First of all, I would like to welcome the Ambassador of the United States and assure her of our full support in her work.
France welcomes the unanimous adoption of resolution 2488 (2019), which authorizes the easing of the arms embargo on the Central African Republic. I would like to thank all memb…
Allow me first to extend France’s condolences to the Afghan people and the families of the victims of the attacks perpetrated on 2 and 5 September in Kabul. France stands in solidarity with the Afghan Government in the fight against terrorism. That is a joint commitment of which we are all particula…
First, I wish to thank Ms. Bintou Keita, Assistant-Secretary-
General for Africa, and Ambassador Mauro Vieira, Chair of the Guinea-Bissau configuration of the Peacebuilding Commission, for their briefings.
I would like to take this opportunity to welcome the positive developments in Guinea-Bissau …
At the outset, I would like to emphasize that France emphatically condemns the attacks that took place in Burkina Faso and claimed many lives, including those of women and children. France offers its condolences to the families of the victims and reaffirms its solidarity with the countries of the re…
First, like others, I would like to thank Mark Lowcock
and Geir Pedersen for their very detailed and useful briefings, as always. I am particularly pleased to see Mr. Pedersen in the Council restored to full health.
The Syrian tragedy has, for some months, entered into a new phase of the Syrian re…
France welcomes the unanimous adoption of resolution 2485 (2019), illustrating the Security Council’s collective support for the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), whose role is essential to preserving peace in a volatile regional context. As it does every year, France worked energeti…
I too would like to thank Ms. Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Iraq, for her insightful briefing, which provided a comprehensive update on developments in Iraq, as well as on the work of all the teams of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (U…
Allow me also to thank Vladimir Voronkov and Michèle Coninsx for their briefings.
As the report indicates (S/2019/612), despite the loss of its territory, Da’esh continues to pose a serious threat to international peace and security, particularly through its regional subsidiaries and the attacks it…
I too would like to thank the Special Coordinator, Mr. Nickolay Mladenov, for his enlightening briefing, which provided us with a clear and precise outline of the situation and the issues at hand.
First of all, I would like to draw our collective attention to the further deterioration of the situat…
First of all, I would like to warmly thank Mr. Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, and Mr. Smaїl Chergui, African Union Commissioner for Peace and Security, for their important briefings. France welcomes the close coordination between the United Nations and the African…
At the outset, allow me to thank the Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs for her briefing.
Appeals are regularly made from this organ to preserve and strengthen the security system for which the Security Council is the guarantor. It is a common priority and objec…
I thank our briefers for their very informative presentations. In particular, I congratulate the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Swan, on beginning his functions in Somalia and reaffirm France’s full support. I also thank the Special Representative of the Secretary- General on S…
I thank you, Mr. President, for organizing today’s debate, which allows us to address all the issues related to the Middle East in a spirit of dialogue. Because the conflicts in the region have common roots and are interlinked, this cross-cutting approach is relevant as a complement to the individua…
Seventy years ago, the adoption of the Geneva Conventions was a milestone in the evolution of our universal conscience following the horrors of the Second World War. I therefore welcome your commitment to this topic, Mr. President, and thank Poland for having taken the initiative of convening this c…
I thank you, Madam President, for convening this meeting at France’s request. I also thank Ms. Bintou Keita for her briefing. It was essential for the Security Council to meet today in an emergency meeting given the developments in Libya over the past few hours. The Libyan conflict is indeed at a cr…
The Syrian regime’s use of torture, arbitrary arrest and detention and enforced disappearances dates back to long before the 2011 uprising. Those abuses have always been a distinctive feature of the regime, and in a push to eliminate all forms of opposition, they have reached an unprecedented scale …
I would like to commend the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Poland on his commitment to the rights of children. I also thank Ms. Mariatu Kamara; Mr. Majok Peter Awan; and the Executive Director of UNICEF, Ms. Henrietta Fore, for their statements.
This year we mark the thirtieth anniversary of the C…
I would like to thank Mark Lowcock and commend the outstanding work of his teams in responding to the humanitarian emergency in Syria. I would also like to thank the Policy Director of Physicians for Human Rights for her briefing and for the commitment of humanitarian and medical staff on the ground…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Ghassan Salamé for his briefing and the Deputy Permanent Representative of Germany for his briefing on the work of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011) concerning Libya.
Let me first reiterate France’s full support for …
At the outset, allow me to offer my condolences to the families of the victims of the attacks in Kabul yesterday. The Afghan civilian population has once again been challenged by tragic circumstances.
I thank Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed for her briefing and especially for her visit
to …
