I would like to thank the Azerbaijani presidency for organizing this debate on the working methods of the Security Council.
Efforts have been made since 2010 to improve the Council’s working methods. The periodic revision of the note of the President to the Security Council (S/2010/507) has provide…
I thank you, Sir, for organizing this debate to allow the Council to consider an issue that is dear to my country, namely, the contributions of regional and subregional organizations in the maintenance of international peace and security and promoting rule of law. I thank the Secretary- General for …
I thank the Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, the Permanent Representative of Israel and the Permanent Observer of Palestine for their statements. My delegation aligns itself with the statement to be made by the observer of the European Union.
With respect to the main issue of the peac…
I thank you, Sir, for organizing this debate. I also thank all those who have spoken. I believe that the statements made by my colleagues have proven, 13 years after the adoption of resolution 1325 (2000), what has become obvious to everyone, namely, that no conflict can be resolved and no transitio…
France aligns itself with the statement delivered earlier by the European Union (see A/68/PV.29).
This sixth High-level Dialogue on Financing for Development is of particular importance, for it takes place at the start of the sixty-eighth session of the General Assembly, where our work will focus o…
The reason we are here today is because we are all aware of the importance of migration for development. Since our last Dialogue, in 2006, regional and international mobility has continued to grow. That constitutes both a challenge and an opportunity for countries of origin, transit and destination.…
I thank the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Yemen, the Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council and the Special Adviser to the Secretary-General for their statements. Their joint presence in the Council shows that the method we have followed in Yemen was the right one. The United Nations ha…
Tonight, in the midst of the Syrian crisis, the Security Council has finally proven itself worthy of its name. On 21 August, the regime of Bashar al-Assad committed the unacceptable. It killed nearly 1,400 civilians, including hundreds of children, with gas. The use of chemical weapons, so abominabl…
I wish you, Madam President, every success in your new position.
As has been clearly stated by others before me, small arms and light weapons are responsible for 300,000 to 500,000 deaths each year. My British colleague mentioned one death each minute. They threaten States
and social structures. I…
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Kubiš, and the Permanent Representative of Afghanistan, Mr. Tanin, for their statements.
I align myself with the statement that will be made by the observer of the European Union.
On 18 June, Afghanistan entered the final phase of …
At the outset, I would like to join others, Mr. President, in wishing you every success in your presidency of the Security Council and thank you for the quarterly
report of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006), which you have just presented. The report shows…
I would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary- General, Mr. Farid Zarif, for his briefing, as well as the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Serbia, Mr. Ivan Mrkić, and the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Kosovo, Mr. Enver Hoxhaj, for their statements.
The Security Council is meeti…
I would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Ms. Honoré, for her statement. The Argentine Minister of Defence’s presence in the Council shows the importance that the Argentine presidency attaches to the issue of Haiti.
France would like to associate itself with the sta…
Today we mark the tenth anniversary of the attack against the Canal Hotel. Mr. Sergio Vieira de Mello, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, lost his life there, as did 21 other United Nations staff. Like preceding speakers have done, I too would like to pay tribute to all of those who ha…
Madam President, I would like to thank you for convening today’s debate, and to welcome all the ministers and other representatives who spoke before me. I would also like to welcome the new Permanent Representative of the United States, even if my time here at the United Nations has been brief. Fina…
I thank Mr. Robert Serry, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, the Permanent Observer of the State of Palestine, Mr. Riyad Mansour, and the Permanent Representative of Israel, Mr. Ron Proser, for their statements.
The Middle East is being rocked by two crises that urgently require…
I thank you, Madam President, for organizing this debate, the first on this topic since the adoption of resolution 1738 (2006). I thank the Deputy Secretary-General for his statement and the journalists for their testimony, which allows us to better understand the challenges they face on the ground.…
I thank Ambassador Quinlan for the 90-day report of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006) that he just presented. I also thank the Panel of Experts for its outstanding work, without which the Committee’s work would not be possible.
In that connection, we welc…
We welcome these now regular exchanges between peacekeeping representatives and the Security Council, one of the chief results of the Franco-British initiative of 2009. We thank the Force Commanders of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the…
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and the Permanent Representative of Afghanistan for their statements. I also align myself with the statement to be made by the observer of the European Union.
I congratulate the Afghan authorities on assuming the responsibility for securit…
