France welcomes the adoption of resolution 2350 (2017), which closes the Mission in six months and establishes a new successor mission, which will deal with issues related to police, rule of law and human rights, in accordance with the recommendations of the Secretary-General. This is an important d…
I would like to begin by thanking, Ambassador Umarov, Chair of the Committee pursuant to resolutions 751 (1992) and 1907 (2009) concerning Somalia and Eritrea, for his statement and, through him, the Somalia and
Eritrea Monitoring Group for its latest report and investigative work. In all their asp…
I too would like to begin by extending sympathy on behalf of my country, France, to Egypt and Sweden, which have both suffered reprehensible terrorist attacks in recent days, and reiterate my Government’s full support.
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary- General, Ms. Honoré, for he…
I, too, would like to begin by congratulating you, Madam President, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council. You can count on the full support of the French delegation. I would also like to pay tribute to the excellent manner in which the United Kingdom presided over the Council…
I would like to thank the President for organizing this meeting to commemorate the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.
The International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, which was adopted 50 years ago, is an essential instrument in the…
Allow me at the outset to reiterate France’s condolences to the Afghan people and to the families of the victims of the attack committed 8 March in Kabul. France categorically condemns these acts, which seek to hinder Afghanistan’s recovery and whose perpetrators must not go unpunished.
Allow me al…
Under your impetus, Sir, the Security Council’s work in February was marked by very rich activity on all the subjects on its agenda, from Africa to the Middle East and Europe. More sadly, this month was also tragically marked by the sudden loss of the Permanent Representative of Russia, Vitaly Churk…
At the outset, allow me to thank Ukraine for having taken the initiative of convening this important debate. I should also like to thank the speakers thus far for their insightful statements.
France associates itself with the statement to be delivered on behalf of the European Union.
The examples …
France is in favour of any initiative to save civilian lives in Syria. It was in that spirit that, on 16 December, it proposed a draft resolution to deploy an evacuation monitoring mechanism in Aleppo. It is for those same reasons that France today voted in favour of resolution 2336 (2016).
France …
I thank you, Mr. President, for informing us of that terrible incident.
I would like to begin by warmly thanking our briefers, Mr. Tadamichi Yamamoto, Mr. Yury Fedotov and Ambassador Van Bohemen and Ambassador Saikal.
France associates itself with the statement to be delivered on behalf of the Eur…
I would like to start by saying that France also aligns itself with the words of condolence conveyed to the Russian Federation in the light of the criminal attack that struck its Ambassador in Turkey.
I had not intended to take the floor here today in the Chamber, as I really only wanted to speak i…
I, too, should like to begin by thanking the Prosecutor for her report and for her presence here.
The goal of combating impunity, as set out in resolution 1593 (2005), remains as necessary as ever. The numerous acts of violence that the Prosecutor lists in her report remain unacceptable, and the re…
I would like to thank Senegal for having organized our debate
today on the role of police. I would also like to thank Mr. Ladsous and the heads of police components with us today for their briefings.
Allow me to address the general approach of improving United Nations police performance. In conven…
I would like to thank Prosecutor Bensouda for her twelfth report and her briefing. I would like to reaffirm France’s support for the Prosecutor and the International Criminal Court as a whole, and also to commend her on her successful implementation of resolution 1970 (2011),
which referred the sit…
I begin by thanking the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina for his briefing and aligning myself with the statement to be delivered by the observer of the European Union shortly.
France welcomes the unanimous adoption of resolution 2315 (2016), which shows that all members of the Council…
I would like to begin by thanking the representatives of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and the Commonwealth of Independent States for their briefings on the actions carried out by their respective organizations.
The concept note prepared by the R…
At the outset, I would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Ms. Sandra Honoré, for her comprehensive briefing. I again wish to assure her of the full support of France for the activities on the ground under the particularly difficult conditions in Haiti during the past …
I thank you, Mr. Minister, for your personal participation today and for your commitment on this issue of such great importance to the Security Council. Let me begin by thanking Mr. Tadamichi Yamamoto, whom I welcome as the new Special Representative. I think he is quite familiar with Afghanistan, a…
At the outset, allow me to congratulate you, Mr. President, on your presidency during the month of August, during which you presided over two open debates (see S/PV.7753 and S/PV.7758) and two straw polls, two straw polls. The straw polls showed that the Council’s
procedures, which you, Sir, very e…
I, too, thank the Special Representative of the Secretary- General and Head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo, Mr. Zahir Tanin, for his briefing. I assure him once again of our support in the exercise of his functions. I also thank the First Deputy Prime Minister and Min…
