I would like to thank Gabon for organizing today’s debate. I also thank Ms. Pobee, Mr. Gahouma-Bekale and Mr. Youssef for their briefings. I would like to emphasize three points.
First, combating climate change also means fighting for international peace and security. The effects of
climate change…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary- General Carlos Ruiz Massieu, Mr. Muhammad Abdul Muhith and Ms. Moreno Barco for their briefings. I also welcome the presence of Mr. Álvaro Leyva Durán in today’s meeting.
France welcomes the commitment made by the President of Colombia to implement t…
I thank Gabon for organizing this debate, and I thank the Secretary-General and the Chairperson of the African Union Commission for their briefings. On this twentieth anniversary of the African Union (AU), I will focus on two points.
First, I would like to commend the progress made by the African U…
Council members will understand that I wish to again take the floor after the statement by the representative of the Russian Federation. I want to specify that, in my statement, I did not mention relations between Russia and Africa. I am therefore quite surprised to hear this statement by the repres…
I thank Ms. Waly, Mr. Adeoye and Mr. Handy for their briefings. I would like to stress several points.
First, it will be crucial to strengthen our knowledge of the financing of armed and terrorist groups in Africa through the direct exploitation of natural resources. There is still a lack of data, …
I thank Mr. Khiari for his briefing.
France firmly condemns North Korea’s launch of an intermediate-range ballistic missile on 4 October. For the first time in five years, a North Korean missile flew over Japanese territory. That is an unacceptable provocation, and I want to assure the Japanese aut…
I in turn would like to thank the Special Representative for her briefing. I would also like to welcome the Permanent Representative of Iraq to this meeting today
France strongly condemns the massive air strikes claimed by Iran in the autonomous region of Kurdistan in Iraq, which indiscriminately s…
At the outset, I would like to express our sincere condolences to both the people of the United Kingdom and the entire Commonwealth.
France fully aligns itself with the statement just delivered on behalf of the European Union. I would like to add a short statement in my national capacity
We regret…
I too thank the Under-Secretary-General and the Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011) concerning Libya for their briefings. I also welcome the Permanent Representative of Libya to today’s meeting.
Like others, France has been following the renewed tensions in Libya w…
I thank Mr. Griffiths, Mr. Potzel and Ms. Morgan Edwards for their briefings.
This month of August marks a sobering anniversary. Just over a year ago, Afghanistan sank into chaos. Since then, the humanitarian situation has continued to deteriorate. Afghanistan is among the countries in the world ex…
I too would like to thank Mr. Pedersen and Ms. Msuya for their briefings, as well as the efforts that they and their teams have made towards achieving peace and the protection of civilians in Syria. I would like to highlight three points.
First, the political process is being held hostage. Russia i…
I thank Mr. Wennesland and the Commissioner- General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) for their very comprehensive briefings. I also welcome Mr. Levy’s participation in today’s meeting.
The immediate priority is ensuring that the ceasefir…
I thank the Secretary-General and Ms. DiCarlo for their briefings, and I would also like to welcome the address by President Zelenskyy this morning.
For exactly six months, Ukrainians have courageously resisted the war of aggression launched by Russia, with its horrific toll of mass suffering and a…
I thank Prosecutor Khan for his report and his briefing from Khartoum in the context of his visit to the Sudan. I also welcome the participation of the Sudan in this meeting.
The investigation by the International Criminal Court (ICC) into the situation in Darfur, at the Council’s request, remains …
I would like to thank Ms. DiCarlo for her briefing.
France has been deeply concerned since the beginning of this war about the threat that Russia’s aggression in Ukraine poses to the safety and security of Ukrainian nuclear facilities. Russia has forcibly seized the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant…
I join others in thanking the Secretary-General and Mr. Zlauvinen for their briefings.
As you said in your opening remarks, Mr. President, the continuous deterioration of our security environment and the return of strategic and military competition are challenging our international system built on …
I thank Mr. Hans Grundberg and Ms. Ghada Mudawi for their briefings.
France welcomed the renewal of the truce in Yemen on 2 August, for a period of two months. That important step should help alleviate the suffering of the Yemeni people, and the extension of the truce should serve to commit all the…
I would like to thank the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for his briefing.
France is very concerned about the serious threat to the safety and security of Ukrainian nuclear facilities. The Zaporizhzhya plant, the largest in Europe, was forcibly seized by Russia la…
I, in turn, would like to pay tribute to the victims of terrorism as we approach the International Day of Remembrance. I also thank the briefers, and I commend the coordinated work by the Office of Counter-Terrorism and the Counter- Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate, which is essential to en…
I too would like to thank all the briefers today for their extremely comprehensive presentations. For my part, I would like to emphasize three points.
Only national capacity-building, supported by solid, long-term training, can achieve lasting results and create the conditions necessary for a withd…
