I would like to thank the Malaysian presidency for organizing
this open debate on a topic as important as that of the non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. I also thank the Secretary-General as well as the various speakers — Mr. Emmanuel Roux, Mr. Gregory Koblentz and Mr. Kim Won-soo — …
I will not revisit the grotesque and insulting musings of the Permanent Representative of Syria. I simply wanted to share — not my surprise, because, really, I was not expecting miracles from him — that I would have liked to hear the Permanent Representative of Syria speak about today’s topic, namel…
I would also like to begin by thanking Stephen O’Brien for the Secretary-General’s latest report (S/2016/714) and for his briefing this morning.
The Security Council is meeting publicly in order to give the humanitarian situation in Syria the attention in deserves, as the picture is dreadful. In Al…
The Council has just adopted resolution 2304 (2016), which renews and modifies the mandate of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS).
The situation in South Sudan is one of the most serious that we are aware of at the present time. Violations of human rights and international humanitari…
I too thank Stephen O’Brien and Jeff Feltman for their presentations on this issue, which is so important to us all. Mr. O’Brien’s accounts of the situation in the Lake Chad region in the areas affected by Boko Haram are appalling. Vulnerable populations, including children, young girls and women in…
I too would like to thank the Egyptian presidency and Spain for having taken this initiative to convene this important and extremely timely debate. I also thank all the briefers for the excellent quality of their statements — Mr. Ibn Chambas, Mr. Laborde, Ms. Barbut and Ms. Ibrahim. The views that t…
Very briefly, I just wanat to say that the draft press statement submitted to us does not seem to cover the entire subject. Therefore, I believe it would need more work before being adopted.
I, too, would like to begin by thanking the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Michael Keating, and the Permanent Observer of the African Union, His Excellency Ambassador Téte António. I would particularly like to thank the President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, His Excellen…
On behalf of France, I would like to thank the President for having convened this meeting, as well as to commend the Russian delegation for having prepared and facilitated the negotiations on draft resolution A/70/L.44, to be adopted by the General Assembly today. I also wish to commend the work of …
At the outset, I too thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for her comprehensive briefing, and reassure her of the full support of France for her work on the ground.
I endorse the statements to be delivered by the observer of the European Union and the representative of Peru on …
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Nicholas Haysom, for his briefing. I also thank Ambassador Saikal of Afghanistan.
I associate myself in advance with the statement to be delivered on behalf of the European Union.
A year and a half after the beginning of the transiti…
I thank the Secretary-General for his briefing and for his efforts and measures to combat sexual abuse within the United Nations. France welcomes his determination and exemplary mobilization to take all the necessary measures to prevent and fight sexual exploitation and abuse in the United Nations.
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I too thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the comprehensive briefing on the situation he gave us from Pristina. I also thank the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs of Serbia, Mr. Ivica Dačić, and the Ambassador of Kosovo, Ms. Vlora Çitaku, for their stat…
I should also like to begin by thanking Ambassadors Kamau, Skoog and Rosenthal for their respective valuable contributions to this debate.
Peacebuilding is an essential subject, and we all agree on highlighting its importance. We are also in full agreement that the United Nations needs to do more i…
France, like others, pays tribute to former Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali, who was a great leader both of the United Nations and la francophonie. His passing fills us with sorrow, and we extend our condolences to his bereaved friends and family.
I thank the Chair of the Committee establis…
I would first like to associate myself with the statement delivered by the observer of the European Union.
I would like to emphasize that we believe the Plan of Action to Prevention Violent Extremism (A/70/674) presented by the Secretary-General on 15 January to be of major importance. France there…
I thank you, Sir, for having organized this debate under your presidency on the working methods of the subsidiary organs, in particular the sanctions committees. We attach great importance to the proper functioning of the sanctions committees, which are now at the heart of the activity of the Securi…
I thank the Deputy Secretary-General and all the other speakers for their briefings. It was important that they had this opportunity to address us all today in order to provide the Council with a clear picture of the evolution of the situation on the ground, covering both the political and security …
I would like to thank the Under-Secretary-General and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights for their respective briefings. The information they presented is shocking and shows that the tragic situation of human rights in North Korea has not changed. We are talking about ongoing syst…
I would like to thank President Agius, President Joensen, President Meron and Prosecutors Brammertz and Jallow for their briefings.
France once again thanks, and reiterates its support for, all the staff of the Tribunals for the work carried out in order to successfully conduct the Tribunals’ judic…
