France welcomes the adoption of resolution 2448 (2018), which renews the mandate of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) for one year. In a context that is characterized by ongoing serious violence carried out by armed groups,…
First of all, let me thank the Ivorian presidency of the Security
Council for convening today’s meeting and welcome in particular the presence of Mr. Mike Pompeo, Secretary of State of the United States of America. I also thank Ms. Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-Secretary- General for Political Affairs, a…
I, too, would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Haiti, Ms. Helen Meagher La Lime, for her briefing on the situation in Haiti and the work of the United Nations Mission for Justice Support in Haiti (MINUJUSTH).
We are now approaching the transition period at the e…
I thank President Meron and Prosecutor Brammertz for their reports and briefings. I pay a warm tribute to Judge Meron, who leaves us an International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals that is fully autonomous, capable of effectively carrying out its mandate and of adapting its procedures and…
At the outset, I should like to warmly thank Côte d’Ivoire for organizing this important debate, presided over by the Ivorian Minister for Foreign Affairs, whose presence and statement I welcome. The successful experience of Côte d’Ivoire — which is in many ways exemplary, as you have just recalled,…
Let me begin by again expressing to our American friends, as President Macron did, our deepest sympathies on the passing away of President George Herbert Walker Bush.
It is a great honour for all of us to host President Alassane Ouattara today. On behalf of France, I would like to warmly thank you,…
We would like to join others in wishing Côte d’Ivoire every success during its presidency of the Security Council for the month of December, and we congratulate China on its presidency in November.
I also wish to reiterate the condolences offered by President Emmanuel Macron to the American people …
In view of the commitment of the French and German authorities to resolving the crisis in Ukraine within the framework of the Normandy format, this statement is made on behalf of France and Germany.
The maritime incidents that occurred yesterday are serious and cause us great concern. As we have ju…
I thank President Kafando, Special Envoy of the Secretary- General for Burundi, and Ambassador Lauber, Chair of the Burundi configuration of the Peacebuilding Commission, for their important briefings and for their commitment. On behalf of France, I would like to make three main points.
I would fir…
I would like to begin by thanking the Chinese presidency of the Security Council for having organized this important debate. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General and the Commissioner for Peace and Security of the African Union (AU) for their very informative briefings and their unflaggin…
France congratulates Ambassadors Lana Zaki Nusseibeh, Permanent Representative of the United Arab Emirates, and Christian Braun, Permanent Representative of Luxembourg, on their appointment as co-Chairs of the intergovernmental negotiations on Security Council reform. We know that we can count on th…
I would first like to thank Mr. Nickolay Mladenov for his briefing and his commitment day in and day out, and to reiterate France’s support for him.
Every day that passes reaffirms something that we regularly condemn before the Council: the false
status quo that we are witnessing and which in fact…
At the outset, I wish to thank the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General, Mr. Staffan de Mistura, for his very detailed and informative briefing. On my own behalf and on behalf of France, I would like to once again commend his work and reiterate our full support for his tireless efforts.
We have a…
First of all, I would like to thank Mr. Martin Griffiths, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen, as well as Mr. Mark Lowcock, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, for their briefings, which provide us with
a very clear framework for analysis …
I would like to thank Mr. Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Mr. Smaïl Chergui and Ms. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka for their very enlightening briefings. I would like to mention three major issues of concern for France.
First, the difficult situation and the suffering of women in South Sudan, who remain marginalized.…
I thank President Buyoya, Mr. Maman Sidikou, Permanent Secretary of the Group of Five for the Sahel (G-5 Sahel), Under-Secretary-General Jean-Pierre Lacroix and Deputy-Secretary-General Pedro Serrano for their very enlightening briefings. I particularly welcome the presence around this table of Perm…
We are about to vote on a technical draft resolution (S/2018/1025) to renew the mandate of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) for one month. It is indeed a technical need so as to allow one of the members of the Security Cou…
I, too, would like to thank Mr. Zahir Tanin, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Dačić, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Serbia, and Ms. Vlora Çitaku, Ambassador of Kosovo to the United States of America, for their briefings. I would like to very respe…
France takes note of the Council’s unanimous adoption of resolution 2444 (2018). From the outset France has given unwavering support to the ongoing rapprochement process in the Horn of Africa. This is a historic development, creating unprecedented opportunities for stabilization and development in t…
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary- General and Head of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO), Ms. Leila Zerrougui, for her very informative briefing. On behalf of France, allow me to reiterate our full support for he…
