First, I would like to warmly thank Ambassador Dato Ramlan Bin Ibrahim and the entire Malaysian team for all the work accomplished in June. You, Sir, have managed the agenda of a very busy and productive month in New York outstandingly. In particular, I will remember the excellent debate organized o…
I thank the Malaysian presidency and you, Mr. Minister, for organizing this crucial debate, which comes at a particularly busy time, both politically and emotionally, in terms of the United Nations agenda. The challenges identified by the Secretary-General in terms of the protection of children in a…
I thank the Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, Mr. Hervé Ladsous, as well as the Force Commanders of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), the United Nations Mission in South Sudan and the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization for their briefings and, …
I thank Under-Secretary-General Jeffrey Feltman and Mr. Alexander Hug, Deputy Chief Monitor of the Special Monitoring Mission of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), for their briefings.
The latest developments on the ground are worrying. I refer of course to the resumpti…
I thank the Secretary-General, the Chairs of the Counter-Terrorism Committee and the Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1989 (2011) concerning Al-Qaida and associated individuals and entities, and the Secretary General of INTERPOL for their briefings. The picture is clear. The threat …
I should like to thank you, Mr. President, for having organized this debate, which is today more necessary than ever. I would also like to thank the Deputy Secretary-General for his statement as well as Ms. Pearl and Mr. Deloire for their important testimony, which allows us better to understand the…
I would like to thank the Lithuanian delegation for preparing today’s resolution 2220 (2015), on the illicit trade and destabilizing accumulation of small arms and light weapons, and to commend your and your colleagues’ unflagging efforts, Madam President, to arrive at a text that is both ambitious …
I would, first of all, like to thank Lithuania for having organized an open debate on the central issue of small arms and light weapons. The statements made by the Secretary- General and the High Commissioner for Human Rights help us to gauge the real scale of the problem. I would also like to thank…
I thank you, Madam President, for organizing this special meeting to commemorate all the victims of the Second World War 70 years after the War ended on the European continent. I also thank the Russian Federation for having taken the initiative to organize this commemorative meeting.
In 1945, the E…
Let me first thank the Jordanian presidency for organizing this necessary debate. I also thank all of the briefers — Ms. Valerie Amos, Mr. António Guterres, Ms. Ertharin Cousin and Ms. Angelina Jolie Pitt — for their poignant statements. There is no doubt: the Syrian tragedy is like a black hole tha…
I thank the Secretary-General for his statement, which underscored the need to act to preserve the two-State solution.
I once again express my warmest congratulations to the Jordanian presidency of the Security Council as well as our profound appreciation of your presence, Sir, at this important de…
I thank the Jordanian presidency for convening today’s important debate on sexual violence in conflict, which represents a long-standing and urgent priority for France. I also thank Ms. Bangura and Ms. Allamin for their briefings and for their exemplary activities.
Exactly one year and one day ago,…
We would like to thank Jordan for having taken the initiative to prepare and coordinate negotiations on the draft resolution on the situation in Yemen. France voted in favour of resolution 2216 (2015), of which it was a sponsor, as it deals with the root cause of the current situation, which is a po…
I thank Ms. Kang Kyung-wha, Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, and Mr. António Guterres, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, for their briefings. We would also like to reiterate our appreciation for the outstanding work done by the teams of the Office for the Coordinati…
I welcome the presence of Mr. Ivica Dačić, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Serbia, and thank him for his briefing. I congratulate his country on his accession to the chairmanship-in-office of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in 2015.
Exactly one year ago, we addressed …
I would like to thank the Chinese presidency for organizing a debate on a topic that is dear to us and which seeks to engage all our energy. Your presence helps us in that
respect, Mr. Minister, and while the French Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Laurent Fabius, was not able to attend this debat…
The urgency of the situation in Ukraine calls for action. The conflict has resulted in more than 5,000 deaths in 10 months, including the victims of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH-17, for which those responsible must answer for their acts, as called for in resolution 2166 (2014). Given a security and h…
France thanks the United Kingdom and Jordan for having prepared resolution 2201 (2015). We are pleased that, with the constructive engagement of Council members, the text could be negotiated quickly and unanimously adopted. We believe, indeed, that the very difficult circumstances currently facing Y…
France was severely struck by terrorist attacks in January. Far from laying us low, the attacks have strengthened our resolve to fight terrorism in all its forms, and to develop the international means and instruments available to do so. Yesterday, the presence of French Minister of Justice Christia…
France voted in favour of resolution 2197 (2015), prepared by the Permanent Mission of the United Kingdom, which renews the mandate of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP). We believe that the role of UNFICYP is crucial. By preventing a resumption of fighting and by contributing…
