France welcomes the unanimous adoption of resolution 2368 (2017) and thanks the United States for introducing the resolution and for facilitating the important work carried out during negotiations. Last Friday, my country commemorated the one-year anniversary of the tragic attack that occurred in Ni…
I would like to thank the Chinese presidency for organizing this important meeting. I also wish to thank the Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Mr. El-Ghassim Wane, and the Chair of the Joint Monitoring and Evaluation Commission, President Festus Mogae, for their commitment and…
I would like to begin by thanking you, Mr. President, for having organized this very timely debate. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General and the Commissioner for Peace and Security of the African Union, Mr. Smail Chergui, for their briefings and for their personal commitment to fostering…
Let me begin by thanking the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Haiti, Ms. Sandra Honoré Braithwaite, for her very enlightening briefing, as well as for her contribution and that of her teams to the stabilization of Haiti.
I associate myself with the statements that will be made by…
I wish at the outset to thank Mr. Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under- Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, for his very enlightening briefing and for the tireless commitment of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) to the Congolese …
France welcomes the unanimous adoption of resolution 2366 (2017), which it co-sponsored, and the establishment of the United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia, mandated to observe and verify compliance with the Final Agreement for Ending the Conflict and Building a Stable and Lasting Peace. T…
Allow me to thank you, Sir, and the representatives of the United States and Japan for convening this very important meeting.
I also thank Mr. Jenča, Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, for his very enlightening briefing on the situation.
The Security Council is once again meeting f…
I would first like to thank you, Mr. President, for yesterday’s debate on the non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (see S/PV.7985). I would like to thank today’s briefers, particularly Mr. Jeffrey Feltman, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, for his presentation of the report …
France welcomes the unanimous adoption today of resolution 2364 (2017), which renews the mandate of the peacekeepers in Mali for one year. France also welcomes the constructive negotiations among the members of the Security Council that led to this important result. With the unanimous adoption of
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I would like to thank you, Sir, for your dual role, as President of the Council and Chair of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004), in organizing today’s important meeting. I would also like to thank Ms. Nakamitsu and Mr. Ballard for their very informative briefings.
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I would first like to reiterate France’s condolences to the Afghan people and the families of the victims of the terrible attack of 31 May in Kabul and the incidents that followed it. France stands with the Government of Afghanistan in the fight against terrorism.
I would like to warmly thank Mr. T…
France welcomes the unanimous adoption of resolution 2359 (2017). Through this important and, in many ways, seminal text, the Security Cuncil expresses its full support for the Force conjointe du G5 Sahel, established by the Group of Five States for the Sahel (G-5) to combat the terrorist threat the…
On 12 March, Michael Sharp and Zaida Catalán, two members of the Group of Experts on the Democratic Republic of the Congo went missing. Their bodies were found a few days later. It was clear that they had been murdered. The Security Council condemned their deaths in the strongest of terms and called…
At the outset, I would like to thank the Secretary-General of League of Arab States, Mr. Ahmed Aboul-Gheit; the Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Mr. Nickolay Mladenov; Mr. Lakhdar Brahimi, member of The Elders; and Mr. Michael Doran, Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute, for t…
I would like to begin by extending France’s deepest sympathy to China following the incident that occurred in the east of the country earlier today.
I thank Ethiopia, Senegal and Egypt for convening today’s important debate. I also thank Ms. Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti, Chef de Cabinet to the Secret…
I would like to thank the Bolivian presidency of the Security Council for convening today’s important debate and for its resolution on mine action, in which France is actively participating. I would also like to thank Assistant Secretary-General Zuev and Ms. Nathalie Ochoa Niño for their very illumi…
France welcomes the unanimous adoption of resolution 2357 (2057), which extends for a year the authorization granted by the Security Council to effectively and efficiently implement the arms embargo on weapons headed for Libya by sea. I would like to thank the British penholder for its work and effo…
I would like to thank the Prosecutor, Ms. Bensouda, for her report and for her briefing to the Council. We also renew our pledge of support for the Prosecutor, her teams and the International Criminal Court (ICC).
It has now been more than 12 years since the Security Council adopted resolution 1593…
At the outset, let me warmly thank Jeffrey Feltman for his illuminating presentation of the Secretary-General’s report on the threat posed by Da’esh. I also convey, on behalf of France, my most heartfelt condolences to all of our partners who have suffered from the terrorist attacks of the last two …
I thank President Agius, President Meron and Prosecutor Brammertz for their very comprehensive briefings.
France reiterates its gratitude and support to the entire staff of the International Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals…
