There is great urgency in Syria, as well as for the Syrian people. In the past five years more than 250,000 have been killed, while 4 million have become refugees and 13.5 million have been displaced. The terrorism of Daesh has struck the heart of its cities. There is an urgent need to resolve this …
I would like to thank the United States presidency for having taken the initiative of convening this meeting, which gives Ministers of Finance the honour of taking part in a meeting of the Security Council.
One month ago, France was struck by terrorist attacks of an unprecedented scale on French so…
At the outset, allow me to warmly thank our briefers, whose presentations and disturbing testimonies embody the Council’s profound interest in addressing the issue of human trafficking in situations of conflict. The poignant testimony of Ms. Nadia Murad Basee Taha, who herself was a victim of atroci…
At the end of a process that was launched a few years ago
and that involved many principal institutions of the United Nations system — including the International Telecommunication Union, a 150-year-old lady who has some beautiful days ahead of her, UNESCO and the Commission on Science and Technolo…
I too would like to thank Ambassador Oyarzun Marchesi for his presentation of the quarterly report of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006), and his entire team for the excellent work they have been doing for nearly a year.
The Vienna agreement of 14 July and the Council’s ad…
I thank Ms. Fatou Bensouda, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), for her twenty-second report and her briefing. Ms. Bensouda reminds us again, more than 10 years after the adoption of resolution 1593 (2005), that civilians in Darfur remain the targets of violence, in particular at t…
I thank the Deputy Secretary-General and all the other speakers for their briefings. It was important that they had this opportunity to address us all today in order to provide the Council with a clear picture of the evolution of the situation on the ground, covering both the political and security …
I would like to thank the Under-Secretary-General and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights for their respective briefings. The information they presented is shocking and shows that the tragic situation of human rights in North Korea has not changed. We are talking about ongoing syst…
I would like to thank President Agius, President Joensen, President Meron and Prosecutors Brammertz and Jallow for their briefings.
France once again thanks, and reiterates its support for, all the staff of the Tribunals for the work carried out in order to successfully conduct the Tribunals’ judic…
I thank the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General, Ms. Guebre Sellassie, for her statement and I would like to reiterate my country’s full support to the implementation of the United Nations Integrated Strategy for the Sahel. I will focus my statement on three points.
First, the full implementatio…
I thank the Secretary-General for his briefing on his vision of the future of United Nations peacekeeping operations, a vision that we fully share. France fully shares the conceptual framework proposed by the Secretary- General in his report on the future of United Nations peace operations (S/2015/6…
On 13 November, Daesh committed an act of war against France. In launching its deadly attacks in Paris and Saint-Denis, Daesh sought to strike more than a capital — it sought to strike at what defines our nation. The toll was particularly heavy, as we all know — 130 people were killed, more than 600…
I would like to thank the President for having added this item on migrants and refugees to the agenda of the General Assembly in such a timely manner. It is essential to continue the international mobilization of the international community in line with the high-level meeting on migration and refuge…
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for his briefing and assure him of my country’s full support in his new role and wish him every success. I also thank the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Serbia and the Ambassador of Kosovo for their statements. I take this opportunity to e…
I should like to begin by thanking the United Kingdom presidency and you, Madam, for having organized this important open debate on security, development and the root causes of conflict. I would also like to thank the Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission, the Swedish Ambassador, and Ms. Bouchamaoui…
Allow me to start by thanking all the speakers for their briefings — Mr. O’Brien, Ms. Zerrougui and Ms. Bangura. They remind us, with their untiring work, how many civilians, women and children, suffer directly in Syria.
I would also like to warmly thank all those who extended to my country their …
I too would like to start by thanking the Under-Secretary-General Ladsous and the three Police Commissioners of police components for their briefings. I would also like to thank you, Mr. President, for convening a meeting in the same format one year after the meeting on the topic of the protection o…
I want to begin by thanking the High Representative for Bosnia
and Herzegovina for his very comprehensive briefing of the situation. I reiterate our full support for him and commend his work on the subject.
I also associate myself with the statement to be made shortly on behalf of the European Uni…
I too wish to begin by thanking you, Sir, for presiding over this meeting. Indeed, it signals the United Kingdom’s commitment to an issue that is so important to us all.
I thank the Prime Minister of the Federal Government of Somalia, the Chef de Cabinet of the Secretary-General, the Permanent Obse…
The delegation of France wishes to thank President Abraham for his very informative, complete and clear introduction of the annual report (A/70/4) on the activities of the International Court of Justice for the judicial year that just ended.
As highlighted in the list of cases on the docket of the …
