France welcomes the end of the mandate of the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL), but I would like to begin by thanking Mr. Zouev, Assistant Secretary-General for Rule of Law and Security Institutions, and the Deputy Permanent Representative of Sweden for their very insightful briefings. I wo…
We are all in a state of shock following the death of our colleague and friend Bernard Tanoh-Boutchoue. On behalf of France and on a personal level, I want to once again express our heartfelt condolences and deep sympathy to his family, friends and all the members of the Permanent Mission of Côte d’…
I thank the United Kingdom for this very timely update on the circumstances of the chemical-weapons attack in Salisbury on 4 March. I also thank the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, Mrs. Nakamitsu, for her very clear briefing.
The day after the hostile act of 4 March, France expressed i…
At the outset, I should like to thank Martin Griffiths for his very detailed and illuminating briefing and for his initial assessment of the steps needed to revive
political negotiations in the difficult situation we are seeing. I would like to assure the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for …
At the outset, I would like to thank the Under-Secretary- General for Humanitarian Affairs, Mr. Mark Lowcock, for his briefing, and once again commend his tireless efforts, as well as those of his teams, in responding
to the urgency and gravity of the humanitarian situation in Syria. I would also l…
I want to start by thanking Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Ms. Pramila Patten, for their very insightful speeches, as well as Ms. Razia Sultana for her powerful speech, which should challenge us to refle…
The draft resolution submitted by Russia (S/2018/355) has just been categorically rejected. The result of the voting sends a clear message that the members of the Council understand the circumstances, reason for and objectives of the military action taken yesterday. The Council understands why such …
A week after the chemical massacre in Douma and a day after last night’s strikes, I want to say again straight away to those who pretend to wonder that France has no doubt whatsoever about the responsibility of the Al-Assad regime in this attack. This morning we made public a notice comprising infor…
I thank the Secretary-General for his statement.
We are meeting today to address the threats to international peace and security that have arisen as a result of the situation in Syria, six days after the latest chemical-weapons carnage, on 7 April in Douma.
For seven years, the situation in Syria …
I thank the Peruvian presidency for holding this meeting. I also thank Ambassador Llorentty Solíz and his team for their briefing, as well as for the work done at the healm of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004). The adoption today of its programme of work, …
I wish to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary- General, Mr. Annadif, for his most informative briefing and his exemplary commitment. On behalf of France, I wish to reiterate our full support to him and all his team. I wish also to thank the Permanent Representative of Sweden, Olof Skoo…
After having vetoed a draft resolution that sought to shed full light on acts of violence involving chemical weapons (S/2018/175), including those that took place last weekend, Russia persists in a dual strategy of obstruction and diversion on the matter. The only aim of the draft text on which we h…
France welcomes the adoption of resolution 2410 (2018),
renewing the mandate of the United Nations Mission in Support of Justice in Haiti (MINUJUSTH) for one year and setting the stage for its withdrawal with a view to a transition in October 2019. Until then, MINUJUSTH will pursue its mandate, bas…
I would like to begin by warmly thanking Mr., Djinnit, not only for his very informative briefing but also for his outstanding work and unwavering commitment to peace in the Great Lakes region. I also wish to thank Ambassador Balé, Permanent Representative of the Congo, in his dual capacity as the r…
For years, as part of its responsibilities for maintaining international peace and security, the Security Council has been mobilized on the issue of chemical weapons. After the chemical attacks in Ghouta in 2013, the Security Council adopted resolution 2118 (2013), which provided for the complete di…
I thank the Peruvian presidency for having convened this emergency Security Council meeting, at the request of France, together with eight other Council members. I also wish to thank the Special Envoy of the Secretary- General for Syria, Mr. Staffan de Mistura, and the Deputy to the High Representat…
We are meeting today at the request of a member of the Security Council to discuss the 13 March letter (S/2018/218, annex) written by the British Prime Minister, which concerns a topic that we already met to discuss last month (see S/PV.8203). This meeting comes on the heels of a special meeting of …
I thank the Peruvian presidency for holding this important meeting and Mr. Thomas Markram for his very insightful briefing. I would also like to welcome Dr. Mamoun Morad to our meeting.
I shall raise three points today on the use of chemical weapons in Syria, its importance with respect to non-prol…
At the outset, allow me to warmly congratulate the delegation of the Netherlands on its presidency of the Security Council last month and, on behalf of France, offer our full support for the Peruvian presidency.
I thank the Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Mr. Jean-Pierre Lacroi…
At the outset, I would like to thank Kuwait for requesting the holding of today’s emergency meeting and the Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs for his briefing. Given his worrisome description of the situation, I would like to make three comments.
First, we are very concerned about t…
