I would like to thank and commend the briefers for their presentations and their commitment. The presence of three women in particular — Ms. Wazhma Frogh, Ms. Malala Yousafzai and Special Representative Lyons — before the Security Council today reminds us that women must not be forgotten in the Afgh…
I thank the Secretary-General, President Johnson-Sirleaf and Ms. Safaa Elagib Adam for their briefings.
France supports the approach of the Secretary- General. The success of transitions indeed depends on the ability of the actors to meet their responsibilities.
First of all, it is up to the host …
I take this opportunity to recall that France joined the African Union and the Economic Community of West African States in condemning the events that took place in Guinea on 5 September and in calling for a return to constitutional order and for the release of President Condé. That crisis is emblem…
Allow me, at the outset, I to congratulate the Permanent Representative of India and his team for a very successful presidency in August and to wish you, Madam President, good luck and every success during your presidency in September. I would also like to thank Mrs. Nakamitsu for her briefing.
Onc…
I, too, would like to thank the Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process for his briefing and to welcome his continued efforts in recent months.
France is also very concerned by the severe tensions in Gaza. We call on all parties to exercise restraint to ensure that there is no new spi…
I welcome today’s adoption of resolution 2593 (2021). I regret the fact that the text could not garner the support of all of the members of the Security Council. The eyes of all Afghans are on the Council. They expected clear support from the international community. This lack of unity is a disappoi…
I join my colleagues in conveying my sympathy to the family and friends of the victims of the abhorrent attacks that occurred today in Kabul.
I would like to begin by thanking the Secretary- General for his statement.
I will underscore five points.
While the conflict has been ongoing for nearly 1…
I wish to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Ms. Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, for her briefing. The United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) is doing a remarkable job in the service of the Iraqi people under the leadership of Ms. Hennis- Plasschaert, who has, of cour…
I would like to start by thanking Mr. Geir Pedersen and Mr. Martin Griffiths for their briefings. I also take note of Mr. Khaled Erksoussi’s briefing this morning.
No effort should be spared in order to bring about a general cessation of hostilities under the auspices of the United Nations, in acco…
I, too, would like to thank Mr. Khaled Khiari, Martin Griffiths and Henrietta Fore for their briefings. I would like to take this opportunity to commend the work done by Martin Griffiths as Special Envoy for Yemen. I thank him for all his efforts and wish him all the best in his new role. I also wel…
I would also like to start by thanking Mr. Voronkov, Ms. Coninsx and Mr. Moradian for their briefings and their comprehensive and insightful testimony.
The fight against terrorism remains a priority now more than ever. The latest developments in Afghanistan, which could lead to an increase in the t…
I thank the President for convening today’s extremely important debate. I thank the Secretary- General of the United Nations for his briefing.
I would like to address three points. First, the potential of technology must be further exploited for more effective peacekeeping. Missions are facing incr…
I thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this meeting at such a tragic and historic moment for Afghanistan. This is indeed a grave time, as a page is being turned and the future of the country, which has already suffered so much, is more uncertain than ever. We heard the Secretary-General express …
I would like at the outset to thank all the briefers for their enlightening presentations, and I welcome the presence here of the Permanent Representative of Somalia.
I wish first to stress the importance of elections. France hails all efforts made in that regard by the Government of Somalia and th…
I thank you, Sir, for convening this meeting at a particularly critical time for Afghanistan. I thank Deborah Lyons and Shaharzad Akbar for their especially poignant briefings. I also welcome the presence of the Permanent Representative of Afghanistan among us.
France condemns in the strongest term…
I would like to join my colleagues in wishing you, Mr. President, every success in your presidency of the Council for the month of August. We pledge our full support and I thank all the members of the Council for their support of the French presidency during the month of July.
I would also like to …
At the outset, let me thank the current Egyptian Chair and the former Canadian Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC). Under their leadership, the Commission pursued the strengthening of its role, as recognized by the review of the peacebuilding architecture that we concluded last year. I comme…
I thank the Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, the Head of the Delegation of the European Union to the United Nations, and the Security Council Facilitator for the implementation of resolution 2231 (2015) for their briefings.
Since the most recent meeting of the Securi…
I too thank Hervé Lecoq for his briefing. We also welcome the presence of the Foreign Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina among us today.
The biannual meetings of the Security Council show that, while Bosnia and Herzegovina has made progress in its stabilization over the past 25 years, the situation…
I thank the Special Envoy and Ms. Abeer Hussain for their briefings.
This is a serious time for the Security Council. We must decide in the coming days to restore a glimmer of hope to the millions of people who depend on the renewal of the cross-border humanitarian assistance mechanism to receive t…
