I wish to begin by thanking the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mr. Valentin Inzko, for his briefing and for his sincere, direct statements, which are those of a true friend of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
I also associate myself with the statement to be made later by the Head of the Del…
I too thank Mr. Feltman for his briefing. I also thank the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, Mr. Timmermans, for his briefing and his participation in our work.
Two months have passed since the tragedy of Flight MH-17. The memory of the victims and their shattered futures does not go…
I too would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary- General, Mr. Ján Kubiš, and the representative of Afghanistan, Mr. Tanin, for their statements.
As Mr. Kubiš recalled a moment ago, Afghanistan has just experienced an intense phase of electoral activity. Despite the threats and…
I too would like to thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Zarif, for his briefing, and I welcome the two Ministers who have done us the honour of being here today, Mr. Dačić and Mr. Hoxhaj.
France is pleased that the elections on 8 June in Kosovo took place peacefully and t…
I too would like to thank Mr. Jeffrey Feltman for his briefing.
The information coming to the Council from the ground is quite disturbing. The actions carried out by the separatists and the intensification of fighting in urban areas have brought about serious humanitarian consequences. Today we cal…
I, too, thank the Secretary-General and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights for their briefings. I would like to warmly thank Ms. Pillay, since this is the last time that we will have the pleasure of welcoming her as High Commissioner. I would like to pay tribute to her commitment …
I thank Mr. Eliasson, Mr. Maurer and Mr. Karokhail for their briefings.
On World Humanitarian Day, France pays tribute to the 22 members of the United Nations staff who lost their lives during the attack on the Canal Hotel in Baghdad in 2003. Eleven years later, unfortunately, this debate is still …
France welcomes the unanimous adoption of resolution 2170 (2014), which demonstrates the Security Council’s determination to act against the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant. Following the Security Council’s firm condemnation in July of the abuses perpetrated by that terrorist organization again…
I would like, at the outset, to thank you, Sir, for your presence among us today, which bears witness to your commitment to the Great Lakes region and especially to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. I also thank Mrs. Mary Robinson, Special Envoy of the Secretary- General for the Great Lakes Regi…
I, too, should like to thank the Secretary-General for his statement and also to thank you, Mr. President, for having taken the initiative to convene today’s debate between the Security Council, which is in charge of peacekeeping for the Secretariat, and regional
organizations, as well as the main …
I, too, thank Ambassador Gary Quinlan for presenting the quarterly report on the activities of the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006) and for all the work he has done with his team as its Chair.
The rapid development of the Iranian nuclear programme has been a matter of grave …
I, too, wish to thank Mr. Zerihoun for his briefing and Mr. Šimonović for introducing the third report of the United Nations human rights monitoring mission in Ukraine. I understand that the Ukrainian authorities have accepted the renewal of the mission’s mandate for the next three months. We welcom…
I too thank Prosecutor Bensouda for her report. It is a report with a particularly serious tone that warrants not only the Security Council but also the Secretariat to question the impact of the activities we have undertaken for the benefit of the civilian population in Darfur.
The immense region o…
I wish to thank President Meron, President Joensen, Prosecutor Jallow and Prosecutor Brammertz for their briefings.
France would like to express its appreciation to the entire staff of the Tribunals for the work they have done to bring the work of the Tribunals to completion. We have the sense that…
I, too, thank Mr. Feltman for his briefing.
The Ukrainian crisis has recently seen a turning point with the election of Mr. Poroshenko as President of the Republic. On Sunday 25 May, the Ukrainian people at last made its voice heard through the free and transparent elections despite the violence by…
I thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for his statement, and I welcome President Jahjaga and President Nikolić.
At the outset, I would like to extend my deepest condolences to President Nikolić following the disaster of exceptional magnitude that has affected his country and n…
I also thank the High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina for his briefing. I align myself with the statement to be delivered by the observer of the European Union. I will concentrate on three points.
First, the Bosnian people clearly demonstrated their discontent in February. As Mr. Inzko ha…
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 …
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…
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…
