France welcomes the unanimous adoption of resolution 2397 (2017), which marks a significant step in strengthening
sanctions against the North Korean regime. We thank the United States, China and each of the Council members for their resolute commitment. I would like to thank my American colleague M…
France welcomes the unanimous adoption of resolution 2396 (2017), on foreign terrorist fighters. I should like to particularly thank the United States for having taken the initiative of submitting the resolution, which very usefully complements and updates the framework established three years ago b…
I should like first to thank the Japanese presidency of the Security Council for having taken the initiative to convene this debate, which is especially welcome in the current context, and the Secretary-General for his enlightening briefing.
The debates and discussions that we have held throughout …
Let me first thank the Japanese presidency for convening this meeting. I also thank Under-Secretary-General Jeffrey Feltman and the observer of the European Union for their very enlightening briefings. I would also like to particularly thank the Italian Facilitator and his team, whose work I warmly …
France welcomes the adoption of resolution 2393 (2017), which extends for a year the mandate of the cross-border relief system for Syria. We thank the co-penholders in that regard. In spite of differences in approach, the members of the Security Council were able to move forward given the humanitari…
I thank the Japanese presidency for convening this important meeting and the Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament Affairs, Ms. Nakamitsu, for her very enlightening briefing.
The illicit trade in small arms and light weapons today poses a grave threat to international peace and
security. As has …
France regrets the outcome of the voting today. We thank Egypt for the quality of the work it has carried out and for its balanced approach.
This vote was a foregone conclusion for us for at least five reasons, which I would like to refer to today.
First of all, draft resolution S/2017/1060 confir…
I thank the Japanese presidency for having convened this important meeting, and I also thank the Secretary- General for his very informative briefing.
France is deeply concerned at the worsening situation on the Korean peninsula and by the significant risks therefrom to our collective security. Thi…
First of all, allow me to warmly thank Mr. Jeffrey Feltman, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, and Ms. Pramila Patten, Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, for their very enlightening briefings.
The situation of the Rohingyas in Rakhine state r…
Mr. President, allow me at the outset to thank Mr. Jenča and Mr. Al Hussein for their briefings on the situation in North Korea.
We cannot but deplore once again this year the disastrous human rights situation in the country, which has hardly changed since the publication, in February 2014, of the …
Allow me to begin by saying how much our thoughts today are with all of the Tanzanian Blue Helmets killed as they carried out their duties in the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as well as with all of the families and friends of those who lo…
I thank the Special Coordinator for his briefing.
The status of Jerusalem has been the subject of specific Security Council resolutions and in that regard concerns the entire international community, as the President of the French Republic, Mr. Emmanuel Macron, reminded us yesterday. That is why, w…
I should like at the outset to commend Italy for its ongoing commitment to the issue of the protection of endangered cultural heritage. France and Italy have always shared the objective of protecting the heritage of humankind. That objective is deeply rooted in our common DNA and that is what led us…
I would first like to thank Under-Secretary-General Feltman for his briefing. I also thank you, Mr. President, for your work as Chair of the Committee pursuant to resolution 1718 (2006) and for your exemplary energy and that of your team on this matter this year. I also thank the United States of Am…
At the outset, I should like to thank Mr. Mark Lowcock for his comprehensive and objective briefing, and to emphasize the extent of France’s concern at the recent developments in the humanitarian situation in Syria. In that context, I would like to highlight three points that are essential in our vi…
Allow me first of all warmly to thank Mr. Voronkov, Ms. Coninsx and Ambassador Umarov for their very enlightening presentations on the issue that brings us together today,
that is, the return of foreign terrorist fighters, which is one of France’s major priorities. I shall make three key points tod…
I would like to begin by thanking the representatives of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Mr. Filippo Grandi, and the International Organization for Migration, Mr. William Swing, for their detailed, significant and unambiguous briefings on the situation of migrants in…
I would like to begin by thanking the Secretary-General for his edifying briefing and his personal commitment to addressing the problems that have brought us together today. I would also like to thank the Italian presidency for taking the initiative to hold this important discussion on our common ch…
France is appalled by the result of the voting as a result of Russia’s veto — its third on the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons-United Nations Joint Investigative Mechanism (JIM), its fifth on the Syrian chemical dossier this year, and its eleventh on Syria. Let us be clear. We r…
France is appalled by today’s vote and the result of the Russian veto. This result is particularly serious in and of itself, but it is also potentially fraught with consequences for the future. The situation we are confronted with — the proven use of chemical weapons in Syria — is indeed one of thos…
