Madam President, I wish to thank you for having convened this important meeting on the issue of South Sudan. I should also like to thank in particular Special Representative of the Secretary-General David Shearer for his briefing and for his leadership of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (U…
I thank Nickolay Mladenov for his commitment and briefing, which highlights once again the risks posed to the entire region by the lack of a settlement to the Israeli- Palestinian conflict. The conflict has dragged on for nearly 70 years, and the occupation of the Palestinian territories has lasted …
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Martin Kobler, for his very illuminating briefing, for his tireless commitment and for the report of the Secretary-General on the activities of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (S/2017/283).
For my part, I will discuss the …
We welcome to the Security Council today the Secretary- General, whose presence today is as important as it is appreciated.
Human rights violations that stir up hatred are the direct cause of tensions and violence, sometimes to the point of destabilizing entire countries and regions. That is why th…
France welcomes the adoption of resolution 2350 (2017), which closes the Mission in six months and establishes a new successor mission, which will deal with issues related to police, rule of law and human rights, in accordance with the recommendations of the Secretary-General. This is an important d…
I would like to begin by thanking, Ambassador Umarov, Chair of the Committee pursuant to resolutions 751 (1992) and 1907 (2009) concerning Somalia and Eritrea, for his statement and, through him, the Somalia and
Eritrea Monitoring Group for its latest report and investigative work. In all their asp…
France is devastated by the result of today’s voting. We deeply deplore the fact that, thanks to another Russian veto, the Security Council has been unable to agree on a simple, balanced draft resolution condemning and seeking to throw light on what happened at Khan Shaykhun. We
nonetheless strove …
A week ago, the regime perpetrated another chemical-weapons attack. At least 86 people died from asphyxiation near Idlib; hundreds were injured. The symptoms observed, as well as the dramatic number of deaths, are indicative of the use of a neurotoxic agent, probably a mixture based on sarin. The de…
First, I would like to warmly thank Mr. Djinnit for his excellent work and unwavering commitment to achieving peace in the Great Lakes region. I am pleased that we have been given the opportunity to speak with him in this format, where we can take a step back and consider all of the region’s challen…
I too would like to begin by extending sympathy on behalf of my country, France, to Egypt and Sweden, which have both suffered reprehensible terrorist attacks in recent days, and reiterate my Government’s full support.
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary- General, Ms. Honoré, for he…
My statement is an extension of the joint communiqué issued last night by the President of the French Republic, Mr. François Hollande, and the Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, Ms. Angela Merkel.
I, too, would like to begin by expressing once again to Sweden our most sincere condolence…
I warmly thank the Secretary-General for his important briefing and assure him of France’s full support for the approach that he has just set out. I also thank the American presidency for having convened this meeting. The issue bringing us together today, peacekeeping and the men and women serving i…
I would like to welcome the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Mali, His Excellency Mr. Abdoulaye Diop, whose presence is important for all of us and for our joint efforts in Mali.
I would also like to thank the new Under-Secretary- General for Peacekeeping Operations, Mr. Jean-Pierre Lacroix, for his…
I would like to begin by once again conveying our deep solidarity with Colombia following the tragic events in the Mocoa region. The death toll now stands at almost 300. President Hollande immediately offered his condolences to President Santos and the people of Colombia. We have indicated our readi…
I should like to begin by thanking the United States presidency for agreeing to our request to convene an emergency meeting of the Security Council and to congratulate you, Madam, on your accession to the presidency. I also thank Mr. Kim Won-soo for his briefing and his efforts over the past two yea…
I, too, would like to begin by congratulating you, Madam President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council. You can count on the full support of the French delegation. I would also like to pay tribute to the excellent manner in which the United Kingdom presided over the Council…
France welcomes the unanimous adoption of resolution 2348 (2017), which renews the mandate of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO). The resolution we have just adopted is the outcome of negotiations that were not always easy, but it …
I welcome the unanimous adoption of resolution 2347 (2017) as a historic step in our common fight to protect endangered cultural heritage. We meet this morning in the Security Council, in the heart of a global city that symbolizes modernity — In the Shadow of No Towers, to borrow from the work by Ar…
I thank the various briefers for their presentations and would like to pay special tribute to the British Foreign Minister, who took the initiative to convene today’s important meeting and travelled to New York to preside over it. I would also particularly like to thank the President of the Federal …
I would like to begin by welcoming the presence of the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs of the United Kingdom at today’s meeting, as well as the initiative taken by the British presidency to organize this meeting on South Sudan. I would also like to thank the speakers for thei…
