I thank all the briefers for their especially enlightening remarks. I particularly welcome the presence around this table of the Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Burkina Faso, His Excellency Mr. Alpha Barry, in his capacity as current President of the Group of Five for t…
I would like to begin by warmly thanking Special Envoy Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Mark Lowcock and Executive Director of
UNICEF Henrietta Fore for their very enlightening interventions. I also thank the Peruvian Chair of the relevant Committee for his briefin…
First of all, I would like to thank the Indonesian presidency of the Security Council for holding this important open debate, which focuses on an element that is key to ensuring the success of peacekeeping operations.
I would also like to especially welcome the presence of the Minister for Foreign …
Since this is, I believe, the last public meeting we have together, allow me also to warmly congratulate you, Mr. President — indeed, you and your entire team — for the outstanding work of the German presidency throughout this month of April, and, if I may also allow myself to mention it, the part…
In the wake of our moment of silence, I would once again like to express France’s shock and firm condemnation regarding the attack on the Poway synagogue. Anti-Semitism is the enemy of us all. Anti-Semitism and, more broadly, religious hatred are the complete opposite of all we believe in and consti…
I warmly thank Ms. DiCarlo, Ms. Mueller, Mr. Apakan and Mr. Sajdik for their informative briefings on the tragic situation facing Ukraine. Allow me to express our heartfelt gratitude to Mr. Apakan and Mr. Sajdik for their excellent work.
France condemns in the strongest terms Russia’s decision to f…
First of all, I warmly thank Ms. Ursula Mueller for her very informative briefing and acknowledge her outstanding work and that of her teams in responding to the humanitarian emergency in Syria. I especially welcome the presence of Nujeen Mustapha among us, and thank her most sincerely for having tr…
France welcomes the adoption of resolution 2467 (2019), submitted by Germany, which we thank for its initiative and efforts. The resolution enables several important advances, including strengthening the mandate of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, M…
I would like to begin by warmly thanking Germany and in particular you, Mr. President, as its Foreign Minister, for your commitment to the women and peace and security agenda and to eliminating sexual violence in times of conflict. I thank you for this initiative, Mr. President, and for being with u…
The Syrian conflict has left nearly 500,000 dead, tens of thousands missing and millions displaced. Violations continue to be committed, particularly in areas under the control of the regime or where it has recently regained control. Every effort must be made to ensure justice for all those victims.…
I warmly thank our four briefers for their enlightening interventions. I would also like to welcome the presence of Mr. Norbert Röttgen, Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the German Parliament. I would like to make three points today.
First of all, I would like to strongly reaffirm France’s…
I would like to warmly thank the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Carlos Ruiz Massieu, for his briefing, as well as for the excellent work that he and his team carry out in service of Colombia. I also thank the Co-Director of the Corporación de Investigación y Acción Social y Eco…
It is an honour to have you, the German Federal Minister of Defence, among us today, Madam President, presiding over the Security Council during the joint presidencies of the Council. France and Germany have made the women and peace and security agenda a top priority, as demonstrated by our open deb…
Allow me to start by commending in particular the participation in this meeting of the Secretary-General of the United Nations and of the Vice-President of the United States.
The briefers, whom I wish to thank, painted a picture that is absolutely clear. Venezuela has been plunged into the worst hu…
France welcomes the unanimous adoption of resolution 2464 (2019), submitted by the United States, which I thank for its commitment to this issue. The resolution allows for the renewal of the mandate of the Panel of Experts assisting the Committee established pursuant to resolution 1718 (2006), which…
I would like to begin by thanking High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi for his very enlightening and
important briefing. Allow me to also pay sincere tribute to his work, as well as to the teams of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) for their outstandin…
We regret the two vetoes against the American draft resolution (S/2019/186) — a draft resolution that could have contributed to a political and peaceful resolution of the crisis in Venezuela and relieved the suffering of the Venezuelan people at a time when they are facing one of the worst humanita…
Allow me, first of all, to thank the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General, Ms. Christine Schraner Burgener, for her enlightening briefing to the Security Council, as well as for her commitment and untiring work to find a lasting solution to the crisis in Rakhine state. I would also like to welcome…
At the outset, I would like to thank Mr. Geir Pedersen, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria, for his first briefing to the Council. The lessons he has learned from his initial contacts and the insights he offers on the next steps in the political process are particularly enlightening. A…
I would first like to welcome the presence among us of the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Equatorial Guinea and that of the State Secretary of the Federal Foreign Office of Germany.
Allow me to begin by thanking you, Mr. President, on behalf of France, for organizing this important…
