At the outset, I would like to note that France associates itself with the statement delivered by the observer of the European Union (see A/68/PV.100). I would also like to express thanks for the commitment of everyone, in particular the Secretary-General, the President of the General Assembly, the …
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan, Mr. Ján Kubiš, and the Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Mr. Fedotov, for their briefings.
Mr. Kubiš’s absence from New York today is a telling testament to the importance of follo…
I, too, thank Ambassador Gary Quinlan for presenting the quarterly report on the activities of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006) and for all the work he has done with his team as its Chair.
The rapid development of the Iranian nuclear programme has been a matter of grave …
I, too, wish to thank Mr. Zerihoun for his briefing and Mr. Šimonović for introducing the third report of the United Nations human rights monitoring mission in Ukraine. I understand that the Ukrainian authorities have accepted the renewal of the mission’s mandate for the next three months. We welcom…
I thank the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for the Sahel for her statement and wish to express to her, on behalf of France, our full support in carrying out her new mandate.
The crisis in Mali, which has marshalled a large part of our energy for more than a year, symbolizes to the extreme t…
I too thank Prosecutor Bensouda for her report. It is a report with a particularly serious tone that warrants not only the Security Council but also the Secretariat to question the impact of the activities we have undertaken for the benefit of the civilian population in Darfur.
The immense region o…
I should like to thank the President of the General Assembly for organizing this meeting and applaud the efforts of Ambassador Halit Çevik, whose involvement has contributed so much to the success of this fourth revision of the United Nations Global Counter- Terrorism Strategy.
I take this opportun…
I would like to thank the Secretary-General for his statement and the Russian presidency for taking the initiative to organize this debate among the Security Council, the Secretariat’s peacekeeping officials and troop- contributing countries, whose commitment I take this opportunity to commend.
I a…
We thank the Secretary-General for his report (A/68/825), which, as 2015 approaches, underscores all the efforts made to date throughout the world to combat HIV and AIDS and the progress still to be made in the hope of achieving the fundamental goal of a world without AIDS.
France has been strongly…
I wish to thank President Meron, President Joensen, Prosecutor Jallow and Prosecutor Brammertz for their briefings.
France would like to express its appreciation to the entire staff of the Tribunals for the work they have done to bring the work of the Tribunals to completion. We have the sense that…
Allow me, first of all, to thank the Ambassadors of Australia and Lithuania and you, Mr. President, for your briefings and leadership as the Chairs of the respective committees.
My delegation aligns itself with the statement that will be made by the Head of the Delegation of the European Union.
Te…
I, too, thank Mr. Feltman for his briefing.
The Ukrainian crisis has recently seen a turning point with the election of Mr. Poroshenko as President of the Republic. On Sunday 25 May, the Ukrainian people at last made its voice heard through the free and transparent elections despite the violence by…
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for his statement, and I welcome President Jahjaga and President Nikolić.
At the outset, I would like to extend my deepest condolences to President Nikolić following the disaster of exceptional magnitude that has affected his country and n…
Please excuse me, Mr. President, I do not want to extend the debate further or get into polemics. I simply want to make a factual correction on the text of draft resolution S/2014/348, on which a vote has been taken. Unlike what our Syrian colleague has just said, the draft resolution does not exemp…
I had hoped that the tone of my speech would have demonstrated to everyone seated around this table and in the Chamber our determination that the Council not again manifest the same divisions. I wanted my statement to reflect my
desire to respect the dignity of the debate — a debate that has to do …
I have asked to speak before the voting on draft resolution S/2014/348, which France had the honour to present, in order to explain the reason behind our approach. France’s proposal is not a new chapter in the divisiveness besetting the Security Council when it comes to the Syrian crisis; on the con…
I also thank the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina for his briefing. I align myself with the statement to be delivered by the observer of the European Union. I will concentrate on three points.
First, the Bosnian people clearly demonstrated their discontent in February. As Mr. Inzko ha…
I would like to thank the Prosecutor for her briefing. I would also like to reaffirm our full support to the International Criminal Court.
There are times in the history of international relations in which unity may be achieved to prevent or put an end to those atrocities, addressed in the terms of…
I thank Mr. Abou Moussa for his briefing and the Secretary- General for his report (S/2014/319). The report of the Secretary-General on Central Africa is illustration of an alarming deterioration of the political, security and humanitarian situation in the region.
At the previous Council meeting on…
