I would like to thank you, Madam President, for having
convened this open debate. I wish to commend your exemplary commitment to the women and peace and security agenda. I would also like to thank our briefers for their valuable insights into our debate.
On the eve of 8 March, and at a time when w…
I would like to join my colleagues in congratulating Malta on its successful presidency in February and in wishing you, Sir, every success in your presidency this month. You can count on our full support. I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Nicholas Haysom, and Mr. Tareq…
I thank Mrs. Nakamitsu for her briefing.
As we all know, we are here because the Syrian regime has used weapons of mass destruction against its own people. Independent investigations by the United Nations and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) have proved that it occurr…
I thank Mr. Geir Pedersen, Mr. Martin Griffiths and Ms. Rasha Muhrez for their briefings.
We are fully committed to helping the Syrian people. For 12 years, France has been committed to helping all Syrians in every possible way. After the earthquake, we released €12 million in aid and delivered 40 …
I thank the Special Representative for his briefing and welcome the presence here of the Libyan Permanent Representative.
Libya and its people deserve better than the impasse to which their political class has condemned them. They deserve better than a country where foreign forces, mercenaries and …
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this meeting and to express my special thanks to the Secretary-General and Mr. Dmytro Kuleba for their statements.
On 24 February 2022, Russia launched a war of aggression against Ukraine. It had already occupied part of the country’s territo…
I thank the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Mr. Josep Borrell, for his briefing.
I would like to emphasize two aspects. The European Union (EU) is working with the United Nations in favour of the primacy of the rule of law over force. The European …
I thank briefers for their briefings and would like to make three points.
First of all, we encourage the Somali Government to continue its efforts to implement political reform and fight against Al-Shabaab. Cooperation between the Federal Government of Somalia and the member states is encouraging a…
France clearly expressed its concern after the two underwater explosions that damaged the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines in the Baltic Sea on 26 September. It was under our presidency that the Security Council met on 30 September on the same subject (see S/PV.9144). Our assessment remains unchanged. …
I thank the Special Representative for her briefing and for her work as Head of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA). I would also like to thank the Chair of the Central African Republic configuration of the Peacebuilding Comm…
I thank the Special Coordinator and the Deputy Commissioner- General for their briefings.
I would like to begin by welcoming today’s adoption of presidential statement S/PRST/2023/1. It is important for the Security Council to be able to express itself unanimously on the recent unilateral measures …
I thank Mr. Khiari for his briefing.
France condemns in the strongest terms the resumption of ballistic missile launches by North Korea. The launch of a Hwasong-15 intercontinental missile towards Japan’s exclusive economic zone last Saturday, as well as the firing of two new ballistic missiles yes…
I thank Mr. Jenča and Mr. Sajdik for their briefings.
Russia has requested this meeting today in a retrospective attempt to justify the unjustifiable — its invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022 in violation of the Charter of the United Nations and resolution 2202
(2015), which endorses the Minsk…
First of all, I would like to thank Malta for convening this important debate and all the speakers for their contributions. The Paris Agreement has set the course we must take in limiting global warming by 1.5°C and increasing our capacity to mitigate, adapt and be resilient to climate change, espec…
I thank Ms. Gamba de Potgieter, Ms. Maalla M’jid and Ms. Divina for their briefings.
The protection of children in situations of armed conflict must remain a priority for the Council. France has been committed to this agenda since its beginnings, and the Maltese presidency of the Working Group on C…
I thank Mr. Voronkov, Mr. Chen and Ms. Praxl for their briefings. I would like to make two points.
First, the terrorist threat is not abating, which means we must be ever more vigilant. Da’esh remains a fundamental threat. In the Levant, our efforts remain essential, as evidenced by Da’esh’s aim of…
We meet today at Russia’s request. Russia is concerned about the lack of prospects for a peaceful settlement of the war of aggression that it decided to start nearly a year ago in Ukraine. That situation would be almost laughable were the suffering of Ukrainians not so grave and the atrocities commi…
First of all, let me express my condolences to the bereaved families in the wake of the devastating double earthquake that hit southern Türkiye and north-western Syria yesterday. I thank Mrs. Nakamitsu, Mr. Arias and Mr. Oñate-Laborde for their briefings.
France has taken note of the third report i…
The Investigation and Identification Team of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has drawn up a serious and detailed report, the result of a two-year investigation of the chemical-weapon attack in Douma in 2018. We would therefore like Mr. Oñate-Laborde to be invited to c…
I thank Mr. Griffiths for his briefing. As we approach 24 February, the tragic one-year anniversary of the war, Russia has continued its strikes on Ukrainian civil ian infrastructure. There was a new wave of bombings on 26 January, during the visit of France’s Minister for Europe and Foreign Affair…
