I join the rest of my colleagues in congratulating the delegation of Japan for a very successful and professional presidency of the Security Council for the month of January and in wishing you, Madam President, every success during your presidency this month. You can count on our full support.
I th…
I thank Special Representative El-Ghassim Wane and Ms. Aminata Cheick Dicko for their briefings. I welcome the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Mali.
The international community must pay the necessary attention to the situation in Mali and the Sahel region. The report of the Secretary-General (S/202…
I thank Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed for her briefing. I also thank the Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission and the President of the Network on Peace and Security for Women in the ECOWAS Region for their briefings.
I thank Japan for organizing today’s debate, which raises the extremely…
Allow me too to thank the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Mr. Karim Khan, for the comprehensive presentation of his twenty-sixth report on the activities of his Office. His visit to the Sudan, in particular to the internally displaced persons camps, in August 2022 brought hope …
I thank Mr. Pedersen and Ms. Mudawi for their briefings.
I would like to stress three points.
First, as we do every month, we regret the absence of any openness on the part of the regime to negotiate
under the aegis of the United Nations the basis for a lasting peace as defined by resolution 2254…
Like my colleagues, I also wish to extend
my deepest condolences to the Government and the people of Gabon and to the entire Permanent Mission in New York on the passing of their Foreign Minister, Mr. Michael Moussa Adamo.
I would like to thank Ms. La Lime for her briefing and welcome the presence…
I thank the Special Coordinator for his briefing. I would like to emphasize three points today.
First, the Security Council must mobilize to prevent an escalation on the ground. The year 2022 was a very deadly one. The beginning of this year has also been marked by a very high level of violence in …
I thank Ms. Brands Kehris and Metropolitan of Volokolamsk Anthony for their briefings.
Russia is once again trying to create a diversion by today exploiting the freedom of religion or belief. It seeks to divert the Security Council’s attention from its responsibility for the war of aggression that …
I thank Hans Grundberg and Martin Griffiths for their briefings. I also welcome the presence of the representatives of Yemen and Saudi Arabia in the Chamber today. For my part, I have three messages.
First, the Security Council must do everything it can to prevent a resumption of hostilities on the…
I thank Ms. DiCarlo for her briefing.
For almost a year, with bravery and determination, Ukraine has been resisting the Russian aggression unleashed in violation of international law and the United Nations Charter. Russia had bet on the rapid collapse of the Ukrainian army and authorities. Eleven m…
I thank the Secretary-General, the President of the International Court of Justice and Professor Akande for their briefings.
As we just celebrated the tenth anniversary of the declaration of the high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the rule of law at the national and international levels (…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary- General Carlos Ruiz Massieu and the representative of the High-level Forum of Ethnic Peoples of Colombia, Mr. Wouriyu Valbuena, for their briefings. I also welcome the Vice-President of Colombia, Ms. Francia Márquez Mina, at this meeting and join my c…
I thank the Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Ms. Giovanie Biha, and the President of the Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Mr. Omar Alieu Touray, for their briefings.
France welcomed the democratic progress that characterized 2022 in West A…
The renewal of the cross-border humanitarian mechanism is essential, as it remains a vital mechanism for millions of Syrians. I welcome the efforts of Ireland and Norway, as well as of Brazil and Switzerland, to reach agreement on the renewal of resolution 2642 (2022), which enables the mechanism to…
I thank Mr. Khiari for his briefing.
France expresses its deep concern following the recent visit by Israel’s Minister of National Security to the mosques’ plaza on 3 January. We must do everything possible to prevent an escalation, which would have grave consequences on the ground.
France, which …
First of all, I would like to congratulate Japan on its assumption of the functions of the presidency of the Security Council for the month of January, and I would also like to welcome all the new non-permanent members who are at this table today for the first time. I thank Mr. Ebo for his briefing.…
I thank Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed and Special Representative of the Secretary-General Helen La Lime for their briefings. I also thank Ambassador Biang for his briefing on the implementation of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 2653 (2022), concerning Haiti.
I would like…
I thank Geir Pedersen and Martin Griffiths for their briefings.
I would like to underscore the three following points.
First, I regret once again the absence of a political process. While the situation remains volatile, especially in the northern part of Syria, we reiterate our call for a nationwi…
France voted in favour of resolution 2670 (2022) in response to the request by Somalia and the African Union for an additional six months, on an exceptional basis, to implement the withdrawal of 2,000 soldiers from the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS). We count on Somalia, the Afr…
France welcomes the Security Council’s adoption of a resolution on the situation in Burma (resolution 2669 (2022)). We thank the United Kingdom for all its efforts to arrive at it. Faced with the continuous deterioration of the situation since the coup of 1 February 2021, it was essential that the C…
