I thank the Australian Ambassador for his presentation of the quarterly report of the activities of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006), and for all the work he has accomplished with his team for nearly two years.
The Iranian nuclear programme has for more than a decade now…
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Haiti, Ms. Sandra Honoré, for her briefing and her work.
I also associate myself with the statements to be made by the observer of the European Union and by the representative of Uruguay on behalf of the Group of Friends of Haiti.
The…
Thank you, Madam President, for convening this debate. I also thank you for your kind words of welcome. It is an immense honour to represent France in this body and to begin with a debate on such a crucial subject. I would also like to thank the other speakers for their analysis and their poignant, …
I too would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Zarif, for his briefing, and I welcome the two Ministers who have done us the honour of being here today, Mr. Dačić and Mr. Hoxhaj.
France is pleased that the elections on 8 June in Kosovo took place peacefully and t…
As previous speakers have done, I would like to warmly thank the British delegation — you yourself, Mr. President, and your entire team — for a very effective presidency in August.
I simply wish to touch upon a few topics.
First, on a positive note, I appreciate the unity of the Council and its p…
I too would like to thank Mr. Jeffrey Feltman for his briefing.
The information coming to the Council from the ground is quite disturbing. The actions carried out by the separatists and the intensification of fighting in urban areas have brought about serious humanitarian consequences. Today we cal…
I, too, thank the Secretary-General and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights for their briefings. I would like to warmly thank Ms. Pillay, since this is the last time that we will have the pleasure of welcoming her as High Commissioner. I would like to pay tribute to her commitment …
I thank Mr. Eliasson, Mr. Maurer and Mr. Karokhail for their briefings.
On World Humanitarian Day, France pays tribute to the 22 members of the United Nations staff who lost their lives during the attack on the Canal Hotel in Baghdad in 2003. Eleven years later, unfortunately, this debate is still …
France welcomes the unanimous adoption of resolution 2170 (2014), which demonstrates the Security Council’s determination to act against the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant. Following the Security Council’s firm condemnation in July of the abuses perpetrated by that terrorist organization again…
I thank Mr. Šimonović for his presentation of the fourth report of the human rights monitoring mission in Ukraine, which remains an essential source of information for us. I would like to take this opportunity to express our full support for the work of the Office of the United Nations High Commissi…
I would like, at the outset, to thank you, Sir, for your presence among us today, which bears witness to your commitment to the Great Lakes region and especially to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. I also thank Mrs. Mary Robinson, Special Envoy of the Secretary- General for the Great Lakes Regi…
I would like to thank Mr. John Ging from the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs for his briefing. He has told us that the humanitarian situation is worsening and he has described how the Ukrainian authorities are dealing with that situation with the support of the international comm…
I would like to start by thanking Ambassadeur Gasana and his entire team for their work this month. This second Rwandan presidency, which has been just as professional as the first, has unfortunately been marked by the tragedies in Ukraine and the Middle East. In a heated climate, Sir, you have work…
I, too, should like to thank the Secretary-General for his statement and also to thank you, Mr. President, for having taken the initiative to convene today’s debate between the Security Council, which is in charge of peacekeeping for the Secretariat, and regional
organizations, as well as the main …
I thank Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for his statement and associate myself with the statement to be delivered by the observer of the European Union. I will talk about the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, the situation in Syria and, finally, Lebanon and Iraq.
On the fifteenth day of open war bet…
The emotion that was upon us on Friday has not left us, but today we have gathered to act. Resolution 2166 (2014), which we have just adopted at the initiative of Australia, underscores the importance of quickly conducting an investigation into the circumstances of this abominable tragedy. We owe it…
I thank Mr. Feltman, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, for his briefing.
The events that we are witnessing are serious and, unfortunately, not unprecedented. In 2008, 2012 and 2014, on each occasion the inhabitants of the Gaza Strip have been caught between the rocket fire that we cond…
I thank Mr. Feltman for his briefing.
I wish to extend my deepest condolences to all the Permanent Representatives of the countries that lost citizens in this tragic event. I would like in particular to extend our condolences to our colleagues from the
Netherlands and Malaysia. We also mourn with …
I would like to thank the current Chair of the Peacebuilding Commission (PBC), the Ambassador of Brazil, as well as his predecessor, the Ambassador of Croatia, for their briefings.
At the heart of the activities of the United Nations, peacebuilding remains a challenge that deserves the full attenti…
The Council has just unanimously adopted a new resolution on humanitarian access in Syria (resolution 2165 (2014)). I thank Australia, Jordan and Luxembourg for their efforts in preparing that text.
The adoption of a new resolution was needed because the provisions of presidential statement S/PRST/…
