The situation in the Central African Republic surpasses the most pessimistic scenarios that we imagined a few months ago.
I will stress three critical issues — the urgency of the situation, justice and reconciliation.
First, with regard to the urgency of acting to end the violence, the situation i…
I thank the Secretary-General and the Acting Under-Secretary- General for Humanitarian Affairs for their briefings. I also welcome the efforts made by CARE, Turkey, as presented by Ms. Ibrahim.
France condemns the bombings that took place on 12 June against the city of Afrin and Al-Shifa Hospital, …
On behalf of my delegation, I would like to thank Ambassador Wronecka of Poland and Ambassador Al-Thani of Qatar for their efforts and for the document on convergences and divergences. We particularly welcome Ambassador Al-Thani’s commitment and her proposal, which has enabled us to reach a consensu…
I, too, should like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for his briefing and Mr. Mohandis for the very enlightening details he brought to our attention. I also welcome the presence of the representative of South Sudan, to whom we will soon be listening very closely.
I wish …
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Helen La Lime and Ms. Chantal Hudicourt Ewald for their comprehensive briefings and I welcome Mr. Claude Joseph, Acting Prime Minister of Haiti, to the meeting.
We are very concerned about the situation in Haiti. In the absence of elections, t…
I would like to thank the representative of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines for her work in leading the Informal Working Group on Documentation and Other Procedural Questions. I would also like to thank Ms. Sievers and Ms. Landgren for their insights and proposals.
The Security Council has adapted…
I thank the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Mr. Josep Borrell Fontelles, for his briefing.
The European Union (EU) is providing concrete solutions to threats to international peace and security. With regard to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pan…
I too thank Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda for her report and briefing, and welcome the representative of the Sudan to this meeting.
The mission entrusted by the Security Council to the International Criminal Court in Darfur is all the more essential at this time of transition in the Sudan. Building a l…
I thank President Agius and Prosecutor Brammertz for their reports and their briefings. On behalf of France, I also pay tribute to the memory of Judge Gberdao Gustave Kam and his valuable contribution to international criminal justice. We extend our condolences to his family.
France reiterates its …
I too would like to thank Special Representative François Fall for his always very substantial briefing.
I would like to return to three points. First of all, let me stress the importance of regional cooperation for the stability of Central Africa. We welcome United Nations cooperation with the Eco…
I would like to thank Mrs. Nakamitsu for her briefing as well as the Director-General of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) for participating in our meeting today. This is an excellent opportunity to set the record straight.
Reading the latest OPCW report (see S/2021/51…
I thank the Special Coordinator, the Commissioner-General and Mr. Khalidi for their briefings.
Like the Security Council last weekend, France welcomed the announcement of the cessation of hostilities on 21 May and calls for its full respect. It was the result of collective efforts. France fully pla…
I join my colleagues in thanking the President for bringing us together in the Chamber today. I also thank all the briefers for their briefings and insights.
France is concerned about the political impasse in Somalia. The decision by Parliament to reverse the unilateral extension of its mandate is …
I welcome the presence in the Assembly today of the Secretary-General and a number of Foreign Ministers.
The situation in the Middle East is serious. As we are meeting, the fighting continues, and civilians on both sides are the first victims. The conflict could lead to a general conflagration, wit…
France aligns itself with the statement made earlier by the representative of the European Union, in its capacity as observer.
I would like to thank Miss Catherine Marchi-Uhel for her briefing and to applaud the progress made by the International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism to Assist in th…
Seven years have passed since Russia’s illegal annexation of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol. Despite the guarantees given when the Budapest Memorandum was signed, since 2014 Russia has blatantly violated the purposes and principles enshrined in the Charter of the United…
France fully aligns itself with the statement delivered on behalf of the European Union and its member States (see A/75/ PV.38) and would like to make several comments in its national capacity.
We would like to thank Singapore and Norway for having facilitated the negotiations on the two draft reso…
I thank the Special Representative, Ms. Leila Zerrougui, for her briefing.
I wish to touch on three points.
First, I wish to focus on the ongoing security challenges in the eastern part of the country. We condemn the recurrent attacks targeting civilians and armed forces in the Kivus and in Ituri.…
Every year, many of us speak in the general debate to stress the importance of the reform of the Security Council. The successive co-Chairs of the process initiated by the General Assembly have redoubled their efforts to enable the adoption of useful documents. Nevertheless, real negotiations have y…
