I thank Mr. Khiari for his briefing.
France condemns in the strongest terms North Korea’s launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile on 12 July. In the past, such missile launches were denounced through the adoption of new Security Council resolutions, because everyone felt it represented a ma…
I thank the Special Representative and Ms. Salcedo López for their briefings. I also welcome the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Colombia to today’s meeting.
The quest for peace must involve dialogue. That is why we welcomed the conclusion on 9 June of an agreement on a six-month national ceasefire…
France regrets that draft resolution (S/2023/506), submitted by Switzerland and Brazil and supported by nearly all members of the Security Council, was not adopted owing to the lone veto of the Russian Federation. That decision jeopardizes international humanitarian aid in Syria and the survival of …
I, too, thank Mr. Ebo for his briefing.
As we all know, we are here because the Syrian regime has used weapons of mass destruction against its own population. Independent investigations by the United Nations and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) have demonstrated that …
This is the third time in less than a month that Russia has requested a meeting on this subject, without any new
developments to justify it. In addition, we cannot help but highlight the contradiction between the deep concern expressed by the Russian Federation about the presumed attack on critical…
I thank Hans Grundberg, Joyce Msuya and David Gressly for their briefings.
As the Special Envoy said, the situation on the ground is still fragile and we must remain vigilant. We need to see the negotiations, which have been ongoing for months, make progress and result in an agreement. We call on t…
I thank the Under-Secretary-General, the Facilitator for the implementation of resolution 2231 (2015) and the Head of the Delegation of the European Union to the United Nations for their briefings.
We are at a particularly grave moment in history. Iran has been engaged in a continuing nuclear escal…
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, the Chair of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 2653 (2022) concerning Haiti and
Ms. Gilles for their briefings. I would like to welcome the Prime Minister of Jamaica, the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of Ha…
I thank Mrs. Nakamitsu for her briefing
Russia bears sole responsibility for this situation. It is Russia that, in violation of every norm of international law and in its a crude attempt to rewrite history, decided to attack a sovereign neighbouring country. No one other than Russia seeks to sustai…
I thank Ms. Rochdi and Mr. Griffiths for their briefings, and I would like to focus on three points.
The conflict in Syria began 12 years ago, and those 12 years of war can be summed up as follows. More than 500,000 people are dead, more than 130,000 are missing and 12 million Syrians have been for…
France is seriously concerned about the deteriorating situation in Israel and the occupied territories. We condemn in the strongest possible terms all attacks targeting civilians and in particular the terrorist attack perpetrated on 20 June in the West Bank, which killed at least four Israelis and w…
France aligns itself with the statement made earlier by the observer of the European Union, and I have the honour to deliver the following statement on behalf of Mexico and France.
We welcome the report of the Secretary-General (A/77/910) and reaffirm our support for his Special Advisers on the Pre…
I would like to thank Ms. Pobee for her briefing.
I wish to focus on three points.
First, efforts to ensure the withdrawal of the Movement du 23 mars (M-23) and to demobilize the armed groups must be accelerated.
France condemns the many abuses committed by the armed groups. The violations of hum…
I thank Under-Secretary General Rosemary DiCarlo for her briefing.
The Russian invasion was supposed to last a matter of a few days or weeks. But for 16 months Ukraine has been resisting, defending its sovereignty and territorial integrity and keeping Russia at bay on the ground. But Russia refuses…
I too would like to thank the briefers for their interventions. I welcome the participation of President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud of Somalia in this meeting. I want to congratulate Ms. Catriona Laing and Ms. Aisa Kirabo Kacyira on their appointments as Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in S…
I too would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Ms. Roza Otunbayeva, and Ms. Shabana Basij-Rasikh for their briefings.
The situation in Afghanistan remains very worrisome. The Taliban continue to flout the demands of the international community and the resolutions of …
I would like to join others in thanking all the briefers for their presentations today. France also welcomed the formal adoption on Monday of the historic Agreement on biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction (A/CONF.232/2023/4), designed to protect marine resources and biodiversity on the high sea…
I would like to thank Special Representative Nicholas Haysom; Mr. Charles Tai Gituai, interim Chairperson
of the reconstituted Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission; and Mr. Marco Impagliazzo, President of the Community of Sant’Egidio, for their briefings. I welcome the representative of South…
I would like to thank the Special Representative for her comprehensive briefing. I would also like to
thank Ms. Sima Sami Bahous, Mr. Bankole Adeoye and Mr. Rhosyns Ngatondang for their briefings. I would also like to welcome the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Central African Republic to today…
I would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, the Permanent Representative of Japan, and Ms. Abeir Imneina for their briefings. We welcome the presence of the Permanent Representative of Libya in the Chamber today.
National elections in Libya are within reach. The full …
