I should like to thank Malaysia for having convened this debate on this crucial topic, as the protection of children in armed conflict represents a universal moral duty. I should also like to thank the Secretary-General for being with us today, for his statement and his commitment to this crucial is…
I wish to take this opportunity to convey the gravity of the occasion today as we have just adopted resolution 2303 (2016), on Burundi. After intense negotiations, today the Security Council has taken an important decision that marks a potentially decisive step on the path to peace in Burundi. I wis…
I thank the Japanese presidency for organizing this open debate on peacebuilding in Africa and for its initiative on behalf of presidential statement S/PRST/2016/12, which we have just adopted.
Given its historical ties with the continent, France cannot remain indifferent towards anything taking pl…
I too thank Stephen O’Brien and Jeff Feltman for their presentations on this issue, which is so important to us all. Mr. O’Brien’s accounts of the situation in the Lake Chad region in the areas affected by Boko Haram are appalling. Vulnerable populations, including children, young girls and women in…
The Security Council has just adopted resolution 2301 (2016), which renews the mandate of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in
the Central African Republic (MINUSCA). We welcome the fact that, by adopting the resolution unanimously, the Council has sent a united m…
Last February, the adoption of the cessation of hostilities agreement provided a spark of hope for a reduction in violence that would open the way to an emergence from the crisis and to the negotiation of a political transition in Syria. Two months later, at the end of April, the regime, supported b…
France welcomes the adoption of resolution 2298 (2016),
drafted by the Mission of the United Kingdom, which we thank. It was the culmination of work conducted in close cooperation with the Libyan authorities and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons. It also represents an importa…
By way of thanking you, Mr. President, allow me point out Japan’s very welcome contribution to the methods of work of the Security Council, which reflects, Sir, your rigour and professionalism. As suggested in your thought- provoking concept note (S/2016/585), I shall focus on a few points.
My firs…
I thank Jeffrey Feltman, the Permanent Representative of Spain and the head of the Delegation of the European Union for their briefings.
The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action agreed in Vienna and resolution 2231 (2015), which endorsed it, are a year old. At the time of their adoption, we paid trib…
France has for several months noted a trend that, unfortunately, has been increasingly confirmed. The status quo does not exist. It is but an illusion cloaking a daily backslide that we cannot accept. Given the humanitarian consequences of the situation on Palestinian and Israeli
civilians, we must…
France associates itself with the statement made by the observer of the European Union.
At the outset, the French delegation would like to thank the co-facilitators for their commitment and work throughout the negotiation process on draft resolution A/70/L.55.
The text that we will adopt this afte…
France aligns itself with the statement made earlier on behalf of the European Union.
Our collective ambition is unwavering: we want to put an end to AIDS. More than an ambition, it is a commitment that is part of the global development agenda. The challenge that brings us here today is to empower …
I should like at the outset to thank and warmly congratulate Ambassador Amr Abdellatif Aboulatta and the entire Egyptian team for all of their work this month. With great professionalism, they led us through a month that was very busy in every way, particularly with meetings with regional organizati…
I too would like to thank the Egyptian presidency and Spain for having taken this initiative to convene this important and extremely timely debate. I also thank all the briefers for the excellent quality of their statements — Mr. Ibn Chambas, Mr. Laborde, Ms. Barbut and Ms. Ibrahim. The views that t…
I thank Prosecutor Bensouda for her eleventh report and her briefing. I reaffirm the full support of France for the Prosecutor and the International Criminal Court (ICC) as a whole, in particular for the successful implementation of resolution 1970 (2011), referring the situation in Libya to that hi…
I would like to thank the various briefers for their introductory statements, which were very enlightening. I would also like to thank Egyptian presidency of the Security Council for organizing this important debate.
The Security Council has just returned from Somalia. The operation deployed there …
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Tanin, for his very comprehensive briefing on the situation, and assure him yet again of our full support in the exercise of his mandate. I also thank the First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Serbia and the A…
Allow me to start by thanking Egypt for having undertaken this initiative of organizing this very important debate. I would also like to thank all the briefers for their extremely enlightening presentations. Inviting the Secretary-General of Al Azhar Islamic Research Academy and the Vice-President a…
I thank the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina for his comprehensive briefing on the situation and for his work.
France aligns itself with the statement to be made by the observer of the European Union.
France welcomes the fact that the European perspective today serves as the main eng…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, and the Ambassadors of New Zealand and Spain, for today’s briefings and for the leadership shown by all three countries in chairing the Counter-Terrorism Committee, the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004) and the Committee pursuant to re…
