At the outset, I wish to thank you, Madam President, for convening this debate. I also thank Ms. Zewde and African Union Commissioner for Peace and Security Chergui for their very interesting briefings.
For France, the partnership between the United Nations and the African Union (AU) is of strategi…
France welcomes adoption of resolution 2428 (2018), which renews the sanctions regime on South Sudan for one year. France nevertheless listened attentively to our colleagues from Ethiopia and Equatorial Guinea, and shares their desire for the Security Council to remain united in supporting the polit…
At the outset I would like to thank you, Madam President, for taking the initiative to convene this Council debate on the problem of climate change and its consequences for international peace and security. It is a critical issue to which we must pay all the attention it deserves.
I would also like…
First of all, I would like to thank you, Madam President, for organizing this public meeting of the Security Council on the issue of women and peace and security in the Sahel, which is a true priority for us. Your presence, Madam Minister, attests to that. It is both a privilege and a pleasure to se…
At the outset, I would like to warmly thank the Swedish presidency of the Council for organizing this open debate on the children and armed conflict agenda item, which is an absolute priority for us. I also thank the Swedish presidency for having steered the important resolution that we have just ad…
At the outset, I would like to thank Assistant Secretary- General Alexander Zouev for his briefing. I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening this meeting one year after the adoption of resolution 2365 (2017) on an important topic that deserves our attention and mobilization.
Unfortun…
I wish to begin by telling the delegation of Côte d’Ivoire how deeply moved I have been by the letter that has just been read out and how profoundly present our late colleague remains in our memory and our hearts. His wisdom, as reported by his spouse, is and will remain a source of inspiration to u…
Let me begin by thanking the Russian presidency of the Council for convening this important meeting. I also thank Under-Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo, our colleague of the Netherlands and the observer of the European Union for their very informative briefings.
I would also like to commend the …
At the outset, I would like to thank Mr. Staffan de Mistura for his comprehensive and objective briefing. We assure him of our full support. I also thank Mr. John Ging for his instructive briefing on the catastrophic humanitarian situation in Syria.
I will start with our concerns about the situatio…
First of all, let me thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Yamamoto for his very enlightening briefing, especially on peace efforts and the electoral process. I also thank Under-Secretary- General Voronkov and Executive Director Fedotov for their briefings on combating terrorism and …
France thanks the President of the General Assembly for organizing today’s debate and the Secretary-General for his report on the responsibility to protect (A/72/884) and, above all, for his personal commitment to the issue. I would also like to thank the Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocid…
At the outset, I would like to welcome and thank the Secretary- General for his personal commitment to resolving the crises in the Middle East.
I would also like to thank the Russian presidency for organizing this debate, in which I would like to explain the great principles that guide France’s act…
I would like to sincerely thank our three briefers for their very insightful statements, which highlight the attention that the Security Council must continue paying to the situation in the Central African Republic.
France is concerned about the ongoing acts of violence committed by armed groups in…
On behalf of France, I sincerely thank Prosecutor Bensouda and her team for the important work they have been doing for six years in the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC). France appreciates the importance that such a mission represents for her and her team, who are …
I thank the Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations for his very enlightening statement. I also welcome the presence around the table of the Malian Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and thank him for having made the trip to New York in order to participate in our…
I thank President Meron and Prosecutor Brammertz for their letters (see S/2018/347 and S/2018/471) and briefings.
Six months after the closure of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and more than two years after the closure of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), …
We regret having had to abstain in the voting on draft resolution S/2018/520, submitted by the United States. That decision was reached after considering the method by which the draft was immediately put to the vote without prior negotiations. It was also reached after considering its substance. The…
At the outset, I would like to congratulate Poland on its excellent Security Council presidency in May. I also congratulate Russia on assuming the presidency and wish it every success.
We regret that the Security Council has not been able to achieve consensus on a text. On behalf of realism and pra…
The Security Council just adopted resolution 2418 (2018), which renews the sanctions regime on South Sudan. France voted in favour of the resolution, which should help to put an end to the violence in South Sudan and to advance the political process.
The international community and the Council coul…
I would like to begin by thanking Mr. Nickolay Mladenov for his precise briefing and commitment, which is more necessary than ever. I will be brief. We have had an opportunity to speak several times on the situation in Gaza and the Israeli-Palestinian question over the past few weeks. I will keep to…
