France voted in favour of renewing the mandate of the United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in the Sudan (UNITAMS) (resolution 2636 (2022)). This Mission plays an essential role alongside the African Union and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development in facilitating dialogue …
I thank the President of the International Court of Justice, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and Professor Dapo Akande for their briefings.
I take this opportunity to reiterate France’s support for the remarkable work and action of the International Court of Justice and the Of…
I would like to thank all the briefers and to welcome the participation in this meeting of the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as well as the representatives of Rwanda and Uganda. I want to highlight three points.
First, in the context…
On 24 May North Korea once again fired three ballistic missiles, and there is every indication that it is preparing for another nuclear test. The speed and gravity of North Korea’s provocations since the beginning of the year are unprecedented. In the face of that escalation, we have spared no effor…
I join others in thanking Special Coordinator Tor Wennesland for his briefing, and Ms. Robi Damelin and Mr. Daniel Munayer for their respective testimonies and courageous efforts for peace.
I would like to stress three points. First, France strongly condemns the terrorist attacks that have hit Isra…
I thank the Under-Secretary-General and the Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011) concerning Libya for their briefings. I welcome the presence of the Permanent Representative of Libya.
Maintaining the status quo is not an option for Libya, and we need to resolve the …
Let me first thank the United States for having organized this open debate on the protection of civilians. I also thank Mr. Ramesh Rajasingham, Mr. Robert Mardini, Mr. David Miliband and Ms. Rachel Boketa for their briefings and testimony. Their findings are clear — civilians continue to pay the hig…
I would like to thank Special Representative Volker Perthes for his very comprehensive briefing. I would also like to welcome the presence in the Chamber today of the Permanent Representative of the Sudan.
I would like to highlight three points.
France reiterates its full support for the joint fac…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-Genera1 James Swan and Mr. Francisco Caetano José Madeira, Special Representative of the Chairperson of the African Union Commission for Somalia, for their briefings. I also welcome the Permanent Representative of Somalia, Ambassador Osman, to today’s …
I thank Ms. DiCarlo, Ms. Nyabola and Mr. Druet for their briefings.
I will focus on three points.
First and foremost, digital technologies are an opportunity for international peace and security. Peacekeeping operations have been at the forefront of those efforts. The presidential statement adopte…
I thank Mr. Martin Griffiths and Ms. Almouslem for their briefings. I would also like to commend the United Nations and the non-governmental organizations on the ground for their remarkable work.
The Syrian population continues to pay the price of this war. Hostilities continue daily. The air strik…
As President of the Security Council during the month of July 2021, France drafted the introduction to this year’s annual report on the activities of the Council in 2021.
Thanks to the constructive commitment of all of us, the text was agreed by the January deadline. I would especially like to than…
I thank the Secretary-General, Mr. Beasley, Mr. Qu Dongyu and Ms. Menker for their briefings.
The figures speak for themselves: the year 2022 will mark a dark record in terms of the number of people who are food insecure due to conflict, the coronavirus disease pandemic and climate change. The Sahe…
I thank Ms. Akyaa Pobee, Mr. Tiaré and Ms. Bandiaky-Badji for their briefings.
The situation in the Sahel remains very alarming. Millions of people are suffering from food insecurity. Terrorist groups exact a heavy toll from civilian populations and local forces. Those groups extend their threat as…
I would first like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Ms. Edwar for their briefings. France commends the Special Representative’s outstanding work in Iraq in a very difficult context. I would also like to welcome the presence of the Permanent Representative of Iraq amon…
I thank Mr. Markram for his briefing.
We deplore the fact that Russia is once again using the Security Council as a propaganda platform. To justify its unjustifiable war against Ukraine, Russia is making unfounded accusations. It repeats that there are offensive biological programmes in Ukraine. Le…
I thank Ms. Msuya and Mr. Abdi for their briefings.
The Russian aggression continues inexorably. The Russian army continues to kill civilians, including children, and to destroy civilian infrastructure.
We all know that the number of civilian victims is much higher than the figures reported. The h…
I thank Mr. Khiari for his briefing.
France condemns, in the strongest terms, the ballistic missile launched into the sea by North Korea on 7 May. That test, the fifteenth since the start of the year, poses a threat to international peace and security. It is yet another unacceptable violation of Se…
I thank High Representative Christian Schmidt for his briefing and welcome the Chair of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina to today’s meeting.
France expresses its concern about the ongoing political crisis in Bosnia and Herzegovina, which began last summer. The crisis is marked by the crippl…
I thank the Secretary-General, Ms. Bachelet, Mr. Griffiths and Ms. Luzan for their briefings.
Let me commend the outstanding work of the United Nations agencies and humanitarian actors. We have just heard that the Secretary-General’s visit to Kyiv and Moscow has enabled the evacuation of hundreds o…
