At the outset, allow me to add the voice of France, which takes pride in its feminist diplomacy, on this International Day of Women in Diplomacy.
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Hanna Tetteh for her briefing and welcome the presence of the Permanent Representative of Libya i…
I would first like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Ms. Roza Otunbayeva, the Under- Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Ms. Joyce Msuya, and the Executive Director of United Nations-Women, Ms. Sima Bahous, for their briefings on the situation in Afghanistan. In t…
At the outset, I thank the Secretary- General for his statement, two days after the statement he had already made alerting us to the seriousness of the situation (see S/PV.9939). I also thank the Assistant Secretary-General for Europe, Central Asia and the Americas, Mr. Miroslav Jenča, and the Direc…
We listened attentively to the Secretary-General who forcefully reminded us of the seriousness of the situation, and we thank him. I would like to thank Ms. DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, and Mr. Rafael Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic E…
At the outset, I thank Mr. Miroslav Jenča, Assistant Secretary-General for Europe, Central Asia and the Americas, and Ms. Edem Wosornu, Director of the Operations and Advocacy Division, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, for their briefings and for the United Nations efforts to hel…
I thank Guyana for having taken the initiative of this meeting during its presidency of the Security Council — for which I offer my congratulations — a meeting focused on a critical issue, namely the link between peace and sustainable development. I welcome your presence, Mr. Minister for Foreign Af…
At the outset, I thank Ms. Najat Rochdi, Deputy Special Envoy of the Secretary-General, and Ms. Joyce Msuya, Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, for their briefings on the situation in Syria. I particularly wish to thank Ms. Amneh Khoulani, Executive Director of the Adalaty Centre,…
First of all, I would like to thank the Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and the Director General of the International Agency for Atomic Energy (IAEA) for their briefings on the situation.
Following the strikes carried out last night by Israel against Iran, France has…
I would like to begin by thanking the President of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, President Gatti Santana, for the introduction of the twenty-sixth biannual report submitted in accordance with resolution 1966 (2010), as well as the Prosecutor, Mr. Serge Brammertz, for h…
I would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Mohamed Al Hassan, for his briefing. I also want to welcome the presence here today of the representative of Iraq and the Permanent Representative of Kuwait.
I would like to make three points.
First, France supports the…
I would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Abdou Abarry, for his briefing and his observations on the situation in the region. I wish also to thank the President of the Commission of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS), Mr. Gilberto Da Piedade…
France would like to thank Mrs. Izumi Nakamitsu, High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, for her briefing. We also thank her for reporting on the work carried out by the teams of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), who demonstrated their professionalism and whose im…
After a hiatus lasting several months, Russia is resuming its meetings about arms supplies, as it does whenever it impedes a cessation of hostilities. I suggest that we get back to the facts.
On 24 February 2022, Russia made the choice to start this war of aggression. Every day since, it has made t…
I would also like to align myself with some of the comments made by the delegation of Sierra Leone. We have also shared our comments on the draft report in writing. We believe that the comments on substance must be borne in mind, notably regarding factual accuracy. We do not understand why such comm…
I would like to thank the Under- Secretary-General, Ms. Rosemary DiCarlo, and Ms. Lisa Doughten, Director of the Financing and Partnerships Division, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, for their briefings.
Every day Russia chooses to continue its aggression against Ukraine. No rhe…
In his latest report (S/2025/257) on the implementation of resolution 2733 (2024), the Secretary-General highlights the fragile political and security environment in Libya. The capital, Tripoli, remains under the control of militias and armed groups, as underscored by the violent clashes of recent w…
France thanks Special Coordinator Sigrid Kaag and Dr. Feroze Sidhwa for their briefings, which remind us of the ordeal of the civilian population in Gaza.
France will never forget the heinous terrorist attacks of 7 October 2023. The hostages still in Gaza being held by Hamas and other terrorist gro…
I thank Minister Gerapetritis, for convening this open debate during your presidency of the Security Council, the importance of which everyone recognizes. I would also like to thank Mr. Fletcher, Ms. Spoljaric Egger, Ms. Bahous and Ms. Soeripto for their briefings.
From their briefings, as well as …
I would like to thank Mr. Pedersen and Mr. Rajasingham for their briefings on the situation in Syria.
More than five months have elapsed since the dictatorship imposed by the Al-Assad family collapsed. The road to transition since then has been arduous, and France wishes to stand by the Syrian peop…
I would like to thank Greece for its initiative in organizing this meeting on maritime safety and welcome the presence of the Greek Prime Minister, Mr. Kyriakos Mitsotakis, and the Greek Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Gerapetritis. I would like to thank the Secretary-General for his statement, an…
