I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for his briefing and the Prime Ministers of Serbia and Kosovo for their statements.
Naturally, my country remains committed to the reality of a sovereign, peaceful, democratic and multi-ethnic Kosovo, living in peace with its neighbours. O…
I thank the Acting Special Representative of the Secretary- General, Mr. Fisher, for his intervention. I endorse the statements to be given by the observer of the European Union and the representative of Uruguay on behalf of the Group of Friends.
I share the doubts that were just expressed by my Br…
I thank the Secretary-General and the Permanent Representative of Afghanistan for their remarks. I also welcome the presence of Mr. Kubiš, Special Representative of the Secretary-General, and of Mr. Ušackas, Special Representative of the European Union for Afghanistan, and I associate myself with th…
I, too, would like to thank Ambassador Quinlan for his 90-day report and to take this opportunity to wish him the greatest of success in his task as Chairman of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006). I would also like to thank the Panel of Experts for its work…
I would also like to welcome the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. France naturally associates itself with the European Union’s vision and commitment in the service of an effective multilateralism in full cooperation with the Council, which she has ju…
I would like to thank the Secretary-General, Ms. Pillay and Mr. Spoerri for their briefings.
France endorses the statements to be made by the observer of the European Union and by the representative of Switzerland, on behalf of the Group of Friends on the Protection of Civilians.
For France, the p…
I thank Mr. Robert Serry, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, as well as the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the State of Palestine and the Permanent Representative of Israel for their statements.
In these early weeks of 2013, the Middle East is undermined by two crises that, aft…
I would like to point out that the French translation of document A/67/L.48/Rev.1 refers to an “Open-ended Working Group” of the General Assembly, which is not the correct translation of “Open Working Group”. I therefore request that the Secretariat refl ect the translation that appeared in paragraph…
I would like to thank you, Mr. President, for your initiative in organizing this debate on one of the pillars of the United Nations work, namely, peacekeeping. I would also like to thank the Secretary-General for his statement.
Peacekeeping operations have evolved in recent years. Their level of de…
I thank the Pakistani presidency of the Security Council for organizing today’s debate focused on the fight against terrorism.
I align my delegation with the statement to be made by the Head of the Delegation of the European Union.
As Pakistan was the victim last week of several terrorist attacks,…
At the outset, let me also take the opportunity to commend and thank the five Council members who will depart at the end of the year — Germany, Colombia, India, Portugal and South Africa — and to thank them for their contributions and cooperation throughout the two years. I also thank the Secretary-…
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for his briefing and his work at the head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), as well as Ambassador Tanin for his statement. I align myself
with the statement to be delivered by the observer of the European Uni…
I thank Mr. Abou Moussa, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa (UNOCA), for coming to New York and for his briefing today. I also thank the Secretary-General for his report (S/2012/923) on the activities of UNOCA and on the …
I thank Prosecutor Bensouda her briefing. Since 2005, the
Office of the Prosecutor has reported to the Security Council in a transparent manner on the work of investigation and the proceedings carried out by the International Criminal Court (ICC), and we are grateful for that.
Nearly eight years a…
I thank you, Sir, for the initiative of organizing this debate. I also thank the Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations and the Under-Secretary-General for Field Support for their analyses.
Peacekeeping operations are an emblematic activity of the United Nations and we must work contin…
I have the honour to introduce draft resolution A/67/L.36, under agenda item 123, “Global health and foreign policy”, on behalf of the seven members of the diplomacy and health group: Brazil, France, Indonesia, Norway, Senegal, South Africa and Thailand.
I thank the Secretary-General for his note …
The French delegation aligns itself with the statement that will be delivered by the observer of the European Union.
I would like to thank all today’s speakers for their statements. I thank Morocco for its initiative in convening today’s meeting about a region that has had the attention of the Secu…
I thank President Meron of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and President Joensen of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) for their reports (S/2012/592 and S/2012/594) and Prosecutors Brammertz and Jallow for their briefings.
I will start by stressing the…
Allow me to begin by congratulating you, Sir, on assuming the presidency of the Council and assuring you of my delegation’s full support. I also thank Ambassador Puri and his entire delegation for their excellent presidency in November.
I thank Mr. Benomar, Special Adviser to the Secretary-General,…
I thank you, Mr. President, for having convened this open debate. I also thank Deputy Secretary-General Eliasson; Ms. Michelle Bachelet, Executive Director of UN-Women; Mr. Hervé Ladsous, Under-Secretary- General for Peacekeeping; and Ms. Bineta Diop, President of Femmes Africa Solidarité, for their…
