For four and a half years I have had the honour to serve on the Security Council. And for four and a half years I have had the honour of working with the representative of the Russian Federation. In that time, I have heard the representative of the Russian Federation invoke whenever possible the pri…
As I said, during the consultations on Saturday, there is a prevailing feeling of consternation when we see what is happening in Ukraine and when we hear what our Russian colleague has just said. It is in fact the voice of the past that we have just heard. I was 15 years old in August 1968, when the…
Since the current crisis began, France has worked towards a solution promoting the stabilization of a democratic Ukraine in which the rights of all communities are respected and which is part of the broader European family. This was the aim of the mediation efforts carried out by the Ministers for F…
We welcome the Council’s unanimity, which allowed for the adoption of resolution 2140 (2014). It shows that, when the Council speaks with one voice in crisis situations, the establishment of an orderly peaceful democratic transition is possible.
The resolution we have just adopted sends three clear…
From 1 to 3 February, I had the privilege, together with my Chadian colleague Mr. Bante Mangaral, to lead the Security Council mission to Mali.
During the visit, the Council met with the Malian authorities returned by the elections held in 2013. We had discussions with President Ibrahim Boubacar Ke…
I welcome the presence of Mr. Didier Burkhalter, President of the Swiss Confederation, and I congratulate his country on its accession to the chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in 2014. The United Nations and the OSCE share common objectives, one at the gl…
I welcome the unanimous adoption of this resolution on humanitarian acccess in Syria resolution 2139 (2014). Given the tragedy taking place, which has been escalating daily for three years, the contrary would have been incomprehensible. How could the Council have remained silent in the face of 140,0…
Thank you, Sir, for convening this debate.
France aligns itself with the statement to be delivered on behalf of the European Union.
I would like to focus on three aspects.
The first is the exemplary nature of peacekeeping operations and more broadly of the Organization in the field of the rule of…
I thank the delegation of Lithuania for having organized today’s debate, and its Minister for Foreign Affairs for participating in it. Together with my colleague from the United Kingdom, I note that today — Valentine’s
Day — happens to be the day when the United Nations and the European Union get t…
I thank the briefers for their statements today.
France aligns itself with the statement to be made by the observer of the European Union, as well as with the statement to be made by the representative of Switzerland on behalf of the Group of Friends on the Protection of Civilians.
The protectio…
At the outset, I thank Mr. Farid Zarif, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for his briefing and Mr. Ivica Dačić, Prime Minister of Serbia, and Mr, Hashim Thaçi, Prime Minsiter of Kosovo, for their statements.
The report of the Secretary-General (S/2014/68) takes stock of the historic …
At the beginning of 2014, history takes us back to the beautiful summer of 1914 when, in just a few days, the world toppled into the horror of a seemingly never-ending war. Out of the 39 million people in France, 1.4 million would lose their lives in that war, without counting the 800,000 handicappe…
I would like to thank Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, the representative of the State of Israel and the Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine for their statements.
I shall touch on several points — the Israeli- Palestinian peace process and the situation in Syria — before saying a few words …
Like previous speakers, I thank Ambassadors Quinlan, Loulichki and Oh for their briefings and their leadership of their respective Committees. I also associate myself with the statement to be made by the observer of the European Union.
I should like to speak briefly about each of the three Committ…
I would like to thank Mr. Abou Moussa for his briefing and the Secretary-General for his report (S/2013/671).
Many challenges undoubtedly remain in Central Africa, as mentioned by Mr. Abou Moussa, including ever-increasing acts of piracy in the Gulf of Guinea and the situation in the Democratic Rep…
At the outset, I thank Mr. Farid Zarif, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, for his briefing and Mr. Ivica Dačić, Prime Minister of Serbia, and Mr, Hashim Thaçi, Prime Minsiter of Kosovo, for their statements.
The Security Council is meeting for the third time since the historic agreem…
France regrets that we were drawn today into a vote whose outcome was known in advance. We regret it all the more so because it was unnecessary.
The Security Council met with the Contact Group of the African Union, and that exchange enabled us to reach an agreement on principle with respect to Keny…
I thank the Prosecutor for her report and presentation. I would like to reiterate our support for hear as well as for the International Criminal Court (ICC).
Following 42 years of dictatorship, Libya is now in transition. Violent acts are continuing, including against diplomatic missions. But the L…
I thank Mr. Inzko, High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, for his briefing. I congratulate you, Mr. President, on your country’s assumption of the presidency of the Council, and thank the Permanent Representative of Azerbaijan and his delegation for the way in which they led our Council in …
Allow me to start by welcoming Ambassador Tanin’s reappointment as facilitator of the intergovernmental negotiations on Security Council reform. We thank him for all his efforts to make his working paper on reform more concise and pragmatic. In that spirit, we welcome the establishment of an advisor…
