France has joined others in condemning in the strongest possible terms the heinous antisemitic terrorist attack that has plunged Australia into mourning. Nothing can ever justify such violence. We extend our condolences for the victims, their loved ones and the Australian people.
We thank the Deput…
I thank you, Mr. President, for convening this open debate. I welcome and thank Mr. Ban Ki-moon personally and as a member of The Elders, as well as Ms. Anjali Dayal, for their insightful and inspiring briefings.
The Secretary-General is one of the global leaders most exposed to the upheavals of hi…
At the outset, I would like to thank the Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, Mr. Jean-Pierre Lacroix, and the President of Médecins sans frontières, Mr. Mohamed Javid Abdelmoneim, for their very insightful remarks. I would also like to thank the Permanent Representative of Sierra Leone, Mr…
France welcomes the unanimous adoption of this important resolution (resolution 2807 (2025)). We thank Sierra Leone and Guyana for their efforts to present a text strengthening the implementation of the youth, peace and security agenda on the tenth anniversary of resolution 2250 (2015) — the foundat…
I would also like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Abdou Abarry, for his briefing and observations on the situation, as well as Ms. Christelle Huré. I also welcome the presence among us of the representative of Equatorial Guinea.
France supports the actions of the S…
I would like to thank Ms. Georgette Gagnon, Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan; Mr. Tom Fletcher, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs; and Ms. Negina Yari for their briefings before the Security Council. I welcome Minister Tanja Fajon to preside over this important meeting.
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I would like to thank the President of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, Judge Graciela Gatti Santana, and the Prosecutor, Mr. Serge Brammertz, for their briefings.
France commends the Mechanism’s efforts to carry out its mandate, whether in monitoring the enforcement of …
First, allow me to welcome you to New York, Madam President, and to assure you of France’s support as Slovenia assumes the presidency of the Security Council. I also thank Ms. Kayoko Gotoh, Officer-in-Charge from the Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs; Ms. Joyce Msuya, Assistant Secre…
I would like to thank Minister Elina Valtonen, Chairperson-in-Office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) for her briefing.
This year marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Helsinki Final Act and the thirty- fifth anniversary of the Charter of Paris for a New Europe. The…
At the outset, I wish to congratulate you, Madam President, on Slovenia’s presidency of the Council for December and thank Sierra Leone for its stewardship of our proceedings over the past month. I would also like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary- General, Mr. Mohamed Al Hassan, …
I thank Deputy Prosecutor Khan for her briefing and welcome her in-person participation at this meeting. I also welcome the presence of the Permanent Representative of Libya.
First, when discussing the action of the International Criminal Court in Libya, we must first recall certain facts that no o…
This draft resolution (S/2025/762) is part of the Council’s work in support of peace and stability in Libya. We know that the arms embargo remains essential in order to prevent sporadic clashes, particularly in the area around Tripoli.
The Secretary-General emphasized this point in his report (S/20…
I thank the Deputy Special Coordinator, Mr. Ramiz Alakbarov, for his briefing.
Since the ceasefire made possible on 10 October by the efforts of the United States, Qatar, Egypt and Türkiye, the fragile calm that prevails in Gaza calls for the engagement and vigilance of the Security Council and the…
First of all, I would like to thank Ms. Kayoko Gotoh, Officer-in-Charge of the Europe, Central Asia and Americas Division of the Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations, and Ms. Edem Wosornu, Director of Operations of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Af…
I would first like to thank the Deputy Special Envoy, Ms. Najat Rochdi, and the Director of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Ms. Lisa Doughten, for their briefings, and I also express France’s support for their work. I welcome the representatives of Syria, Iran, Türkiye, Isra…
I would like to thank the Permanent Representatives of Denmark, Algeria and Panama for their commitment as the Chair of the 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, group…
I would like to thank the Secretary- General and the President of the Commission of the Economic Community of
The Sahel, as several have said, has become the main epicentre of terrorist violence, accounting for nearly half of the terrorism-related deaths recorded worldwide last year. Branches of th…
I welcome you, Mr. President — or, should I say, Mr. President of the Republic — to New York. My delegation would first like to congratulate Sierra Leone on its presidency of the Council and to thank you for your personal efforts, as Chairperson of the Economic Community of West African States, to r…
France commends the commitment of the United States in its decisive efforts, undertaken together with Egypt, Qatar and Türkiye, which have led to a ceasefire agreement, the release of hostages and the resumption of humanitarian aid to Gaza, and which are reflected in this resolution 2803 (2025).
Fr…
France voted in favour of renewing the sanctions regime established by resolution 2140 (2014).
I have four points to make in that regard.
First, we would like to thank the British penholder for its constant efforts to engage in consultation and compromise. Its efforts made possible the adoption of…
