I would like to thank the President for organizing this meeting to commemorate the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
The International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, which was adopted 50 years ago, is an essential instrument in the…
Let me first thank Ambassador Llorentty Solíz for his briefing today and for the presentation of the programme of work of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004).
Almost three months after the Council’s unanimous adoption of resolution 2325 (2016) on the non-proliferation of we…
I thank the United Kingdom presidency for convening this important public meeting. In addition to Under- Secretary-General Hervé Ladsous and the Permanent Representative of Morocco, Mr. Omar Hilale, I especially thank His Excellency President Faustin Archange Touadéra for travelling to New York and …
Allow me to begin by thanking the Secretary-General, Mr. Kevin Hyland, Mr. Yury Fedotov and Ms. Ilwad Elman for their briefings.
France associates itself with the statement to be delivered by the observer of the European Union.
The actions committed by Da’esh in the Middle East and by Boko Haram i…
Allow me at the outset to reiterate France’s condolences to the Afghan people and to the families of the victims of the attack committed 8 March in Kabul. France categorically condemns these acts, which seek to hinder Afghanistan’s recovery and whose perpetrators must not go unpunished.
Allow me al…
I should like to begin by thanking Mr. Stephen O’Brien for his very illuminating briefing and his exemplary commitment, and for his pressing appeal to all actors involved in the face of a situation in which millions of people are threatened with famine in Yemen, Somalia and Nigeria and are already e…
At the outset, I should like to welcome the presence here today of the Deputy Secretary-General, Ms. Amina Mohammed, whose return to New York to take up her important duties is both a great opportunity for the United Nations and excellent news for us all. I should also like warmly to congratulate th…
France deeply regrets the inability of the Security Council to adopt draft resolution S/2017/172 in spite of the support of the majority of members. The draft resolution was subject to far-reaching discussions in good faith with our partners. Thanks to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemica…
Under your impetus, Sir, the Security Council’s work in February was marked by very rich activity on all the subjects on its agenda, from Africa to the Middle East and Europe. More sadly, this month was also tragically marked by the sudden loss of the Permanent Representative of Russia, Vitaly Churk…
For months now, France, the United Kingdom and the United States have sought to unite the Security Council in response to the heinous crimes committed in Syria involving the repeated, corroborated use of chemical weapons against civilians over several years. These criminal acts continue today, as we…
I would add my thanks to those expressed by other members of the Security Council to the Special Representative of the Secretary General, Mr. Zahir Tanin, as well as to the President of Serbia,
Mr. Tomislav Nikolić, and to the Ambassador of Kosovo, Ms. Vlora Çitaku.
I should like to begin my state…
Today, I welcome the presence of Mr. Sebastian Kurz, the Austrian Minister for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs, at the Security Council table and congratulate his country on its assumption of the chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) for this year. In…
I should like to begin by warmly thanking the Secretaries- General of the United Nations, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OECD) and the European External Action Service of the European Union for their very enlightening briefings.
The theme of conflicts in Europe has a speci…
On behalf of France and on my own behalf, I should like to pay special tribute to our colleague and friend Vitaly Churkin. I should like to convey to his wife, Irina, and to his family our most sincere condolences and our deepest sadness, which I would also convey to all of the Russian Mission.
Vit…
At the outset, allow me to thank Ukraine for having taken the initiative of convening this important debate. I should also like to thank the speakers thus far for their insightful statements.
France associates itself with the statement to be delivered on behalf of the European Union.
The examples …
France firmly condemns the resumption of fighting in eastern Ukraine in the past few days, specifically in Avdiivka. We are dealing with the worst upsurge in violence and the highest rate of violations of the ceasefire that we have seen in months. They have been accompanied by a spike in the number …
France welcomes the unanimous adoption of resolution 2339 (2017), which renews the sanctions regime, or rather
the restrictive measures, against the Central African Republic and in support of the political process in that country. This renewal was justified even though the situation in the Central …
France welcomes the unanimous adoption of resolution 2337 (2017). My delegation thanks Senegal warmly for its leadership. From the beginning, France supported the efforts led by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and its African partners.
The 1 December elections in The Gambia w…
On behalf of France, but also in my personal capacity, let me begin by paying special tribute to our colleague and friend Samantha Power for her outstanding work and her exemplary and tireless commitment to the values of the United Nations. Ambassador Power is an exceptional person, and I address to…
On Sunday 15 January, more than 70 countries and international organizations met in Paris to speak as one for the revival of the Middle East peace process. On behalf of the President of the Republic, Mr François Hollande, and the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Jean-Marc Ayrault, I would like to re…
