in the Chamber.
The International Criminal Court plays an essential role in combating impunity for perpe…
I would like to thank Mr. Jenča for his briefing.
This meeting once again gives us an opportunity to recall the need to respect international humanitarian law and protect civilians in all circumstances, and France calls upon Russia to respect its obligations in that regard. We take note of the even…
I thank Mr. Lacroix and Ms. Tetteh for their briefings and welcome the presence of the representatives of the Sudan and South Sudan at this morning’s meeting. For my part, I will emphasize four points.
First of all, the action of the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) is essen…
I welcome the participation in this meeting of the Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mr. Komšić.
France believes that the international presence in Bosnia and Herzegovina remains essential to the stability of the country and the region, in accordance with the framework provided …
I thank Mr. Grandi for his briefing today and for his outstanding work at the helm of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
We are living in dark days. Following the attack on 7 October, we have been witnessing a humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, where aid is only…
I thank Mr. Rajasingham for his intervention.
The toll of the war of aggression launched by Russia against Ukraine continues to rise. Just last Wednesday, as Russia carried out an attack in western Ukraine, in the Khmelnytskyi region, its strikes destroyed dozens of homes, dozens of schools and oth…
France associates itself with the statement made by the observer of the European Union delegation on behalf of its member States, thanks him for his statement and would like to add the following elements in its national capacity.
I would like to thank the President of the International Criminal Cou…
I thank Mr. Pedersen and Ms. Wosornu for their briefings.
I would like to focus on three points.
The current situation in Gaza runs the risk of disrupting the entire region, but an escalation that would drag the region into a war with incalculable consequences for all its populations is not inevit…
I thank the Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, the Executive Director of UNICEF and the Director of the Humanitarian Financing and Resource Mobilization Division of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs for th…
France welcomes the adoption of resolution 2703 (2023), which renews for one year the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO). I would like to recall France’s full support for the efforts of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General. His recent visit to …
I thank Mr. Ebo for his briefing.
For the second time in the space of two weeks, Russia is requesting a Council meeting in order to place responsibility for the war in Ukraine on arms deliveries to that country. Another meeting on this subject will be no more successful than the previous ones in ga…
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for her briefing and commend her resolute action at the head of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA). I reiterate France’s full support and take this opportunity to p…
On behalf of France, I would like to thank the President of the International Court of Justice for presenting the Court’s report (A/78/4) on its activities and for her very enlightening briefing on the key role played by the presidency of the Court in carrying out its judicial activities, in directi…
As the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs of France, Catherine Colonna, said before the Security Council yesterday (see S/PV.9451), the situation in the Middle East is very dangerous, and is at risk of spilling over into a conflagration. The Council must therefore act and uphold its responsibil…
I thank Brazil for organizing this open debate, the Secretary-General for opening our meeting this morning and the speakers for their valuable insights.
As the seventy-fifth anniversary of the adoption in Paris of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights approaches, the rights of women and girls a…
I thank the Secretary-General, his Personal Representative and Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, and the Deputy Special Coordinator for their briefings to the Council. I welcome the Secretary-General’s personal commitment, given the very worrisome and, frankly, dangerous situati…
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Ms. Caroline Ziadeh, for her briefing, and I welcome to today’s meeting the Prime Minister of Serbia, Ms. Ana Brnabić, and the President of Kosovo, Ms. Vjosa Osmani-Sadriu.
Today’s meeting is being held against a worrisome backdrop. The p…
