At the outset, allow me to express France’s deep sympathy for and solidarity with the United Kingdom and Afghanistan in the wake of the terrible attacks that struck London and Kabul.
I would like to thank President Morales for his presence at today’s meeting and express our gratitude to the Bolivia…
I thank the United States for putting forward resolution 2356 (2017). France welcomes its unanimous adoption.
For years, North Korea has been insistently pushing the development of its nuclear and ballistic programmes at the highest levels of the regime. It has been methodically trying to acquire a…
Today’s meeting is exceptional and historic. Indeed, it is rare for the Security Council to meet on the occasion of closing a peacekeeping mission. Yet, we are here doing just that for the United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire (UNOCI), which will be phased out by 30 June, under resolution 2284 (…
At the outset, I would like to thank the President for organizing this meeting to present the report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS and the political declarations on HIV/AIDS (A/71/864).
France aligns itself with the statement delivered e…
The humanitarain situation, which Mr. Stephen O’Brien eloquently described, remains tragic and very worrying in several ways. I will highlight at least five of them.
First of all, the violation of the prohibion of the use of chemical weapons — which should have been absolute — continues to outrag…
I would like to begin by thanking the Uruguayan presidency of the Security Council for organizing today’s important and very welcome debate. I would also like to thank Ms. Christine Beerli, Vice-President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), and Mr. Bruno Stagno Ugarte, Deputy Exe…
I thank you, Mr. President, for organizing this meeting, as well as the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Shearer, for the analysis that he has provided to us.
As Mr. Shearer pointed out, South Sudan is at a critical juncture, in which the hope of an improvement in the situation …
I thank the Uruguayan presidency for organizing this important and much-anticipated interaction with the general officers in charge of specific peacekeeping operations. I would also like to thank the Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Mr. Jean-Pierre Lacroix, and the general office…
I thank Mr. Jan Kubiš for his briefing and for his outstanding work in the field. France reiterates its support for the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) and thanks the Mission and the Secretary-General for the most recent report (S/2017/357), which was issued a few weeks ago.
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I thank the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina for his briefing.
France aligns itself with the statement that will be delivered shortly on behalf of the European Union.
More than 20 years after the Dayton-Paris Agreement was signed, it continues to be the key to institutional stability…
I thank the Mr. Zenenga and Mr. Madeira for their briefings. I shall not rehash their diagnosis and assessment of the current situation, which, as the Secretary-General said following his recent visit to Somalia, is a source of dual and contrasting feelings of sadness and hope.
Progress has been ma…
Allow me to thank Mr. Tanin for his briefing, as well as the representatives of Serbia and Kosovo for their statements.
At the outset, I would like to reiterate, once again, and as others before me have done, our wish that the Security Council review how frequently it considers the situation in Kos…
France welcomes the unanimous adoption of resolution 2352 (2017), renewing the mandate of the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) for six months. It is indeed crucial to continue to closely follow the situation between the Sudan and South Sudan and to align the mission with its …
I would like first of all to thank Uruguay for organizing today’s debate in the Security Council. This subject is of central importance for countries in conflict, of course, but also for all of us. I would like to also thank Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed and Under- Secretary-General Adama …
May I first thank Ambassadors Aboulatta, Umarov and Llorenty Solíz for their briefings and for their leadership at the helm of the three Committees.
Terrorism today is one of the greatest threats to international peace and security, as evidenced by the
all-too-frequent attacks we hear about in the…
I would like to welcome Ms. Federica Mogherini, High
Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, to the Security Council and to thank her warmly for her briefing.
As we do every year on 9 May, today the States members of the European Union celebrate Europe Day in …
On behalf of my delegation, I congratulate you, Mr. President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council.
I thank the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Ms. Bensouda, for the presentation of her thirteenth report. I wish to take this opportunity to affirm the full su…
I would like to thank the United States presidency of the Security Council for having taken the initiative of convening this important meeting. I extend a warm welcome to the Secretary of State of the United States, Mr. Rex Tillerson, and to the Secretary-General.
I have the honour of delivering a …
France welcomes the unanimous adoption of resolution 2351 (2017) and is happy to see that the Council has found unity on this matter. We thank the United States for its efforts as penholder, which helped bring the members of the Security Council together.
The text we have adopted today has extended…
I wish to sincerely thank Mr. Stephen O’Brien for his briefing and his commitment. He has once again reminded us of our responsibilities with regard to the Syrian tragedy.
Since our last humanitarian consultations, one more step has been taken into the horror. The chemical-weapons attack at Khan Sh…
