I would first like to thank all our briefers, particularly Ms. Wazma Frogh, who embodies the voice of women and civil society that is so essential to building a lasting peace in Afghanistan.
France associates itself with the statement to be delivered later by the observer of the European Union.
I …
France welcomes the unanimous adoption of resolution 2396 (2017), on foreign terrorist fighters. I should like to particularly thank the United States for having taken the initiative of submitting the resolution, which very usefully complements and updates the framework established three years ago b…
First, I should like to thank you, Sir, for organizing this very timely meeting. During the course of 2017, the Council has repeatedly reaffirmed the value of peacekeeping operations as one of the most essential tools of the United Nations for peace and international security. By emphasizing the nee…
I should like first to thank the Japanese presidency of the Security Council for having taken the initiative to convene this debate, which is especially welcome in the current context, and the Secretary-General for his enlightening briefing.
The debates and discussions that we have held throughout …
Let me first thank the Japanese presidency for convening this meeting. I also thank Under-Secretary-General Jeffrey Feltman and the observer of the European Union for their very enlightening briefings. I would also like to particularly thank the Italian Facilitator and his team, whose work I warmly …
France welcomes the adoption of resolution 2393 (2017), which extends for a year the mandate of the cross-border relief system for Syria. We thank the co-penholders in that regard. In spite of differences in approach, the members of the Security Council were able to move forward given the humanitari…
I thank the Japanese presidency for convening this important meeting and the Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs, Ms. Nakamitsu, for her very enlightening briefing.
The illicit trade in small arms and light weapons today poses a grave threat to international peace and
security. As has …
France regrets the outcome of the voting today. We thank Egypt for the quality of the work it has carried out and for its balanced approach.
This vote was a foregone conclusion for us for at least five reasons, which I would like to refer to today.
First of all, draft resolution S/2017/1060 confir…
I thank the Japanese presidency for having convened this important meeting, and I also thank the Secretary- General for his very informative briefing.
France is deeply concerned at the worsening situation on the Korean peninsula and by the significant risks therefrom to our collective security. Thi…
First of all, allow me to warmly thank Mr. Jeffrey Feltman, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, and Ms. Pramila Patten, Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, for their very enlightening briefings.
The situation of the Rohingyas in Rakhine state r…
I thank Prosecutor Bensouda for her report and her detailed briefing to the Council, and reiterate France’s full support and trust in the fulfilment of her mandate.
On 31 March 2005, the Council adopted resolution 1593 (2005). This decision had three clear goals: first, to promote the fight against…
Mr. President, allow me at the outset to thank Mr. Jenča and Mr. Al Hussein for their briefings on the situation in North Korea.
We cannot but deplore once again this year the disastrous human rights situation in the country, which has hardly changed since the publication, in February 2014, of the …
Allow me to begin by saying how much our thoughts today are with all of the Tanzanian Blue Helmets killed as they carried out their duties in the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as well as with all of the families and friends of those who lo…
I thank the Special Coordinator for his briefing.
The status of Jerusalem has been the subject of specific Security Council resolutions and in that regard concerns the entire international community, as the President of the French Republic, Mr. Emmanuel Macron, reminded us yesterday. That is why, w…
I would like to thank Presidents Agius and Meron and Prosecutor Brammertz for their comprehensive briefings. I also welcome the presence here today of the President of the Republic of Croatia and the Minister of Justice of Serbia.
At the time when, through its adoption on 25 May 1993 of resolution …
I should like at the outset to commend Italy for its ongoing commitment to the issue of the protection of endangered cultural heritage. France and Italy have always shared the objective of protecting the heritage of humankind. That objective is deeply rooted in our common DNA and that is what led us…
I would first like to thank Under-Secretary-General Feltman for his briefing. I also thank you, Mr. President, for your work as Chair of the Committee pursuant to resolution 1718 (2006) and for your exemplary energy and that of your team on this matter this year. I also thank the United States of Am…
At the outset, I should like to thank Mr. Mark Lowcock for his comprehensive and objective briefing, and to emphasize the extent of France’s concern at the recent developments in the humanitarian situation in Syria. In that context, I would like to highlight three points that are essential in our vi…
Allow me first of all warmly to thank Mr. Voronkov, Ms. Coninsx and Ambassador Umarov for their very enlightening presentations on the issue that brings us together today,
that is, the return of foreign terrorist fighters, which is one of France’s major priorities. I shall make three key points tod…
I would like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Bintou Keita for her very informative briefing on the situation in South Sudan, the work of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) and the importance of the Security Council’s role and support.
The initiative undertaken in July to hold a…
