I would like to begin by congratulating the Spanish delegation on its outstanding leadership last month and assure you, Mr. President, of the French delegation’s full support in your work.
At the outset, I would like to thank Prosecutor Bensouda for her tenth report and her briefing, and to affirm …
First, I would like to welcome the appointment of Ambassador Sylvie Lucas as facilitator of the intergovernmental negotiations on Security Council reform. We know that we can count on her dynamism and experience to make real progress towards far-reaching reform of the Council. France will fully supp…
I would like to thank the Spanish presidency of the Council for the organization of this ministerial meeting on the situation in the Middle East. I also wish to thank the Deputy Secretary-General for his briefing.
This meeting, following the public meeting last week (see S/PV.7536) and the Council’…
I thank the Spanish presidency for having organized this debate. In the spirit of your concept note (S/2015/793, annex), Germany and France have decided to issue a joint intervention. I shall deliver the first part, and my German colleague the second. This unprecedented initiative reflects the depth…
I would like to thank Jordan for taking the initiative to convene this meeting, and I would like to thank Mr. Tayé-Brook Zerihoun for his briefing.
Over the past few months, France has repeatedly warned of the risks of a new wave of unrest in the Middle East. That is now upon us. Faced with the ste…
I should like at the outset to thank the Secretary-General and the Prime Minister of Spain, Mr. Mariano Rajoy Brey, for their outstanding efforts to promote the women and peace and security agenda of the Security Council. This has allowed us to celebrate today the fifteenth anniversary of resolution…
The Secretary-General took the initiative to launch a strategic review of peacekeeping operations, and today we are considering his proposals on the basis of the work done by the High-level Independent Panel on Peace Operations, led by Mr. Ramos-Horta, to whom I am pleased to pay tribute. France is …
France fully supports and co-sponsored resolution 2240 (2015), which was adopted today as the fruit of close cooperation between the four European members of the Security Council and their other partners in the Council. The resolution aims to give the member States of the European Union the necessar…
I warmly thank the Special Representative of the Secretary- General in Haiti, Ms. Sandra Honoré, for her briefing and her commitment.
I associate myself with the statements to be delivered by the observer of the European Union and by the representative of Uruguay on behalf of the Group of Friends o…
I will focus my statement on the fight against terrorism in Iraq and Syria.
Confronted with the Syrian crisis and the limitless barbarism of Daesh, the Security Council has, unfortunately, mostly been the “Impotence Council”. What the victims of this tragedy and international public opinion are dem…
I thank Special Representative of the Secretary-General Nicholas Haysom and Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Yury Fedotov for their briefings. I also thank the Afghan Ambassador Zahir Tanin for his statement and echo the tributes that have been paid to him a…
I, too, would like to the Spanish Ambassador for his briefing on the quarterly activities of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006).
The Vienna agreement of 14 July between Iran and the E3+3, and the adoption a week later of resolution 2231 (2015) by the Counc…
I should like to thank you, Mr. President, for having given the General Assembly an opportunity today to reach consensus on the very important decision 69/560, on Security Council reform. As we approach the end of the sixty-ninth session, I should also like to take this opportunity to pay due tribut…
France associates itself with the statement delivered on behalf of the European Union.
We congratulate all Member States on the flexibility and constructive spirit that made possible this important outcome. I especially would like to congratulate the Ambassador of Croatia, Mr. Vladimir Drobnjak, an…
France voted in favour of the draft resolution submitted today that authorizes non-member observer States to raise their flags at the United Nations following those of Member States.
This vote is first of all a vote in favour of the two-State solution, which must remain our common goal; it is more …
At the outset, let me pay tribute to the Force Commander of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti and to express my condolences to his family and loved ones.
I warmly thank Ambassador Joy Ogwu and all the Nigerian team for their work. You managed perfectly the agenda during an intensive…
I, too, would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for presenting the report (S/2015/579). I also thank the Foreign Ministers of Serbia and Kosovo, Mr. Dačić and Mr. Thaçi, respectively, for their statements. I would also like to express our deepest gratitude to Mr. Fari…
I thank you, Madam, for having organized this meeting on
security sector reform (SSR). I also thank Mr. Titov, Ms. Bangura and Ms. Nakamitsu for their briefings.
I shall limit myself to making three observations. First, as many speakers before me have said, SSR is more of a political exercise than…
I thank you, Madam President, for having organized today’s useful debate on the relationship between the United Nations and regional organizations. I also want to thank the Secretary-General for his briefing. The complexity of current crises requires increasingly concerted action by the United Natio…
I too would like to thank you, Madam President, for having organized this Security Council debate almost a year after the first meeting of the Council (see S/PV.7268) devoted to the Ebola epidemic, held in September 2014. I would also like to thank all the speakers for their briefings.
At the outse…
