We would like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this emergency meeting at the request of multiple members of the Security Council, including France. I would also like to thank Mr. Tor Wennesland for his briefing and all his efforts in support of de-escalation and to assure him of our full s…
First of all, I would like to thank the Ambassador of Ireland for her contribution to the work of the Security Council since the beginning of last year and wish her all the best for her next mission with great warmth and friendship.
We are entering the sixth month of the conflict. Russia continues …
France welcomes the adoption of resolution 2648 (2022), which renews the mandate of the Panel of Experts on the Central African Republic for one year. We call on all members of the Security Council to enable the Panel to continue its work as effectively as possible by ensuring the rapid appointment …
I would like to thank the representatives of Egypt and Bangladesh for their respective statements and commend the remarkable work that has been done under the leadership of Egypt and Bangladesh at the head of the Peacebuilding Commission in 2021 and 2022, respectively.
I would like to focus on thre…
I wish to begin by welcoming the presence among us of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iraq, and I also wish to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for her briefing.
France emphatically condemns the indiscriminate strike carried out on 20 July, resulting in nine dead and so…
I thank Ms. Lynn Hastings, Deputy Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, for her briefing.
France continues to support a two-State solution with Jerusalem as the capital of both States, and is determined to work for its implementation, as set out under international law, the relevan…
I thank the Assistant Secretary-General for her briefing.
France would like to see a rapid resolution of the executive-power crisis in Libya. The status quo is not sustainable; it carries risks for the country’s stability. The tensions between militias, which are increasing in the Tripolitania regi…
France regrets that the draft resolution (S/2022/538) submitted by Ireland and Norway on 8 July (see S/PV.9087) and supported by almost all the members of the Security Council was not adopted, following the veto used by the Russian Federation alone.
The Security Council has since adopted resolution…
I thank Mrs. Nakamitsu for her briefing. Nine years ago, Bashar Al-Assad killed more than 1,000 Syrians in the suburbs
of Damascus. That has never been disputed by anyone. Following that massacre, the Council unanimously adopted resolution 2118 (2013). I want to reiterate that resolution 2118 (2013…
I thank Brazil for having organized this debate. I also thank Ms. Russell and Mrs. Gamba de Potgieter for their briefings, and I commend the poignant statement made by Mr. Kumi in his capacity as a survivor. Through him, I pay tribute to all those involved in protecting children during conflict.
Fr…
I would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary- General, Mr. Carlos Ruiz Massieu, Mr. Francisco José de Roux Rengifo and Ms. Jineth Casso Piamba for their briefings. I welcome the presence among us of the Vice-President and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Colombia, Ms. Marta Lucía…
I thank Brazil for convening this meeting and the briefers for their presentations.
Strategic communications for peacekeeping operations must be used for the protection of civilians and the implementation of their mandates. They can ensure that real-time information is provided to populations on th…
The renewal of the cross-border humanitarian aid mechanism is a relief because this remains a vital tool for millions of Syrians.
I commend the efforts of Ireland and Norway to reach a compromise. But France is not satisfied with this precarious renewal for just six months, which will expire in the…
I thank Mr. Grundberg and Ms. Msuya for their briefings.
The truce has now lasted for almost three months and is generally respected by the parties. It is essential that it be renewed next month and that we achieve a sustainable nationwide ceasefire.
The progress made by the Special Envoy since th…
France regrets that draft resolution S/2022/538, which was submitted by Ireland and Norway with the support of virtually all the members of the Security Council, was not adopted owing to the veto exercised by the Russian Federation alone. That jeopardizes international humanitarian support to Syria …
I thank the Special Representative, the Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission and Ms. Rabia Djibo Magagi for their statements.
I would like to make two points.
First, on the political situation in West Africa and the Sahel, France restates its support for the efforts of the Economic Community of W…
I would like to thank the Under-Secretary-General, the Facilitator for the implementation of resolution 2231 (2015) and the Head of Delegation of the European Union for their briefings.
Together with its British and German partners, France remains committed to enabling a return to the full implemen…
France welcomes the adoption of resolution 2641 (2022), which renews the sanctions regime and the mandate of the Group of Experts concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Security Council met yesterday on
the situation in the country (see S/PV.9081), which continues to deteriorate. Arme…
I thank Mr. Geir Pedersen and Mr. Omar Alshogre for their briefings.
As the war continues, so does the Damascus regime’s oppression of the Syrian people. The evidence gathered on the Tadamon massacre, perpetrated in April 2013, leaves no doubt about the Syrian regime’s repeated and systematic war c…
I thank Ms. Keita and Ms. Lusenge for their briefings.
France fully supports regional efforts to stabilize the deteriorating situation in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Civilians and the country’s security forces continue to suffer from attacks by armed groups. France con…
